AIHC

The 30th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

The American Indian Heritage Celebration (AIHC) has temporarily moved to the North Carolina Museum of Art!

The AIHC—with support from its community partners, the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and the North Carolina American Indian Commission—has been the culminating event in honor of American Indian Heritage Month in North Carolina for three decades.

The AIHC consists of a virtual education day on Friday and an in-person festival on Saturday. The celebration highlights traditional and contemporary artistic, historical, and cultural contributions of American Indian communities in North Carolina. It also brings together members of all eight state-recognized tribes. The consistent theme and message of AIHC, as expressed by its advisory board, is visibility: Indigenous people are still here!

Sponsors for 2025

Thank you to the following sponsors for their support of the 30th annual American Indian Heritage Celebration.

Community Partners

NC Commission of Indian Affairs Logo
North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission Logo
NC Museum of Art Logo
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$2,500 And Up

Catawba Nation Foundation Logo
Food Lion Logo
United Therapeutics Logo
NC Healthy Blue Logo
PNC Logo

$1,000–$2,499

Lumbee Regional Development Association Logo
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina logo, featuring a white, red, yellow, and black medicine wheel inside a jagged sunburst.
North State Bank Logo
The Triangle Native American Society logo, featuring a geometric black and red triangular emblem to the left of the text "TRIANGLE NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIETY."
UNC American Indian Medical Center Logo

$500-$999

METCON 25 Logo
A brown stylized "G" logo with an orange sun icon next to it and the words "LUMBEE GUARANTY BANK" in brown text.
The NC Central University logo, featuring a maroon and gray chevron-style emblem to the left of the text "NC Central UNIVERSITY" in maroon.
NC Writers Network Logo
WakeMed Logo with Red Symbol
The United Tribes of North Carolina logo, featuring a gray state silhouette inside a black and red circle with the organization's name and "EST. 1982."