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by Bruca Barton
WATCH THE POLITICIANS
IN LUMBERTON VOTING
BIGHTS CASE
This is a red flag* *
warning, a full alert- Watch
die politicians in the Lumber
ton Voting Rights Case. They
are scurrying about like bulls
in a china shop attempting to
get Lumberton-by hook or
crook-out of the very precari
ous position they find them
selves in.
Representatives David Par
nell and Bill Gay have already
gone on record saying, if one
can believe the Rebeeeulaa.
that they stand ready to
introduce legislation in die
N.C. General Asyimbiy to let
keep the annexed area (Cly
burne Pines, Lakewood Esta
tes. Barker Ten Mile, etc) in
spite of the fact that it was
illegally annexed, or, being
blunt, raped and taken by
legislative force from the
Robeson County School Sys
tem.
Indians, especially, can
read and write now..-.and
even do a little arithmetic.
They will not stand idly by
this time and let our legisla
tors sell us out ever again.
Only Senator Sam Noble
has shown any sense in the
matter, as 1 see it. He
suggests that the two affected
school systems- Lumberton
and the county system- sit
down and talk and come up
with a sensible solution. That
makes sense to me.
Lumberton school officials
talk glibly about this being "a
mere voting rights case.
That's right, a* far as it goes.
But. if one cannot
vote, the next obvious step is
that he cannot participate
either. And that, whether
Lumberton school officials
say so out loud or not, will
determine where children go
to school.
Y.H. Allen, the former
superintendent of the Robe
son County School System, as
I see It, seemed Intent on
gutting the county system in
? favor of Lumberton. He nev
er. to my knowledge, stood up
to the assaults on the system
he was charged to administer.
But such is not the case
now. Puroell Swett. the pre
sent superintendent, is of a
different cloth and color.
Allen himself lived in the
' Lumberton City Schools At
tendance Area and his chil
dren attended Lumberton
schools. I believe Swett and
the countv board of *<Wntion
wSl protect the Interest of the
children they are charged to
care for.
If a solution can be found
and 1 believe it can- the
couatv system wHl not lose
v students or territory, as they
m^Oa^athT^ Slid
And, in a final note, it
would be nice to hear a
politician say something
about the welfare of the
children, all of them.
So watch them, mark them,
red flag diem. Politicians are
dangerous folk, if you don't
keep a sharp eye on them.
And our politicians, dear
readers, deserve close scru
tiny.
PSU HOMECOMING
DESEKVES OUR SUPPORT
I also recommend PSU's
Homecoming to you. It's al
ways a fun filled week. Here's
a schedule of events.
^ ^SCHEDULE OF EVENTS- *,1
Mon., Feb. 8 .. Movie "Stripes" in Moore Hall Auditorium ? (TBA)
Tuea., Feb. 9.. Men's Basketball vs Elon College (7:30 p.m.)
Disco by Jimmy Abdalla in the Student Center (9 p.m.)
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Wed., Feb. 10. Band featuring "Liquid Center" in the Student Center - (TBA)
Thurs., Feb. 11 Guest recital in Moore Hall Auditorium (8 p.m.)
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Fri., Feb. 12... Pep Rally in Student Center (11a.m.)
First Round of NCAA Southeastern Regional Wrestling Champiq
ships-Quarterfinals - 6 p.m., Semifinals ? 8 p.m.
Student and Alumni Dance - National Guard Armory, Lumberton ?
9 p.m. -1 a.m. - $4.00 person
Sat. Feb. 13... Homecoming Parade sponsored by the SGA
Finals of NCAA Southeastern Regional Wrestling Championships
Consolation Finals, 10 a.m.; Championship Finals, 12 noon
Alumni Banquet In Gym (5 p.m.) Tickets are $5.00 each.
Women's Basketball game vs Pfeiffer(6 p.m.)
Men's Basketball game vs. Pfeiffer (8 p.m.) queen crowned at
halftime-(Games - Season Passes or $3 at the door)
Disco after the game (Disco Pat) in the Student Center
Braves Club Victory Party following game in Auxilary Gymnasium
of Jones P.F. Center following the game. Donations accepted.
