MNAA is a North Carolina state-recognized Urban Indian Center.
[1] Incorporated in January 1976 by local Native Americans as a non-profit education advocacy group, the MNAA and has grown to encompass child care, employment, and age-based community programs.
[2] The organization serves over 10,000 Native Americans in Mecklenburg and the surrounding counties.
Since its inception in 1976, the organizations hosts an annual powwow and cultural festival.
[3] All MNAA board members serve volunteer three year terms.In 2022, the chairperson of the board of MNAA is Rebecca Jones LaClaire, a member of the Lumbee Tribe in North Carolina.