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©2004-2008 Coastal Carolina Indian Center. All
Rights Reserved. To contact the webmaster,
click here. All other site inquiries should be
submitted using the "Contact Us" link found above.
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Our
Mission
For over four centuries, the Original
People, or Indians
of Coastal
North Carolina
and their descendants have suffered through trials and tribulations of every
sort, but through it all, have managed to survive — with a pride and a knowledge
of who they are — and what they mean to the history of this great state —
amazingly in tact.
The
mission
of the Coastal
Carolina
Indian Center is three-fold:
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Research &
Preservation
CCIC will engage in, as well as offer support and assistance to, research
projects that focus on the history, culture and traditions of the
Indians
of Coastal
North Carolina,
including the documentation of such history. CCIC will work to preserve any
knowledge that is already recorded, as well as make such knowledge widely
available, and will also make every effort to record any information not yet
documented so that it might also be available for all future generations.
Please visit our Research Databases.
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Education
CCIC is committed to being the number one resource for educators, parents,
students or any individuals interested in learning about the
Indians
of North Carolina's
coastal
plain — past and present.
The Great Salt Water Educational Fair is just one example of CCIC's
dedication to making the history and traditions, as well as the modern
culture of the
Coastal
Carolina
Indians
accessible to students and teachers across the state.
The First Great Salt Water Educational Fair was held in Jacksonville, North
Carolina
on November 5th, 2004. Well over 2,000 students were in attendance and had
the opportunity to learn about everything from wildlife indigenous to North
Carolina,
to modern day powwows, as well as crafts that are traditional to North
Carolina
Indians.
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Celebration
Simply put, CCIC firmly believes that being able to preserve and educate
others about the history of the Original People of
Coastal
Carolina
is cause for celebration. The Great Salt Water Veterans Honor & American
Indian Heritage Powwow is one way CCIC chooses to celebrate our collective
Indian history & heritage-- as well as the fact that "We're still alive and
we're still here!" Yah kwen heh!
To learn more about the Great Salt Water Powwow, please visit the
official website at
www.greatsaltwater.com.
Special guest honorees for the
Great Salt Water Powwow in November of 2004 included:
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Former
Presidential Candidate and Superpatriot, H. Ross Perot
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Neuse
Riverkeeper (ret.), Rick Dove
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Roger
Willie, veteran-turned-actor, star of Windtalkers (major motion picture
also starring Nicholas Cage)
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Former
Navajo (Dine) Codetalker, Walter Begay was honored. His grandson, Dean
James was there on to receive the honoring gifts on behalf of his
grandfather.
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