Established in 2006, the mission of the American Indian Center (AIC) is to bridge the richness of American Indian cultures with the strengths of Carolina in research, education, and service. The AIC is a pan-university public service unit designed to advance the University’s mission through three primary goals:
- Leadership in American Indian Scholarship and Research. By creating an environment in which quality research and scholarship related to American Indians is strengthened and nurtured, the University can become the premier university for American Indian research and knowledge dissemination.
- Engagement with and Service to Native Populations. By serving as the University’s front door to American Indian communities, the AIC enables Carolina, as the University of the People, to truly serve the First Peoples of North Carolina as well as Indigenous peoples of the South and the East.
- Enrichment of Campus Diversity and Dialogue. By facilitating the inclusion of American Indian peoples, with their unique and rich cultures, traditions, beliefs, and histories, the learning environment of the entire Carolina community is enriched.
By making a gift on GiveUNC, you make the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a leading public university for American Indian scholarship and scholars and make Native issues a permanent part of the intellectual life of the University.
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