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"We cannot know where
we are going if we do not
know where we have been."
EDITOR'S NOTE: This co
lumn space will be shared
with 01' Reasonable LocUear
beginning next week.
Brace Barton's "As I See
It" has appeared weekly since
the first Issne of the
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
Janoaiy 18, 1973. That'* a
long lime. And Barton claims
temporary battle fatigue.
01' Reasonable'* back. And
he's fresh a* a daisy.
Look for them next week,
beginning with 01' Reasona
ble. For the time being, 01'
Reasonable one week and
"As I See It" the next on a
rotating basis.
Look for it in the CARO
LINA INDIAN VOICE.
OPPOSE PUBLIC HOUSING
LUMBERTON-About 35 residents
of the Raft Swamp community appeared
before the Robeson County Board of
Commissioners Monday night to protest
plans for 110 units of public housing in
their area.
The commissioners tentatively sche
duled a joint meeting for Aug. 26 with
themselves, the Robeson County Hous
ing Authority and the residents.
Commissioners Chairman Herman
Dial first suggested that residents take
their protest before the housing au
thority.
"We feel this is not the type of unit we
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want in our community," the group's
spokesman. Ertle Todd, told the board.
Dial replied that "this thing is pretty
far gone."
Dial said the commissioners would be
"out of order" if they acted on the
group's complaint without contact with
the housing authority.
The 110 units of housing have been
conditionally approved by the federal
Department of Housing and Urban
Development for a site off N.C. 72 west
of Lumberton.
Forty other units are planned in St.
Pauls.
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Lela Anne's Learning Center
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Sunday, August 23,1981
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PEMBROKE LIONS MEET AND PLAN FQR
BIRTHDAY CALENDAR SALE
Shown left to right are Governor Barnes,
Pembroke Lions Club Secretory and Zone
2 Chairman; D.G. Charles Register,
District Governor, 31-F of North Fay
ettevllle; Furman Brewer, Pembroke
Urn Clab President) end Donald E.
Landv, District 31-F Cabinet Secretary of
Hope Mills. |Bmer W. Hunt photo and
text]
The Pembroke Lions regular dinner and
business meeting was held Monday
night at the Town and Country Restau
rant in Pembroke and was attended by
Cabinet Secretary. District 31-F, Donald
E. Lundy of Hope Mills, and District
Governor. 31-F. D.G. Charles Register of
Fayetteville. Gov. Register was the
keynote speaker. He noted that Lions
Clubs all over the world are service
organizations and that the Pembroke
Club should be service-oriented. He
urged the club to get involved in
community service providing for those
who need help.
Plans were made for the Lions Annual
"Community Birthday Calendar" sale
which will get underway this week.
"White Cane" Chairman Richard Seavie
Lowry, Jr. selected a committee to work
with him in implementing the "White
Cane Candy Day" fund raising campaign
which is upcoming in October.
The Lions will be taking orders for
commuitity birthday calendars until mid
September. Anyone interested in one of
these calendars that lists birthdays and
anniversaries may contact any Lions
Club member.
Lumberton Redisricting Pursued
LUMBERTON--Two political action
groups called Monday for the Lumberton
City Council to redistrict the city in a
manner that would be fairer to voting
groups in the election of city councilmen.
The plea was made by the Robeson
County branch of the NAACP and the
county's League of Women Voters.
Spokesmen for both groups said they
were concerned that the city's eight
precincts do not allow fair representation
for voters.
Eight councilmen are elected from the
eight city districts.
Mayor Furman K. Biggs told the
groups that the council had already made
plarfis -to re district Wfcr
waiting for reliable 1980fensus figures.
Charlotte Smith, president of the
League of Women Voters, said the city
council should have accomplished the
redisricting in time for the next election.
She said that population in the districts
ranges from 1,640 in Precinct 7 to 3,841
in Precinct 6.
"There is great inequality in re
presentation," Mrs. Smith said.
Angus B. Thompson. Sri, president of
the Robeson County branch of the
NAACP. read an Aug. 7 resolution of the
organization that cited "critical dis
proportion" in the city's precincts.
The resolution stated that voters in
Precinct 6. the largest precinct, suffer
fro/n a "diluted" vote. The district has a
large number minorityvoters.
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Women Voters are calling for the city to
appoint a commission or committee to
recommend alternative redistricting
plans to the city.
Costumes A Major Part of 'SATW!
