AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE


Jayla Locklear, Miss Indian N.C.


Tribal Chairman John Lowery


throws out the coin at the American Indian Heritage Game at UNCP


Lumbee Tribal Council Members and Chairman Lowery represented the Lumbee Tribe of N.C. at the Fayetteville City Council Meeting which proclaimed American Indian Heritage Month


American Indian Heritage Month is a great time to share our culture, but it is also a wonderful time to CELEBRA


American Indian Heritage Month is a great time to share our culture, but it is also a wonderful time to CELEBRATE! We celebrate our culture everyday, but throughout the month of November we


celebrate our culture everyday


but throughout the month of November we shared facts about the


spotlight our Lumbee families and Lumbee history and culture daily


spotlight our Lumbee families and Lumbee history and culture daily. We shared facts about the Lumbee Tribe, as well as Native People across the nation. We are thankful for opportunities to share our American Indian Heritage and the pride we carry in our hearts for our Native Communities.


North Carolina is home to eight state recognized tribes including the Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony and Waccamaw-Siouan. The state also has four urban Indian associations including the


Cumberland County Association for Indian People, Guilford Native American Association, Metrolina Native American Association and the Triangle Native American Association. According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau, more than 130,000 American Indians reside in N.C. making our state the second largest American Indian population east of the Mississippi River and the seventh largest American Indian population in the nation.


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Jayla Locklear, Miss Indian North Carolina, represents all tribes across the state with distinction. Jayla is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe.


Mayor Mitch Colvin and the Fayetteville City Council members presented a proclamation in honor of American Indian Heritage Month. The proclamation was presented to Lumbee Tribal Chairman John Lowery, Lumbee Tribal Speaker Ricky Burnette, Coharie Tribal Chief Ammie Gordon “Silver Eagle” Jacobs and Greg Richardson of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs. Also in attendance were Lumbee Tribal Council Members and American Indian Community members from the City of Fayetteville.


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