Alabama Native Americans

The University of Alabama’s Moundville Archaeological Park is cultivating community and education around the cultures of southeastern Native Americans. The 36th annual Moundville Native American Festival is set for Oct. 3-5.

Children and tweens from North Alabama are gaining knowledge on Native American culture and history at the Florence Indian Mound Museum. The institution is hosting the Young Learners Series with lessons and hands-on learning exercises. The focus of the next class, to be held on Sept. 28, will be on Native American Music of the Southwest.

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is announcing a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Suresh Gee brings extensive tribal finance experience, including 21 years of previous work with the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s finance team, the last seven of which he served as CFO.

Prayers and songs of remembrance carried across the grassy field in Alabama where more than 800 Muscogee warriors, women and children perished in 1814 while defending their homeland from United States forces.

Wednesday, March 20, is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD), a national mobilization effort designed to encourage American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in Alabama, across the United States and Territorial Areas learn about the HIV virus, get tested and engage in prevention and to seek treatment.

The 10th annual Noccalula Falls Powwow is coming to Gadsden on October 21st and 22nd. The event will feature traditional Native American demonstrations, performances, vendors and a special appearance from a group of Aztec dancers.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to return the ancestral remains of nearly 5,000 Native Americans, including in Alabama. The TVA filed notice in the Federal Register for publication Wednesday that it intended to repatriate all ancestral remains and associated funerary objects it possesses.

Native American tribal recognition and gambling revenues are intertwining as U.S. Senator Richard Shelby's time in office draws to a close

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's preservation agency is investigating whether pottery shards, bone fragments and spearheads found near where a…