August 21, 2019Comments are off for this post.

800–1000 Words Toward Decolonization

Published on Alternate ROOTS July 19, 2019 EDT. Check it out and share!

July 10, 2018Comments are off for this post.

Unique As We Are Alike at CSAS

This fall, the Exquisite Lumbees will be making an appearance at the Center for the Study of the American South, at UNC Chapel Hill.

Featuring work by Lumbee artists Ashley Minner and Alisha Locklear Monroe, "Unique As We Are Alike is a multidimensional exploration of contemporary Lumbee identity that focuses on the experiences of Lumbees defining themselves and their commonalities despite years of being defined by others. This process, through symbolism and portraiture, creates a feeling of connectedness, compassion, and empathy, which showcases the uniqueness of Lumbee identity while underscoring certain commonalities of the human condition.

Join us for the opening reception:

Spend the evening with us on Friday, September 14, at 5:30 pm for the opening of Unique As We Are Alike.The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. Light snacks and drinks will be served. Both artists will be present. The evening will showcase another dimension of Lumbee excellence as well, as we celebrate the publication of The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle, by our director, Dr. Malinda Maynor Lowery, who will be reading excerpts from her new book.

This exhibit will remain on display through December 12, 2018.

Parking is free after 5:00 pm in the Park Place parking lot, approximately two blocks from the Center.

Special thanks to our co-sponsors, UNC’s American Indian CenterDepartment of American StudiesOffice for Diversity and InclusionDepartment of Art & Art History, and UNC Press.

March 29, 2016Comments are off for this post.

Contemporary Southeastern Native Artists Panel

Native Speakers Series UNCP '16
As part of UNC Pembroke’s Native American Speakers Series, a panel of American Indian artists will discuss the topic of Southeastern Native art on Thursday, March 31 at 7 pm in the University Center Annex. The panel includes:

- America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), a painter, printmaker, educator, and editor of First American Art Magazine;
- Jessica Clark (Lumbee), a Robeson County painter and educator;
- Ashley Minner (Lumbee), a community-based visual artist and scholar from Baltimore, Maryland; and
- Terry White, a Lumbee artist from Robeson County.
Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.

The event is hosted by the Department of American Indian Studies and the Southeast American Indian Studies Program, and sponsored by PNC Bank.

For more information:
Phone: 910.521.6266
Email: ais@uncp.edu
Web: www.uncp.edu/ais

September 26, 2015Comments are off for this post.

UNCP Native Speakers Series 2015

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Ashley Minner is pleased to have been invited- along with America Meredith (Cherokee Nation), a painter, printmaker, educator, and editor of First American Art Magazine, Jessica Clark (Lumbee), a Robeson County painter and educator, and Terry White, a Lumbee artist from Robeson County- to participate on a panel on Contemporary Southeastern Native Art as part of the University of North Carolina's 2015-16 Native Speakers Series.

The series features nationally recognized American Indian scholars and artists who will delve into diverse topics and issues including Lumbee history, Native cuisine, health and wellness and Southeastern Native art.

Admission to the series is free, and it is open to the public.

Native Artists Panel
March 31, 2016
7:00 p.m.
University Center Annex

This event is sponsored by PNC Bank, a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.. Other sponsors include the Department of American Indian Studies, Museum of the Southeast American Indian, the Southeast American Indian Studies Program and the Office of Academic Affairs. For more information, email ais@uncp.edu, or call 910.521.6266.

June 3, 2015Comments are off for this post.

Exquisite Lumbees Featured on Bmore Art Blog

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Text by Jeremy Locklear, Digital Photograph by Sean Scheidt, 28 ¾ x 20 ½“ 2010

Text by Jeremy Locklear, Digital Photograph by Sean Scheidt, 28 ¾ x 20 ½“ 2010

December 2, 2014Comments are off for this post.

Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Ashley Minner and Gyasi Ross on the Marc Steiner Show

Native American Perspectives On Ferguson Decision & Thanksgiving

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November 26, 2014 – Segment 2

As we look to the Thanksgiving Holiday, we host a Native American Roundtable. Our guests share their perspectives on Thanksgiving and also reflect on the Ferguson Grand Jury decision. With: author, historian, feminist, and self-described revolutionary Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States; writer, entrepreneur, and attorney Gyasi Ross, member of the Blackfeet Tribe, whose newest book is How To Say I Love You In Indian; Ashley Minner, community artist, member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and Founder of the Native American After School Art Program.

November 14, 2014Comments are off for this post.

NAASAP Visit with Frank Waln and Micco Sampson

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On Tuesday, November 4th, the American Indian Student Union of University of Maryland College Park sponsored a Frank Waln concert in celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month. I asked if it would be possible for us to bring some of our Baltimore City Title VII Indian Education students (all members of NAASAP) to the concert. Not only were we invited to the concert, we were also invited to eat lunch with Frank and company earlier in the day at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville.

Frank is a friend of mine. We first met through a First People's Fund professional development training in 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His career has really taken off since that time. He is an inspiration to Native people across the land. He is an award winning Hip Hop Artist and was recently showcased by MTV in a series called "Rebel Music" which was released just yesterday.

Frank is from the Rosebud Reservation and he is Sicangu Lakota. He was valedictorian of his high school class, a Gates scholar and he is a recent graduate of Columbia College in Chicago. We also got to visit with one of Frank's best friends/collaborators, Lumhe "Micco" Sampson, son of actor Will Sampson, who is a world class dancer. Lumhe is Seneca, Muskogee and Creek.

Although Baltimore's Title VII Program has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with UMD through the Office of Multiethnic Student Education (OMSE), this particular experience has been one of the most meaningful because our students had the opportunity to truly interact with other young Native leaders. Not only did they get to spend time with Frank and Micco, they got to spend time with members of the UMD American Indian Student Union (and the president is Lumbee, like them). They were welcomed and engaged by everyone we met. They asked Frank about different things, like how he started rapping, what it's like being a professional artist, etc. He was extremely gracious, kind and as always, down to earth. He and Micco gave an AMAZING performance. The girls are still talking about it. The American Indian Student Union gave them all t-shirts, which Frank and Micco autographed. That's what's up.

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