PSU is also sponsoring a
series of lectures entitled
Aaatn'i Crisis of CwMss
cm ClsdHiBlj ?f Institutions
One of the nice things about
living in or near a university
town like Pembroke is the
exciting programs and speak
ers that come to the campus
from time to time'.
Dr. Robert G us tab on and
his colleagues in the philo
sophy and religion depart
ment at PSU are sponsoring,
thanks to a grant from the
N.C. Humanities, a series of
speakers in the next few days.
The series of I*"turns are
built around the theme of
America's Crisis sf CarfMsn
em ClsittiMlj sf lastftsdsas
Speaking at PSU Monday at
11 a.m. wffl be Dr. Larry
Churchill,-associate professor
in the Department of Social
and Administrative Medicine
at UNC-Chapel Hill. On
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. la Old
Main's Assembly Room at
PSU, the speaker wUI be a
former congressman. L. Rich
ardson Prayer of Greensboro.
Peyer is now a visitiag
William Neal Reynolds Pro
fessor at UNC-Chapel Hit.
Both of these talks are free
to the public.
Three other speakers will
be part qf the sarins, bat
speaking at town nearby. Dr.
Carl Dolce, dean of the School
af Operation at N.C. State
University, will speak Mon
day at 7:30 p.m. at Covington
Street School in Laurinburg.
Dr. Arden C. Miller of the
School of Public HealUi at
UNC- Chapel Hill, will speak
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
Wesley Pines Retirement
Home in Lumberton. And Dr.
.Robert Wilson of Duke Uni
p.m. Wednesday at First
Methodist Church in Laurin
burg.
We encourage the public to
attend these interesting lec
tures. It's one of the many
benefits deriving from having
a university in our midst.
Let's take advantage of it.
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An Appeal from
LRDA's Indian
Information Project '
Dear Friends:
The New year-1982- is here.
The Indian Information Pro
ject would like to take this
opportunity to extend to you
our best wishes for a Happy
and Prosperous and Healthy
New Year.
The Indian Information Pro
ject/LRDA continues to serve
as an information gathering
and dissemination office for
Eastern Indian issues and
concerns. However, in the
-new year, we will be assum
ing the role of advocate, as
well as information gathering
and alerting, for our people
and their concerns.
Our goal is to stabilize the
office and add two full-time
staff members to supplement
our volunteers. In the past
two months, we have moni
tored legislation and admini
strative moves which have
jeopardized Eastern Indians;
namely, the White House
Policy Task Force; the pro
posed transfer of Indian Edu
cation from the Department of
Education to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs in the Depart
ment of the Interior; the
budget-cuts; block grants; the
CETA reauthorization. In
addition, our office has up
dated the mailing list, sent
RedUner to the printers, and
caught up on correspondence.
The spirit at our October
conference was uplifting and <
uniMng. We want to continue i
and spread that spirit to all ef
our people in the Eastern
United States. To do this, we
need your help. Won't yoe ?
consider giving the Indian.
Information Project a dona
tion of SS, $10. $20, $25, $50,
$100? This will help as
with the mailings and other
office expenses.
In addition, in the new
year, 1982 ImUmt will char
ge a subscription rate of $15
for a yearly rate of eight
issues. If you would like to
subscribe and be a an associ
ate of the office, $20 is the
fee.
. We want everyone to join
our effort to educate, advo
cate, and fight for Eastern
Indian Rights.
Won't you be among the
first to pledge your help by
sending your name and ad
dress.
Thanks so much for your
past support and for caring by
helping.
? Sidcerely,
Helen M. Schebbeck
Prqject Adviser
3902 Executive Avenue
D-12 Tyler BaBdlng
Alexandria, Virginia 22305 '
Letter
to
the
Editor
Dear, Mr. Barton,
I am sending you * copy of
so editorial I recently had in
the Robesooian, if you find it
worth printing 1 wish you
would sinee a/lot of our people
read your paper. If kjwUl help
just one person to stop and
tiling it(hill be warth'my time.
1 would like you to know
also that people around St.
Pauls like your paper too. We
also love the Lord and invite
you and anyone else that will,
to come and worship with us
at Ten Mile Center Baptist
Church, we have preaching
every Sunday except the 5th
Sunday on which we have a
singing at 2:30 p.m. Our
pastor is the Rev. Jimmie
Strickland.
