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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Danny Bell Photographs #40494, University Archives, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Danny Bell in May 2017 (RT 20180907.1).

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Processed by: Tierra Thomas and Jennifer Coggins, September 2018

Encoded by: Laura Smith, September 2018

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Bell, Danny (James Daniel)
• Indian college students--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Indian college students--North Carolina.
• Indians of North America--Education--North Carolina.
• Indians of North America--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Indians of North America--North Carolina.
• Minority college students--North Carolina--Photographs.
• Minority college students--North Carolina.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Faculty.
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke--Faculty--Photographs.
• University of North Carolina at Pembroke--Faculty.

Danny Bell, a member of the Lumbee and Coharie tribes, has been an advocate and advisor for American Indian students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since coming to the University in 1988 as a student loan officer. In 1996, he helped found the American Indian Studies program in the Department of American Studies, becoming the program assistant. He also serves as the advisor to the Carolina Indian Circle and the Native American Law Student Association (NALSA). In 2014 he was honored with the University's C. Knox Massey Service Award for his service to the Carolina community.

This collection consists of photographs of American Indian groups and events at UN Chapel Hill and other North Carolina locations. Many images include faculty from UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Pembroke and members of the Carolina Indian Circle.