Collection Timeline

1697 to 2025

1697
Court records related to Native Americans, 1697-1769 containing various documents about specific subjects associated with the courts

1768
A handwritten and signed treaty between NC colonial government and the Cherokee Indians in western North Carolina which was signed by John Stuart, Superintendent of the Affairs of the Indian Nations, and several Cherokee nation representatives

1900
Materials from Pembroke Cheroke Indians Normal School, includes monthly reports, salary lists, budgets, and more

1939
Cherokee Indian Fair Oct 1939

1946
Stickball players at the Cherokee Indian Fair
Cherokee stickball game
Cherokee stickball game

1947
Cherokee Woman/ Lloyd's Motor court Cherokee
Cherokee Indian Fair Cherokee Reservation

1948
Horseback Riding Little Switzerland/ Cherokee Indians Cherokee- Swain June 1948 Taken by Hemmer

1950
Cherokee Indian girl Weaving Basket

1951
Cherokee Stickball Game- Cherokee Fair Qualla Reservation 1951

1974
Overview of activites for the year and future plans for the State of North Carolina Commission of Indian Affair

1975
News about the community of Native Americans living in North Carolina and the work of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs

1983
In response to the many requests for information received from interested persons from across the state, the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs has compiled this booklet as a general overview of North Carolina Indians - this is not a complete history

1986
A newsletter used to for the purpose of publicizing the efforts of native North Americans and native American organizations within North Carolina
News about the community of Native Americans living in North Carolina and the work of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs

1987
This volume contains two articles about American Indian preservers of cultural tradition - Betty DuPree: Promoter of Traditional Cherokee Arts and Adolf Dial: Lumbee Scholar and Tradition Bearer

1995
An article on American Indians settling in North Carolina published in Tarheel Junior Historian

2002
An article about the purpose of Americn Indian stories and the importance of storytelling in American Indian culture

2004
A guide to American Indian records at the NC State Archives

2005
An article about the American Indians in North Carolina
An article about the Cherokee language
An article about American Indian education in North Carolina
An article about American Indian churches in eastern North Carolina
An article about the NC Commission of Indian Affairs
An student article imagining being on the Trail of Tears
An article about the American Indian legend of the Three Sisters
An article about Americna Indians who fought in World War II
An article bout Americna Indian cabinetmakers in Piedmont North Carolina
An article about modern day American Indian Powwows

2006
A multipart article about American Indians in North Carolina
An article about the American Indian Trading Path from Virginia to South Carolina
An article about an early American Indian village
An article about the Town Creek burial mound in North Carolina
An article about the history of basket making in North Carolina
An article about the use and construction of canoes by American Indian tribes
An article about the use of pine needles by North Carolina American Indian tribes in art
An article about the American Indian game of stickball
An article about a Pembroke newspaper that referred to itself as "the newspaper for all Indians and their friends everywhere"
An interview with Terry Shinn who shares a story he was told about the removal of the Cherokee from western North Carolina

2007
A book with an overview of North Carolina American Indians and includes legends and folklore of different NC American Indian tribes
An article about Native American food
An article about how American Indians to North America and North Carolina

2008
Community and culture : North Carolina Indians past and present

2009
An article about Paint Rock in western North Carolina which features an American Indian pictograph

2010
A committee report about preserving customs and culture of American Indian tribes among American Indian children
A report with basic health facts about American Indians in North Carolina

2011
A press release about the 40 years of service of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs

2012
An article about the American Indian town of Dasemunkepeuc in early North Carolina

2013
An article about the excavation of Joara and Fort San Juan

2016
Governor's proclamation for November as American Indian Heritage Month
Governor's proclamation of the 51st anniversary celebration of the Haliwa-Saponi Pow-wow

2017
A brochure about American Indians of North Carolina

2020
Website for a coalition of Indian Baptist churches that functions as a support network for ministry and outreach

2022
A report to the NC State Board of Education about American Indian student performance

2023
The 2022-2023 annual report of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs
PowerPoint slides detailing the American Indian tribes in the state and resources available to explore American Indian Heritage through music, reading, and more
This volume of the North Carolina literary review online focuses on works Lumbee writers and artists
This volume of the North Carolina literary review celebrates the state's indigenous voices and focuses on works by North Carolina American Indian writers and artists

2024
A recent newsletter from the NC Commission of Indian Affairs
A report to the NC State Board of Education about American Indian student performance
An article about NC Museum of Art exhibit To Take Shape and Meaning: Form and Design in Contemporary American Indian Art

2025
Information about the American Indian Heritage Celebration in Raleigh for the current year