MODERN INDIANS are regaining
their past w hile dealing with
the present and looking to the future.
A kwakiutl Indian in Western
Canada dons a bizarre ceremonial
musk to perform the " Animal Kingdom"
ritual. Stephen Tiger, originally
from the Miceosukee Tribe
in Florida, bridges the gap between
two worlds as a painter, rock
composer, and performer. Other
young Indians learn traditional
skills, such as raising a tepee, at a
large tribal encampment near Alberta,
Canada.
New Indians Regaining Past
The Kwakiutl Indians
thought it was more blessed to
(five than to receive long before
the first European missionary
set foot in North America.
The Kwakiutl people, who for
centuries lived along the
coastal waters of western
Canada and Vancouver Island,
believed that generosity
brought honor to the giver.
They expressed this belief in
elaborate potlatch. or give
awav. ci einonies that still
survive.
In the oli days a chief
g..' hered h;s wealth and invited
guests from tne island villages.
Through days of singing,
dancing, feasting, and giving
away blankets, canoes, and
other valuables, the chief
shared his wealth and reaffirmed
his social position with his
people.
TV Shows Potlatch
A modern-day potlatch ceremony
is one of the highlights of
"The New Indians." an
hour long National Geographic
television special that showed
how Indians in Canada and the
United States are rediscovering
their roots, their pride, and
their voice.
The program was produced
hv the National Geographic
Society and ■ WQED/Pittsburgh.
It was made possible by
a grant from Gulf Oil
Corporation and was presented
over the Public Broadcasting
Service on Feb. 15.
Revival of the potlatch is real
National 4-H Council
b«riir.VV "»r«' ,
Formed, Koonce Reports
The National 4-H service
Committee of Chicago and the
National 4-H Foundation of
Washington have combined to
form the National 4-H Council.
George W. Koonce, Extension
Agent, 4-H, stated this week.
Announcement of the merger
of the two 4-H agencies was
made recently bv Omer G.
Voss, chairman of the new
organization, which became
fully operative on Feb. 1.
Council is a private non-profit
educational institution incorporated
to strengthen the 4-H
program and enhance its
positive influence on youth and
adults. The 4-H program,
conducted by the Cooperative
•Extension Service of the State
• Land-Grant Universities and
Uhe U. S. Department of
j Agriculture, now involves more
jthan 5.8 million young people
• and more than 550.000
jvolunteer leaders. Council
: support to 4-H is provided
^primarily from the private
. sector.
Private support of 4-H has
rbeen a major factor in the
fdevelopment of this youth
' program which now reaches
•young people in every geo■
graphical area, farm, rural and
First-Citizens
Report Decrease
I • First-Citizens Bank & Trust
;Companv has reported 1976 net
•earnings of $3,967,359, a
decrease of 30.55 percent from
;1975.
: Previous year net earning
•after securities transactions
■totaled $5,712,987.
• Earnings of the Raleiffh;based
hank prior to securities
{transactions and extraordinary
•items in 1976 were $3,759,096
las compared to $4,429,346 in
:i975.
' In 1976 First-Citizens showed
!net per share earnings after
^securities transactions of
S$39.20, down $17.39 from 1975.
JBefore securities transactions.
jl976 earnings per share totaled
l$37.12 compared to $43.81 for
•the previous year.
| Deposits on December 31,
[me, were $1,028,671,349 as
iom pared with December 31,
1975 of $999,544,125.
jrnan. ana m every rave, roiur
ind creed. Additionally, proHarris
similar to 4-H exist in 82
lations around the world.
Council brings together two
sanitations with a long
radition of private support to
1 H through training, research,
-ecognition, information and
levelopment programs. The
Service Committee was founded
in 1921; the Foundation in
1948. The merger comes after
Tive years of discussion, study
groups and organizational work
with leaders in the private
sector and the Cooperative
Rxtension Service.
"Council will build on this
tradition of service to expand
and strengthen the role of the
private sector as effective
partners in the 4-H program,"
Mr. Voss said. "The merger will
bring about greater efficiency
and effectiveness in development
of resources and in
services to 4-H members,
leaders and staff."
At a meeting in Chicago last
week, the Executive Committee
of Council's Board of
Trustees approved a 1977
budget of more than $8,000,000,
Mr. Voss added.
bchool menus
Feb. 28th-March 4th
[ Subject to change without
notice i.
Monday—Hot dog with
mustard, chili, French fries,
cole slaw, gingerbread, milk.
Tuesday—Pizza, buttered
corn, pear salad, cookies, milk.
Wednesday—Baked turkey,
rice with gravy, green beans
candied sweet potatoes, hot
rolls, milk.
Thursday—Chili con carne
carrot sticks, tossed salad, ho
rolls, strawberry short cake
milk.
Friday-Tuna salad, pickle*
beets, green peas, salte<
peanuts, hot rolls, chocolat
milk.
a a a1 (
The oldest letter it "o,"
adoption in the Phoenic
and not just symbolic.
