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Guilford Native American Art Gallery: This art gallery focuses "sensitive critical attention on contemporary and traditional Indian art and culture." Visitors to the gallery will see the best in traditional and contemporary Native American art.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center: The center has wonderful exhibits which explain the importance of the Native American people of North America as well as artifacts of the first inhabitants of Hatteras Island.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Pottery from Town Creek: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 6; Figure 4 shows some examples of pots and pottery fragments found at Town Creek along with artifacts made of stone and shell about 1200 CE. This photograph was made of one of the displays in the Museum at the Town Creek State Historic Site in Montgomery County....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Burial urns: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 7; Figure 5 shows some of the largest pots recovered from the Town Creek site. These are burial urns for infants.; By Dirk Frankenberg.

We have a story to tell: Native peoples of the Chesapeake region: Readings and lesson plans exploring the historical and ongoing challenges faced by the American Indians of the Chesapeake Bay region, since the time of their first contact with Europeans in the early 1600s.; Format: series (multiple pages)

County Population: Percent American Indian, 2000: Map shows the percentage of each county's population that identified as American Indian or Alaska Native in the 2000 census.; Format: image/map

The Museum of the Native American Resource Center: The exhibits on display at this museum include prehistoric tools and weapons, 19th century Lumbee artifacts, contemporary Indian art and items which represent Native Americans from all over North America.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Powwow dancer: At a powwow in Howard County, Maryland, a woman does a contemporary dance.; Format: image/photograph

Man at Strong Sun Powwow: Profile of a man's face at the 2009 Strong Sun Powwow at historic Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem, NC. The powwow was sponsored by the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe.; Format: image/photograph

Rankin Museum of American and Natural History: This wonderful museum has artifacts from Native American tribes, a Civil War exhibit, farming tools of days gone by, and exhibits of North American animals and fossils.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Piedmont's first human inhabitants: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 4; The first human inhabitants of the Piedmont to make use of its clays were the American Indians. People who lived along the banks of the Potomac and Savannah Rivers discovered the seemingly miraculous transformation of mud into stone by heat about 4500 years...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Strong Sun Powwow: A man dances during an intertribal dance at the 2009 Strong Sun Powwow at historic Bethabara Park, Winston-Salem, NC. The powwow was sponsored by the Nuluti Equani Ehi Tribe.; Format: image/photograph

Mystery Hill, Appalachian Heritage Museum and The Native American Artifacts Museum: Visitors will experience strange phenomena which some believe is attributed to a gravitational anomaly known as a vortex, learn about the ancient native people of the area, and see what it would have been like to live at the turn of the century at the Mystery Hill museums.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Why the opossum's tail is bare: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 4.2; A recording of a radio adaptation of a Cherokee legend, with suggestions for use in the classroom.; Format: article/lesson plan

Native Americans and Jamestown: Using primary sources, students will investigate the role of Native Americans in the successes and failures of Jamestown. Students will identify and analyze inaccurate portrayals of Pocahontas and Powhatan by comparing historical facts with literary fiction.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9 and 11–12 Social Studies); By Jennifer Ricks.

Wow! A powwow!: Powwows have long been a tradition in the Native American culture. Even today, powwows are held across the United States and Canada. This lesson plan allows students the opportunity to research powwows, and in the process see that modern day Native Americans have a diverse culture.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Betsy Bryan.

Clay County Historical and Arts Museum: Visit the red brick jailhouse that has been turned into a museum and exhibit space by the Clay County Historical and Arts Council.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Blue Ridge Parkway: Contains information about various cultural, natural, and recreational resources located along this beautiful and historical roadway.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Role plays from research on Native Americans: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 5.3; Introduction Dramatic role plays make history come alive. Research has a purpose! Students select a North Carolina American Indian to research. (I find students feel more connected if they do the selecting. Drawing names from a deck of 3x5 cards adds...; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 11 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Linda Tabor.

Map: Native peoples in the Chesapeake region, circa 1610: Map showing the locations of American Indian groups in the Chesapeake Bay region, circa 1610.; Format: image/map

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