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- Up one level
- Building named for Owl, considered a Tar Heel trailblazer
Susan Hudson, The Well, Dec 23, 2021
- Celebrating Carolina's firsts (35 min)
Henry Owl was the first American Indian and the first person of color to enroll at the University, as a graduate student in history in 1928. Owl received a master of arts degree in history in 1929, writing his thesis on “The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Before and After the Removal.” Includes video of the Henry Owl Building dedication (starts at 25 min).
- First Indian Student at UNC, Henry Owl
The Carolina Story: A Virtual Museum of University History
- Henry Owl, first American Indian student at Carolina
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Naming University Facilities and Units, The Well, December 3rd, 2021
- The Henry Owl Scholarship and a class in ‘Gumption’
College of Arts and Sciences, November 10, 2014