Costumes, their design and
upkeep play a major role in
any drama production and
Robeson County's outdoor
drama, "Strike At The Wind!'
is no exception.
Two young ladies. Debbie
Morris and Barbara Counts,
have taken the job of costume
co-ordinators for the show this
summer, designing, making
and keeping up the costumes
for 70 actors. "Strike At The
Wind!" is not an easy play to
dress, according to Debbie,
since it is tri-racial and takes
place following the Civil War
in Robeson County. The true
story of the Lumbee Indian}
and their folk hero. Henry
Berry Lowrie. "Strike At The
Wind!" is in its sixth seaso4
this summer.
Debbie, a senior at Pem
broke State University, is a
newcomer to "Strike At The
Wind!". Even though this is
her first season, she has had a
wide range of experience
working with other plays.
Some of her past experience
include: Costumer and Ward
robe Mistress for "The Pro
mise," performed at Pem
broke State University; Cos
tumer. Wardrobe Mistress
and Designer for "Lion in
Winter," performed at PSU;
and Costumer, Wardrobe
Mistress and Designer for
"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."
also performed at PSU.
"Strike At The Wind!"
needed a costume designer,
and I have a number one
qualification-1 can and do like
to sew." exclaimed Debbie.
"I have to learn the character
and what he wears. Because
of the very nature of the
ckama. the distance between
the audience and action on
stage, the costume has to
icinforce the character's role
it the play."
Color and style are more
hiportant than most people
ealizc. The choice of dress
aid color combination has to
rflcct the actor's role, but at
tie same time, it has to suit
Ks importance in the play. A
ninor part would never be
dcsscd flashier than a lead
pet.
According to Barbara, "this
type of work, since it is a
grass root organization, is a
learning experience and much
' past experience is not really
necessary. But to work in
professional costuming, an
apprenticeship period with a
known fashion designer or
theatrical designer is requir
ed. You have to build a
resume and port folio of your
work, and basically you have
to know the right people.
Once accepted, you have to
prove- to these people you
have talent and will do what
you say you will do."
Historians are trying to
prove that the Lumbee Indi
ans are part of the tribe that
absorbed the "Lost Colony."
This idea is introduced into
"Strike At The Wind!" in the
prologue, the first scene of
the show.
"Strike at the Wind!" is
fine family entertainment and
can be enjoyed by everyone in
the family. "Strike At The
Wind!" plays every Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday
night through August 29th.
Preshow is at 8 p.m. and
showtime at 8:30 p.m. Follow
the signs to the Lakeside
Amphitheatre at the Riverside
Country Club. 3 miles west of
Pembroke on Highway 74.
North Carolina Theatre
Arts and the North Carolina
Department of Cultural Re
sources recognizes "Strike At
The Wind!" as a professional
theatre and provides grant
assistance to this theatre from
funds appropriated by the
North Carolina General As
sembly.
For more information con
tact the office of "Strike At
The Wind!"
Saddletree
Jaycettes
to hold
Car
Wash
The Saddletree Jaycettea
will aponaor a car waah and
rummage aalc on Saturday,
Auguct 22. 1981 at the
Saddletree PI re Department.
The fire dept. la located
acroaa from Magnolia School.
Interacted pereona are urged
to attend.
THE PEOPLE WHO DEFIED
HEW ALSO LED THE
INDIAN WORLD
Who are we?
We are the people who
defied HEW in 1970 because
of a bogus desegregation
plan.
But we are also the people
who led the Indian world in
educational achievement at
the time. We deserved to be
heard, we insisted upon it,
and we were.
1 am happy to say that I was
one of die people who did
some of the insisting. I am
glad now that I declared,
"This is America. 1 will
speak. I will be heard."
It is. I did. and I was. But
even more wonderful than
this is the fact that fellow
Indians of Robeson took up
the hue and cry by the
hundred, in effect. And some
of those cries ultimately
brought about some rather
far-sweeping changes, nearly
if not all of them in our favor.
Who are we?
More people remember us as
the Indians who defied HEW
in 1970 than those who
remember that we also led the
Indian world in the field of
education at the time.
I refer you to a newspaper
article which appeared in the
Charlotte Observer during
those critical days which
begins like this:
ROBESON'S LUMBEES
LEAD INDIAN TRIBES
by Paul Jablow
Kaleigh-Kobeson County s
Lumbee Indians far exceed,
any other group in a recently
completed national study of
Indian educational achieve
ment. -?
