Guilford Native American Association

Guilford Native American Association

The Guilford Native American Association (GNAA) is a Native American community association in Guilford County, North Carolina. The GNAA is a North Carolina "State-recognized American Indian Organization", [cite journal | author = | title = American Indians in North Carolina | journal = Children's Services Practice Notes| year = 2006 | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | accessdate=2007-05-25 | url=http://ssw.unc.edu/fcrp/cspn/vol11_no2/aiinnc.htm ] and is a United Way referral agency.

Incorporated in September of 1975 by local parents as a non-profit education advocacy group, the GNAA and has grown to encompass child care, employment, and age-based community programs. It is the oldest American Indian urban association in North Carolina and one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the United States. [cite web | author = Linton B, Stewart LS | title=Section 1: Background | work=Economic Development Assessment for the Guilford Native American Association | publisher= Office of Economic Development, University of North Caroline | url=https://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/assets/documents/ED_GNAA.pdf | date = 2003-08-13 | accessdate=2007-05-25] cite web | title=North Carolina American Indian History Time Line | work=North Carolina Museum of History | url=http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/nchh/amerindian.html | accessdate=2007-05-25]

According to the GNAA, its primary goals are to "assist Indian people in achieving social and economic self-sufficiency".cite web | title=A Brief History | work=Guilford Native American Association | url = http://www.guilfordnative.org/pages/services.html | accessdate=2007-05-25] It serves over 5,000 Native Americans in Guilford and the surrounding counties. One of its major events since 1976 is an annual pow-wow and cultural festival.cite web | title=Guilford Native American Association | work=Travel Tools, VisitNC.com | publisher = North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development| url = http://www.visitnc.com/tools_search_detail.asp?Propertyid=13053 | accessdate=2007-05-25] The GNAA also operates the Guilford Native American Art Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina.

References

External links

* [http://www.guilfordnative.org/ The Guilford Native American Association web site]


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