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June 27, 2024, 9am - 3:30pm
Together we can bring our relatives home — the purpose of this Indian Child Welfare Gathering is to address American Indian adoption and foster care issues. Join tribal leaders and staff, case workers, NC court officials, Guardian Ad Litem staff, Commission of Indian Affairs staff and others to help our indigenous children.
June 1, 2024 - June 7, 2024, All day
At NCAI's 2024 Mid Year Convention & Marketplace, attendees will have the opportunity to work collaboratively to protect and enhance tribal sovereignty. This will be an in-person convention, which will take place in Cherokee, NC at Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort. Tribal leaders, NCAI members, Native youth, and partners from across Indian Country will gather to embark upon a new era of Nation-to-Nation engagement, which will include: proactive strategy development, advocacy, and much more.
December 6, 2024, 10am - 12pm
Meeting Agenda
September 12, 2024, 10am - 12pm
Draft Agenda
June 20, 2024, 10am - 3pm
This meeting will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams.
March 7, 2024, 9:30am - 1:30pm
This meeting is held in conjunction with the 2024 NC Indian Unity Conference.Agenda
In honor of our nation’s first inhabitants, Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed November as American Indian Heritage Month, celebrating the history and heritage of North Carolina’s 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. This month also honors our state’s four urban Indian organizations consisting of the Cumberland County Association for Indian People, and the Guilford, Metrolina, and Triangle Native American Associations.

NC Commission of Indian Affairs Annual Meeting 9/15/23 (rescheduled from 9/1/23)

September 15, 2023, 10am - 3pm
The NC Commission of Indian Affairs Annual Meeting, scheduled for Sept. 1, 2023, has been cancelled and rescheduled Sept. 15, 2023.The North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs Annual Meeting will be held at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke on Sept. 15, 2023, at 10 a.m.