Native American History

Native American New Year was celebrated on the solstice under a canopy of winter stars. Near a crackling bonfire, the Nisqually tribe shared their culture and renewed their sacred pact with the salmon.

Tonia Jacobs Deese leads “Talking Circles,” coordinated by the Metrolina Native American Association. Scheduled monthly in libraries, the circles offer a safe space for 12 to 15 people to talk through their grief, pain and challenges.

Ahead of Native American Heritage Month in November, The Native American Student Association and Native American Caucus at UNC Charlotte hosted its annual powwow to unite and celebrate Indigenous cultures.

On Nov. 15, members of the Retire the Red Raider coalition and the Metrolina Native American Association held a demonstration in Gaston County to call for South Point High to retire its Red Raider mascot. We hear from people who want the mascot gone and learn why such mascots can be harmful to Native Americans.

We sit down with tribal members and advocates for Native Americans to discuss how the American Indian community has fared during the coronavirus pandemic.

Answers found at the future site of North Carolina Freedom Park could tell more local history not just from records of the landowning white men, but the enslaved African Americans who labored and lived there and the Native Americans who may have predated all of them on the site.

For years, guides at the Fort Dobbs historic site in Statesville have tried to tell the fort's story without an actual fort. This weekend, a replica of…

Fewer Native American public school students in North Carolina are dropping out of school, and more are graduating. But academically, they have made only…

The Eastern Band of Cherokee tribe and the reservation’s surroundings in Western North Carolina are known for mountain beauty, rich culture, and…

The Catawba Indians want to build a $340 million casino and resort in Kings Mountain, North Carolina – which is 45 miles northwest of their reservation in…