Danny Bell

Danny Bell (Coharie/Lumbee) is enrolled in the Lumbee Tribe and is an active member of the Coharie Indian Tribe. Danny serves the Triangle Native American Society as their representative on the boards of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs, United Tribes of NC, and with other Native, city, and university collaborations.

Danny has devoted his life to promoting the visibility and inclusion of American Indian people, history, arts, and cultural activities in public and private programs. His mission is to foster relationships, mutual understanding, and resource sharing between American Indian Tribes and non-Indian friends, organizations, communities, and governments across North Carolina.  

Danny worked for the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs for 12 years. He served 31 years in the US Army and the 440th Army Band. He recently retired after 27 years with the UNC-Chapel Hill Student Aid Office and the UNC American Studies Department American Indian and Indigenous Studies Curriculum.