Welcome to TNCCNA

The National Cultural Center of the Native Americans (TNCCNA) is a national tribute, memorializing the Native Americans - the Native American Indians, Alaska Natives and the Native Hawaiians - the indigenous and first peoples of the United States of America, preserving their prehistory and the richness of their cultures and traditions, and is the focal point of its project, The Native American Global Education Center Project that uniquely integerates education, ecology, preservation, conservation, training and economic development.

The National Cultural Center of the Native Americans is alive with the sights and sounds of the Native Americans sharing and demonstrating their ancestral dances, music, songs, chants, craftsmanship and more in their indigenous dwellings and village settings. The visiting public, as well as, the students who are attending the morning sessions devoted for them, will have the opportunity to learn, first hand, from and of the Native Americans; and, to interact with them, freely to ask questions and to participate in their demonstrations and games. The National Cultural Center of the Native Americans also emanates the Native Americans' respect and care for Mother Earth and her surrounding elements. It is an ecological park, representing eight major regions of the United States of America - California, Alaska, Hawaii, Northwest, Southwest, Plains and Plateaus, Northeast and Southeast. It is a habitat preserve, protecting the Native Americans' indigenous plants and animals for future generations to enjoy. It is conservation, protecting the wetlands, utilizing reclaimed water in its lakes and on its landscape, and LEED's buildings utilizing solar and wind energy.

Partnerships

A collaboration with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, City of Chino, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the Native Americans, Alaska Native Heritage Center, Polynesian Cultural Center, American Legion, Federal and State agencies and others has been established. The Multi-cultural Arts Village adjoins the Cultural Center and is a repository safeguarding and exhibiting the Native Americans' fine arts, masterful crafts, artifacts, regalia (ceremonial attire) and private collections of the Native Americans; as well as, exchanging and exhibiting art collections of the indigenous peoples from the seven continents of the world.

The Veterans Village will house our disabled maimed veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, providing rehabilitation, vocational training, life skills and other programs; and an affordable housing complex for senior citizen veterans. (The first woman soldier killed in combat in Iraq was a Native American Indian, serving in the U.S. Army.) The University will be opened to all qualified individuals and with The Medical and Research Center, will address the educational, medical and other needs long deprived to the Native Americans and assist our disabled maimed veterans in assimilating back into society.

Diabetes is the number one killing disease for Native American Indians and Native Hawaiians; and, for the Alaska Natives, blindness is their number one debilitating disease. Western University of Health Sciences (WU) has committed to be on-site and provide health, dental and optical care and services; conduct diabetes and optic research; its Center for Disabled Issues and Professions will further assist our disabled veterans; and, its College of Veterinary Medicine will be caring for our indigenous endangered animals.