At the potlatch shown in the
documentary, a young chief,
Amos Dawson, prepared for a
year and invested $15,000 in
savings on the ceremony.
Pressured bv missionaries,
the Canadian Government
outlawed the potlatch in 1876.
The ban was enforced fo' 75
years. Now people like James
Sewid, a chief of the Kwakiutl
tribe living in Rritish Columbia,
struggle to salvage what is left
of the old tradition.
Equaled Family Crest
Recalls Sewid: "We almost
lost our culture because many,
many times our people were
thrown in jail: anybody give
away anything and do any
dancing, singing, they would be
taken to court and put in jail."
"They said that we were
worshipping idols. I don't think
anybody ever explained to
them what totem poles meant
to the Indians. It's like a coat of
arms to us. Like the European
people, each tribe has its crest."
Stylized ceremonial masks
were destroyed along with the
totem poles, but the old songs
and dances were passed down
from generation to generation.
Now a new wave of young
Indian artisans fashion totem
poles and the stylized figures of
ravens, hears, killer whales,
and other animals that adorn
dancers in dramatic performances
of rituals such as the
"Animal Kingdom."
Animals always have been
important to the Indians.
According to the Kwakiutls,
the original ancestors of kin
groups first descended to earth
in the guise of supernatural
creatures such as ravens,
thunderbirds. or other animals.
They then removed their masks
and costumes and assumed
human forms.
More important than the
animal figures, the original
spirit that sparked the
ceremonies has been revived,
giving the modern Kwakiutls a
new insight into their ancient
traditions.
Bean Yields Show
Signs Of Drought
The full effect of the drj
weather that occurred in Nortl
Carolina late in the 197(
farming season is reflected ii
the final figures on the size o
the Tar Heel soybean crop.
Growers averaged only 21.1
bushels per acre from 1.1
million acres for a total crop c
23.7 million bushels.
Many fields were no
harvested due to meager bea
production caused by the dr
weather.
The size of the U. S. soybea
crop was 1.3 million bushel
down 18 per cent from a yei
earlier and the fourth larg*i
I crop on record. The averaf
I per acre yield was 25.6 bushe
> or over three bushels less thi
the record high of 28.8 in 197
SvBP
unchanged in sh*M tine* ill
an atphabat about 1300 B.C.
Bumgarner To
Appear On TV
On Friday. Feb. 25, at 7:30 a.
m.. Stan Bumgarner, visiting
Artist at Edgecombe Technical
Institute in Tarboro, will
appear on "Carolina Today,"
Channel 9 television's early
morning talk show. He will talk
about pinhole photography and
will show several homemade
pinhole cameras as well as
photographs taken with them. !
He will explain the construction |
and use of the pinhole camera
and show how anyone interest
ed can make one, using
materials found around the
house. Mr. Bumgarner is the
son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Davis of Afton.
Mrs. Powell Is
Feted At Dinner
Mrs. Romeo Powell was
honored at a steak and lobster
dinner on Saturday night at the
J. I. Steak House in Rocky
Mount for her 78th birthday.
She received many gifts and
enjoyed a lovely decorated
birthday cake.
Guests were from Washing
ton. D. C., Richmond, Va..
Weldon. Rocky Mount. Inez,
Littleton. Clayton and Roanoke
Rapids.
Germany has 35.000 master
hakers.
I It W TfTTTi
If you keep canned fruits in a place no warmer than 75°F.
they will usually retain their quality for a year or more.
iiiiliAiiii a a a a a a a a a a a a sfflKnm
I The HUN I HRGRAM
A Newspaper Within A Newspaper
I "Vol. IX FRIDAY. MARCH 4. 1938 f\0 <T
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J KEEP CRAZY CRYSTALS AT ALL TIMES~70r $1.00
?} They tell us that
| the ladies of the
!• garden clubs had a
i« mighty fine and
enjoyable meeting
3 here. There is
S nothing like ladies
ja and flowers to
2 improve a town.
s
jj Pett Rovd and
J Howard Jones, Jr..
J are kidding each
ij other in our store
5 most every day,
g each one claiming
*• that the other
§ waits until he has
ia ordered and then
* rushes in to get a
,ij free drink.
* « •
J The damp wea
ther vesterdav had
go-; .,
nnore man jv
years ago people
were making
Hunter's a favo
rite gathering
place at just
about any time of
the day. - We
welcomed our
friends then, and
we welcome them
now. Throughout
the years quality
and courtesy have
been two reasons
why Hunter's has
become a name
worth remembering.
friends wondering
what to do with
their time. We
rerommend our
magazines for such
occasions.
* « «
The farmers are
might v interested
in the new farm
bill. We don't know
the particulars but
we certainly hope
that it will help
them.
* • #
•John Davis
seems to be making
the game pretty
hot for those who
find pleasure over
our checkerboard.
| HUNTER DKl(; COMPANY
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