RELIGION SEEN AS HELP
TO KEEP OUT OF COURT
To the Editor:
Having been on jury duty
the week of January 4 to 8, I
have been very disturbed ever
since. While in court I
couldn't help but notice that
everyone who was tried that
week was Indian. Being an
Indian myself, I was vety
concerned and I started won
dering and asking myself
questions.
What has happened to our
race of people? Who is to
blame? Is it the church? Or is
H just the individual him/her
self? I don't think we can
point a finger at any one
individual, but it is time all of
start doing our part as Chris
tians.
As parents, if we are not
born-again Christians, we
need to be. Then we need to
raise our children according to
God's Word, the Holy Bible.
Then as Christians and a part
of the church it is time we put
our work for the Lord in its
rightful place, and be up and
about our Father's business
or witnessing to others and
trying to help them get their
life in order. -
peed to look at ours^ves, first
be prowl to be an Indian.
Second, ask ourselves what
we want out of life. Then
realising that God loves us as
much as he does anyone else,
we should turn our lives over
to God and let him be a part of
it every day in everything we
say or do. Christians need to
pray more and work harder
and live what they preach. If
all these things were done,
''maybe there wouldn't be so
many of our people in the
courts to be tried.
"Set your affection on
things above, not on things
on the earth." Colossians 3:2.
Cherry W. Strickland
Rente 1 Box 46
St. Paale, NC 28384
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The easiest way to
finish a hard job is to get
to work. After a start is
made, the finish is near at
'hand.
? eee
Hardly any church
'needs any particular in
dividual, but there are few
individuals who do not
need a church.
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President Reagan's
Letter Portent of
Good Things at
Indian Unity Conference
late la N.C. have
always ben prand people.
Life has never faeea easy las
as. Wa have, by aseasalty,
been creative, reaaareafal,
lag. We have moods J with
gregadoa, poverty, and Iqpu
tke In afl of oar IndUn case
rn unities for centuries. Sonse
battles we have wan, seme
we've loat, b the wpr en these
social evfls and they are far
from being over.
Throaghoat most of those
hardships, however, Indian
people have worked quietly
bat with great de term batten
and committment. We have
asked only for a chance to
make decisions concerning
oar own destiny. We have
asked for sapport b helping
an to achieve the goals of
social and economic aeif snf
Bctoncy.
As more than 500 Indian
people in North Carolina and
the East Coast prepare to
gather b Raleigh for the 7th
Aimaal Indian Unity Confer
ence on March 4,5,fi, b It any
?ending Us support sad con
gratulations for ? successful
conference?
Far Ike flrat time h Ike
7-year kistory of tke confer
ence the Planning Committee
? hu been able la get a letter of
from the President of the
Uidted States-Ronald Rea
We consider the symbokc
nature sf the letter to be
highly significant.
The Gallford Native Amer
ican Center hi Greensboro,
through the Office of Rep.
W. Engene Jebnston, tke
freshman Republican from
Greensboro, contacted Presi
dent Reagan that resulted hi
the significant letter.
We applaad them for their
efforts, particularly Ruth
Revels, the energetic director
of tke GaOferd Native Amer
ican Center,
it la a portent of good things
Indian Unity Conference.
Prisoner appeals
to Robeson i an s
I would like to make a
special appeal to the concern
ed citizens and residents of
Robeson County. I would like
for you all to do yourself a
favor and me also. Oct
involved with your feHow man
or woman- love one another
and voice your opinions,. Do
something to show that you do
care for a fellow man.
1 want one thousand good
people and citizens for some
suport in my bid for free
dom. That's not a lot at all for
Robeson County because
there are thousands upon
mousdfiQs of people there. ?
But out of all of you some
don't'care for themselves
much less someone else. So 1
figured if I can find one
thousand good ones 1 can do
without the others. So please
support, mel
About myself, I am a
prisoner. Don't stop reading
now because of the fact I am
in prison. I am still a human
being with feelings. Some of
you who read this article know
me personally and some of
you don't. Those who know
me from lawyers, doctors
and laborers and newspaper
editors, reporters, law enfor
cement officers, prison offici
als have to speak the truth. I
am a pretty good old boy and
tend to my own affairs but
don't be pushed around. Have
never intentionally hurt or
tried to run over anyone.
