In the corner of Currituck Ballroom, a group of students sat in a circle. Surrounding a big handmade drum, the students held beaters, ready to kick off the event with traditional Native American music. When the song started the crowd was magically captured by a kind of music that many people have never heard on their own.
That’s how the 2024 Indigenous People’s Day Celebration started on Thursday in Talley.
The event continueds with a student panel. The five students who sat on the stage were originally from some of the eight federally and state-recognized tribes. These include Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation, Sappony and Waccamaw Siouan…