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' j /'t ^^?O/r0ft/A L B WD OPINIO A "Wc cannot know where we are going if we do not know where we have been." w t 1 i 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.) " "?? '? i. t -?'?f ?- : '- ? ? Wed., Feb. 10. Band featuring "Liquid Center" in the Student Center - (TBA) Thurs., Feb. 11 Guest recital in Moore Hall Auditorium (8 p.m.) - ??.? . .", 'Z * ?* 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. j r .1. . - . i 1? P.O. Bm um pniiiiii,itc?m fhM*n-m 2ND CLASS POSTAGE MB \ AT PEMBROKE. NX. Mm j , _ ^ / i nrfiT ? ??*: 2 Tears ISA* j 9m*mm 1 Yaw SOW I 2 Taws SIM* 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 e ? ? ? 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. ? J 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 PROGRESSIVE SAVINGS & LOAN, LTD. 14.183% tofe Effective Thru Feb. 15th. ?10,000 DEPOSIT -m 0 MONTH MATURITY 12% Rot* Eff*cttv* Thru Fsb. 15th. ?1,000 MINIMUM DEPOSIT JO DAYS TO ? MO. MATURITY f?MTV CT IAMT WmOAWAt OCV Chocking Q /Q Account |S00 Minimum Balance NO SERVICE CHARGE FOR *800 MINIMUM BALANCE I ? . k r'.?f DEPOSIT81NSURED UP TO $100,000 BY NCSGC. . PROGRESSIVE savihcs&loan, ltd. Ml N CourtSL MEMBER NCSCC Phone * LumMrtwi.#,C TM-mi 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. ? ??* 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.