As a result, says the North
Carolina State University lec
curef ?>ho ?tu<it*d ttiam, Shay
could have a significant influ
ence on Congressional policy
toward Indian cultures from
Alaska to the Atlantic coast.
John Gregory Peck, a 41
year-old anthropology in
structor, says that the diffe
rence between Lumbee pro
fessional success and that of
some 35 other Indian groups
studied is phenomenal.
Of some 964 American
Indians in the group attending
college, he said, 377 are
Lumbees. So are about one
half the Indian public school
teachers despite the- fact that
the Lumbees constitute just
7.5% of the Indian population
surveyed.
The 3-year national study of
American Indian education
was sponsored by the resear
ch division of the U.S. Office
of Education, largely at the
urging of the late Sen. Robert
F. Kennedy (D-NY).
Except for the about 40,000
Lumbees in Robeson County,
all the groups studied were
"reservation tribes" west of
the Mississippi River.
Peck said this is because
the Lumbees were the only
non-reservation group cohe
sive enough to be called a
culture. They were also the
only group not receiving
Federal funds from the Bu
reau of Indian Affairs...
END OF EXCERPT.
Our people, or some of
them, defied attempts of
colonists to confiscate their
lands in 1754, tyrany and the
threat of enslavement during
the years 1864-74, the Ku
Klux Klan in 1958 and HEW
"WHO WE
ARE" \
by Lew
Barton
in 1970. In 1972 they again
defied authority when the
State planned to demolish Old
Main on the campus of
Pembroke State University,
formerly Pembroke State Col
lege for Indians, thus des
troying the last "Indian
building" on campus. And
though Old Main was burned
by arsonists in 1973, the brick
walls remained. And today
the building is fully rebuilt
and functional.
In defense of the 1970 stand
of our people, it should be
stated here and elsewhere
that they did not oppose
integration per ae. however.
What they did oppose was an
unfair desegregation plan
which threatened to split our
people like the infamous
Berlin Wall split the people of
that German city.
Who are we?
We are the people who
contributed Pembroke State
University to all the people of
the area. While other insti
tutions of higher learning
have long become non-exist
ant, the one chartered by
Indians continues to flourish.
Who are we?
We are the people who for
the past 100 years have been
preaching and practicing the
gospel of education. And
because we did it so well, the
words of Dr. Peck proved to
be prophetic.
So many Lumbees hold po
sitions of trust in govern
mental agencies today that
accusations of favoritism are
frequently made against our
people by other Indian
groups. Jealousy also rears its
ugly head and is sometimes at
the bottom of efforts to
discredit us as Indians.
My suggestion to any such
opposing groups is that they
should follow our educational
example and better-prepare
aiwwiw op
p or trinities may present
?themselves.
Armed
Services
AUBREY D. SWETT
Marine Cpl. Aubrey D.
Swett, son of Otha C. Swett of
Route 6, Lumberton, has
reported for duty with Head
quarters and Headquarters
Squadron, Marine Corps Air
Station Cherry Point, NC.
TERRY L. CHAVIS
Terry L. Chavis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lynnwood N. Chavis
of Route 1, Pembroke has
been promoted in the U.S.
Army to the rank of captain.
Chavis is an intelligence
officer at Fort Bragg, N.C.
with the 82nd Airborne Divi
sion.
His wife Janet is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Millard Oxendine of Pem
broke.
The captain is a 1977 gra
duate of North Carolina State
University. Raleigh.
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Grady L. Hunt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Hunt of
Route 2, Pembroke has been
promoted in the U.S. Air
Force to the rank of senior
airman.
Hunt is an aircraft mainte
nance specialist at MacDill
Air Force Base, Fla. with the
62nd Aircraft Generation
Squadron.
Pharmacist
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Pembroke Drue Center '
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New drug scam dupes teens
A deadly drug abuse fraud may be operating right
under your very own nose. Imitations of potent pre
scription diet pile known "on the street" an dexe
drine and black beauties are being sold across the
counter by some wholesale drug outlets.
Pushers describe their "product as "weak" and ad
vise taking 4 or 5 to get a "bussThe threat, however,
occurs ae the user overdoses by mistakenly taking
the "real thing," thus precipitating a stroke.
Drug abuse is ? poor gambie. So, alert yourself to this
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