Have talked with important
persons and bums but I
respect everyone and get
along with everyone white.
Black and Indian. In fact I am
?*
white and married an Indian
woman?love her dearly and
have experienced let downs
by my own race because of the
fact that I married an Indian.
But I love her and nothing can
stop my marriage.
I am in prison for being
a jailhouse lawyer (written)
to those who don't know
these terms, let my explain. I
wrote up legal papers to help
uneducated and other inmates
prepare papers to go back into
court and try to obtain real
justice. Some inmates had
money others didn't. 1 never
charged for my services which
required 10-18 hours to write
the paper work up and make S
copies. But for my troubles I
would get coffee, cigarettes,
occasional few dollars. 1 tried
my best with all my vigor to
help them in anyway I could.
But officials of the prisons
dpn't think much of this
piSctice especially cf a legal
action is drawn-up on an
official for mistreating a pri
soner. And my practice went
on to help someone else.
But this got me 3-5. years
because an inmate with a long
sentence wanted out of prison,
bad enough to tell 1 charged
him to obtain his goals. 1 was
real mad about this but later
realized the mans thoughts
were only for himself and if he
can live with it so can I.
There's a lot more to the true
story. But I don't have all that
space and thankfully to Mr.
Bruagr Barton this letter is
published. He personally
knows me and will go all out
to help his fellow man and
Pembroke should be honored
to have this man and his
newspaper. The Carolina
Indian Voice.
Thanks to all you citizens
and hopefully some of you will
take the time and help me to
start a bid for my freedom. I
need to be at home with the
wife and kids. Will really
appreciate your letter and will
answer all and explain any
questions you may want to
know about the man you will
be concerned with. I thank
you one and all. '
Otis Ray Stephens
Route 2 Box 720
Elisabeth town, NC 28337
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Presicient
hb a pleasure to extend my
best wishes ?ad warm regards
as you gather for the Seventh
Annual Indian Unity Confer
ence sponsored by the North
Carolina Indian Commission.
I salute and support your
theme, "Buliding a Better
Future through Indian
Unity."
Yours is a state with the
fifth largest Indian population
in the nation. As you know, I
was governor of the state with
the largest Indian population.
California, like North Caroli
na, b home to both federally
recognized and non-federally
recognized tribes and to both
urban and rural off-reserva
tion Indian communities.
These similarities make me
aware of your needs, inter
ests and concerns. I am
especially aware of the her
itages cherished by each
Indian committee. But 1 am
mindful of your needs for a
forum such as the Unity
Conference through which
you can share ideas for
controlling your own destiny,
gaining social and economic
effieoey, and assuring your
rights as Indian people and as
American citizens.
There b no more important
foundation for realizing these
goals than that of restoring
thb nation's economic health
a major task of thb Adminis
tration. I sincerely solicit your
support in this important
undertaking.
As President, 1 have been
working to open up agencies
for consultation with Indian
leaders. I commend your
efforts and look forward to
hearing the results of your
deliberations.
RONALD BEAGAN
WHO KNOWS?
1. Name the three vice
presidents who served
with President F.D.
Roosevelt.
2. Who wrote. True worth
is being, not seeming...!
3. Who was the first pres
ident to give an inaugural
ball in Washington, D.C.?
4. What flower is the em
blem for Delaware?
5. What island is at the
tip of the Italian boot?
6. How many signed the
Declaration of Inde
pendence?
7. Who painted the pic
ture The Praying Hands?
8. When did Russia
project the first animal
into sapce?
9. Soldiers from what
three wars are buried at
the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier?
10. When was the first
heart transplant made?
Aaawata To Who Kiowa
1. John N. Garner, Henry
A. Wallace and Harry S.
Truman.
2. Alice Cary, in her
poem, Nobility.
3. James Madison, 1809.
4. The Peach Blossom.
5. Sicily.
6. Fifty-six.
7. Albrecht Durer.
8. November 3, 1957.
9. World Wars I and II
and the Korean War.
10.December 3. 1967.
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Religion is the posses
sion of the human race; no
small group of any faith
has exclusive possession
of Divine resources.
No sensible adult .
makes fun of young peo
ple; the chances are that
they have more sense
than their elders.