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Triangle Native American Society (TNAS) was founded in 1984 to promote and protect the identity of Native Americans living in Wake, Johnston, Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties by providing educational, social, and cultural programs. TNAS was incorporated as a non-profit tax-exempt organization in 1985, and was granted official state recognition in 2000 to serve as the official governing body for the Native American population in the Triangle area.
Since its inception, TNAS has endeavored to promote and protect the Native American identity in the Triangle area by increasing the public’s awareness of the cultural and economic contributions made by Native Americans and enhancing the public recognition of the needs of Native Americans.
The purpose of the TNAS is to act as the official governing urban Indian organization in the triangle community. Furthermore, the organization seeks to unite American Indians together bridging various unique culture and traditional blends while holistically attending to the needs of the Indian population residing in the community.
The Triangle Native American Society (TNAS) is a visionary entity empowering American Indian people residing in the Triangle Community to become resilient leaders advocating for educational advancement, economic sufficiency, self-determination and cultural inclusiveness and awareness by capitalizing and building upon the strengths of the community and the infrastructure that promotes and encourages the blending of diverse groups.
"To promote cultural awareness, economic development, and provide for the wellbeing of Native People.”
The Metrolina Native American Association (MNAA) is a Native American Community Association in Charlotte (Mecklenburg County), North Carolina. MNAA is a North Carolina State-Recognized Urban Indian Center Incorporated in January 1976 by local Native Americans as a non-profit education advocacy group.
MNAA is the second oldest Urban Indian Center in North Carolina.
The organization serves over 10,000 Native Americans in Mecklenburg and the surrounding counties. Since its inception in 1976, the organizations hosts an annual Pow Wow and Golf Tournament in September along with many other activities throughout the year.
The mission of Coastal Carolina Indian Center is three-fold:
1. Research & Preservation
CCIC will engage in, as well as offer support and assistance to, research projects that focus on the history, culture and traditions of the Indians of Coastal North Carolina, including the documentation of such history. CCIC will work to preserve any knowledge that is already recorded, as well as make such knowledge widely available, and will also make every effort to record any information not yet documented so that it might also be available for all future generations.
2. Education
CCIC is committed to being the most comprehensive resource for educators, parents, students or any individuals interested in learning about the historic Indian tribes of North Carolina’s coastal plain.
The Great Salt Water Educational Program is just one example of CCIC’s dedication to making the history and traditions, as well as the language of the Coastal Carolina Indians accessible to students and teachers across the state.
3. Celebration
How fortunate that we can learn so much about the First People of Coastal North Carolina thanks to those historians centuries ago who thought it important to record written and artistic details of the day to day life of the indigenous inhabitants of their home in the New World. Today, for us to have the ability to learn about, and understand, how history unfolded from the pre-colonial era through to modern times is certainly worth celebrating. Those of us whose heritage is rooted in the beginnings of North Carolina can enjoy learning more about ourselves by learning more about the ancestors who lived before us.
Since our research is focused on historic, but not continuously active tribes in North Carolina, any genealogical research is for personal informational purposes only. It is not for the purposes of seeking membership in any state or federally recognized tribes. We realize that many want to feel a sense of connectedness to others who share the same ancestral ties to these tribal groups, so while we do not mind the idea of groups of descendants coming together to celebrate their heritage, we do not support, nor will we assist, any tribal recognition efforts.
