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4The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, March Native Annie fro cam) cultural celebratooin) starts next week O t By KAREN ENTRIKEN Staff Writer A fashion parade, basket weaving, weapons demonstrations and a pow wow will introduce students to America's original inhabitants during Native American Cultural Week, March 27 through April 1. The slate of events, planned by the 30-member Carolina Indian Circle, is geared to heighten awareness of Native Americans in North Carolina and the low number of Indian students and faculty at UNC, said Julie Hunt, president of the Carolina Indian Circle. Earlier this month the group presented a letter to Chancellor Paul Hardin asking for increased recruit ment of Native American students, faculty members and staff members. About 131 Native American stu dents attended UNC last fall, includ ing 85 undergraduates. There have UNC student killed do highway accident By JOEY HILL Staff Writer UNC junior Jacquelyn Hen-, d ricks died in a multiple vehicle accident March 7 on Interstate 85 near the U.S. 15 overpass. She was 34. The accident occurred about 7:25 a.m. when Hendricks appar ently lost control of her car in the icy conditions and was hit by a truck. Hendricks was a psychology major who attended UNC from 1973 until 1976, when she with drew to work, said her mother, Edith Hendricks. She re-enrolled this semester to "better herself and to put herself in a better position," her mother said. Before her re enrollment, she worked as a teacher's aide and as a health care technician. WERE FIGHTING FOR VDURUFE Buy Get a Buy any sweatshirt & sweatpant combination, get GREAT SELECTION I" . WWW w. 151 E. 23, 1989 been no Native American faculty members for the past two years, according to Tim Sanford, director of Institutional Research. Cornelia Strickland, assistant to the UNC Affirmative Action Officer, said: "The University has specific hiring goals for only two minority groups on campus women and blacks. Native Americans are not identified as a group with hiring goals." Many Native American students from North Carolina come from small areas where school systems are not up to par, Hunt said. They don't have enough money, they aren't automatically expected to go to college after high school, and they are afraid of going to a large university where most students are white and middle class, she said. "When Indian students think of Carolina, they start thinking of the Robert Sakata, a medical school professor who taught Hen dricks in a rehabilitation class, said he had encouraged her to return to school. Hendricks lived with her mother at their home in Henderson. She is thought to have been driving to class when the accident occurred. Hendricks' mother said her daughter was very religious. "Her source was the Lord," she said. "She was always there to help." Graduate student Brian Repsher, who taught Hendricks in a religion class, said she was quiet, so he never got to know her very well. Funeral services for Hendricks were held March 11 at Young Memorial Holiness Church in Henderson. The Elder Jesse Giles presided. American Heart Hz Association lr(nTM2 DOTLMA FES f i any pair of shorts T-shirt or tank for 4 99 00 o offset ON ALL ACC CHAMP MERCHANDISE! vj Carolina Pride Franklin St. Downtown Chapel I mi PI financial part of it and say 'Forget it, my parents can't afford it,' " Hunt said. "I receive a mixture of respect and envy when I go home to see my American Indian friends, most of whom are now married and have children," she said. Chief Pat Riddick of the Meherrin Nation based in Winton will be the keynote speaker of the week on March 28. He will talk about his tribe's history and how state and federal laws have affected it. The main problems Riddick sees for several N.C. tribes are that the state and federal government do not recognize them, and legislation does not easily let them gain recognition, he said. His tribe gained state recog nition in July 1986. Tribes are not recognized because the government is afraid that too many people will take advantage of JubD5c Television funnel drove successful By DEIRDRE FALLON Staff Writer Despite bad weather that tempor arily disabled transmitters, the Uni versity of North Carolina Center for Public Television raised more money through its 17-day fund drive "Fes tival" this month than it ever has before. The center raised $956,720.60, exceeding its goal of $900,000. An ice storm shut down a trans mitter at WUNG in High Point, keeping public television off the air in the Charlotte and Concord areas for 24 hours. Art electrical storm Saturday after noon shut down a transmitting tower in Linville, stopping transmission in the area until Sunday, the last day of the drive. The "Festival" drive also had competition from college basketball tournaments and commercial net work television shows, said Priscilla Bratcher, director of development and community relations for the center and executive producer of "Festival." The center expected to have com petition from the basketball tourna ments and commercial network shows and to have fund raising slow down because of nice weather, not bad. UUJJ Hill Fl W mk. money set aside for Native Ameri cans, he said. So the government decides which tribes are recognized and who gets the money, he said. Much of the money available to Native Americans is for college tuition. "We are who we are, and we want the government to know that," Riddick said. "So we went through the tough law process for the sake of recognition, not the money." Prospective college students in his Meherrin tribe are now eligible for scholarships because they are a recognized N.C. tribe, he said. "With new legislation on the way allowing American Indians recogni tion from the government and pro grams on college campuses, like UNC's Indian Cultural Week, I'm optimistic that Indian students should be growing in number on campuses," Riddick said. "When there's nice weather, we suffer because people go outside," Bratcher said. "We pray for bad weather on the weekends." The drive, which started March 3, passed the $900,000 goal by 9 p.m. on March 19, the last night of the drive, said Diana Hatch, commun ications director for the center. "We brought in the most money ever raised by Festival," she said. "Last year we raised $914,000." The drive attracted 19,958 pledges from North Carolina, South Caro lina, Virginia, Georgia and Tennes Bluegrass music coming By JACKI GREENBERG Staff Writer Old-time bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley will bring a little bit of country to Carrboro when he per forms Saturday at the ArtsCenter. . Stanley, who sings and plays the banjo, is one of only a few old-time country musicians still playing today. Unlike modern Nashville country music, old-time country is pure and based on hundreds of years of tradition. Stanley writes much of his own material, but he still performs old ballads that were originally brought from England to the Southern Appal achian Mountains. For centuries the mountain people passed the songs down from one generation to the next. ' Stanley provides audiences with a glimpse of the past, said Bett Wilson, communications coordinator for the ArtsCenter. "When you listen to him, you can't help but think of little white churches and dirt roads," she said. Wilson said it is important to keep this pure, traditional country music alive because it provided the roots for modern day music. The ArtsCenter wanted Stanley to perform because he is "a legend," she said. Fs into ltd & Miller lite only 99 Natural Lite......... $57" Co orsCcors Light Extra Gold $54" Powlens Food. Call 942-3116 today! Check out Big Bertha, our world famous walk-in cooler, featuring the coldest beer in town. We also have the largest selec tion of imports in the area. If we don't have it, we will get it just for you! Please call in advance to reserve your kegs. They Price includes cups and ice. VlSAMasterCard or cash required for deposit. Please, don't drink and drive! Fowlers Famous Foods Since 1933 306 W. Franklin Chapel Hill W Native American Cultural Week Schedule Tuesday, March 28: Guest Speaker . Chief Pat Riddick of the Meherrin Nation will speak on "The Effect of Legislation on Native American Groups." 7 p.m., 1 05 Gardner. Wednesday, March 29: Native American Fashion Parade Various styles of Native American dress will be modeled by Miss Indian North Carolina and other North Carolina Native American Princesses. 7 p.m., Great Hall. Thursday, March 30: Panel Discussion Representatives from tribal groups will address "Preserving Native American Identity" and "Contemporary Native American Problems." 7 p.m. 105 Gardner. Friday, March 31 : Activities in the Pit Richard Crowe will give a blow gun demonstration, and Native American dancers will perform. 1 1 :30 a.m.-1 :30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 : Native American Cultural Festival Native American dancers, blow gun demonstration, basket weaving demonstration, other crafts for sale. 1 0 a.m.-5 p.m., Great Hall. see, including 11,954 new pledges. The goal for pledges was 18,000, with 12,000 new pledges, Bratcher said. "We were pretty much on target with our goals," she said. The "Festival" drive is only a portion of the estimated $3.5 million raised this year, Hatch said. "We have a $12 million budget," she said. "The $900,000 is only a portion of the total raised in a year. It's just the most visible way the money is raised." The "Festival" goal is what the station needs just to get by, said In a telephone interview from his Virginia home, Stanley said he is widely known as "the only profes sional, pure old-time country musi cian playing today." He said old-time bluegrass is different from today's country music in that old-time does not use . any amplification or electronic sound. Stanley does not want to modernize the traditional country songs. "My fans compliment me for playing the same music I started with in the 1940s," he said. m As a boy, Stanley learned to play banjo from his mother. In the early 1940s, he and his guitar-playing brother joined forces to form the Stanley Brothers. They began per forming on local radio stations, and their popularity, spread rapidly. The talented team soon toured the coun try and later the world. Stanley said he has performed in 48 of the 50 states, as well as in Japan and Europe. "The Japanese weren't used to my kind of music," he said. "But they liked it real well." The Stanley Brothers' career ended when Carter Stanley died in 1966, but Ralph continued performing. He teamed up with a fiddle player, and aim $59" Michelob& Michelob light ' ..SSOt.......99 Moosehead fieineliin otJ 9i Olympia l Hatural light Suitcase sluH99 Miller, Miller light & Genuine Draft $4J" Prices good through Sunday, March 26, 1989 will go fast! St. Memsy Price, an intern for the center. The center relies on the "Festival" drive for a1 great deal of program acquisition, Price said. "We wouldn't have 'Sesame Street' or 'MacNeil Lehrer' without it." The drive this year is also impor tant because it is the last time the "Festival" drive will be broadcast from Swain Hall, where it has originated since 1978. This summer the center will move from Chapel Hill to the Research Triangle Park, so all its studios will be located in one place, Hatch said. to Carrboro three more musicians have joined them since. Stanley's five-man band is known as the Clinch Mountain Boys. Stanley tours with the Clinch Mountain Boys about half of the year, he said. The other half he spends with his family near his rural home town in southwestern Virginia. Last year Stanley released a gospel album titled I'll Answer the Call. Although this album includes many hymns, Stanley has a diverse reper toire. The country's rich heritage is apparent in everything he plays from love ballads to square dance music. . The music is uplifting and touches the soul, Wilson said. "It is unusual music, and those who have never heard it might discover they like something they didn't know they; liked," she said. ' " Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys will perform at the ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main Street, on Saturday, March 25 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the public and $8 for Friends of the ArtsCenter. They may be ordered in advance by calling 929-ARTS. tolT(E
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