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VOLUME 11 NUMBER 3 S1.00 per copy ^ THURSDAY JANUARY 20, 1983
Celebration Begins Today
by Bruce Barton
Pembroke-This is a red letter (no pun
intended) day for the Carolina Indian
Voice newspaper as we celebrate ten
years of continuous publication. The
first issue of the newspaper was
published January 18, 1973. and today's
issue celebrates a decade of service.
Today's special anniversary edition
kicks off our Ten Year Anniversary
Celebration. Inside you will find a history
of a proud and industrious people, and
. landmark events as acted out in the
pages of the Carolina Indian Voice over
the last ten years.
This edition is the largest edition we
have ever published, and includes
historical data, commemorative adver
tisements, lots of pictures, and more. We
hope the special edition will be a
historical keepsake, one that you will
want to pass on to your children and their
children as time marches on.
FIRST ISSUE PUBLISHED
JANUARY 18,1973
Time flies. It's amazing but the
Carolina Indian Voice has completed
ten years of service and is stepping into
its eleventh year of publication.
The first issue was published January
18. 1973. Our headline was "PSU
Convocation...Dedication of Buildings
Today." The buildings were the English
E. Jones Health and Physical Education
Center and the Herbert G. Oxendine
Science Building.
Another headline heralded "Indian
Unrest Tops Poll." And there was a
picture and story about my friend. W.J.
Strickland, being appointed chairman of
the now disbanded CENA (Coalition of
Eastern Native Americans).
One ad. in particular, is recalled with
fondness. The Lumbee Bank, newly
formed itself, offered congratulations to
"The new kid on the block." That was
us. We are happy to report that both
Lumbee Bank and the Carolina Indian
Voice are alive and well.
The Carolina Indian Voice has never
missed a publication date although we
have skirted with disaster from time to
time.
We began publishing with a used
Varityper justowriter and recorder and a
recalcitrant headjiner 800. We now use a
typesetter made by Compugraphic Cor
poration.
We began with 73 subscribers and now
send the Carolina Indian Voice out to
3,000. mostly by mail and news stands.
Howard and Brenda Brooks. Emma
Lee Locklear and the founders of the now
defunct Henry Berry Lowry College were
invaluable in organizing and giving us
direction and encouragement. Also, my
father. Lew Barton, has helped us
whenever we have called upon him to do
so. He still contributes an occasional
column when he feels up to it. He taught
us mostly what we know. He charted
our directions a long time ago; he was
once the editor of the Pembroke
Progress, a forerunner of the Indian
Voice in the forties.
And my sister. Connee Brayboy,
continues to stand with me through the
perilsW getting an issue out each week.
She is our associate editor, and my
brother. Garry Lewis Barton, has been
with me since the beginning except for a
temporary moment here and there. He is
probably the best typesetter this side of
the Mississippi River. And Connee is our
in house "social services bureau."
Heartaches, euphoria, and the like
have been our fare. A brother and sister
(Ruth and Ernie) have died in the
interim, both victims of car accidents.
Ruth was 39 when she died in 1979 and
Ernie was 31 when he died in 1980. We
put out issues during those grief stricken
days. It was hard, almost unbearable.
But I knew they would have wanted us to
publish and 1 am glad we did. It was, in a
way, a testament to them.
And time marches on. We have cried,
laughed, had good times and bad... But
the need for a communications vehicle
from the Indian perspective is needed
today as much or maybe more than it
ever was.
When we began the Carolina Indian
Voice in 1973 a stamp cost eight cents; it
now costs 20. Costs in the graphic arts
area have skyrocketed, quadrupling over
the last ten years. The economy is crazy,
out of sorts. But the Carolina Indian
Voice continues, correctly billing itself as
the largest weekly newspaper in Robeson
County. We have, from time to time,
attacked dragons, sacred cows, dared to
lament evil doers in our midst. We are
proud to have championed the breaking
of double voting and other schemes
which denied people basic rights gua
ranteed in the name of the Consisitution
and decency.
So. thanks to all of you. A newspaper
is only as good as the community it
serves and the people who subscribe and
advertise in its pages. We are proud to
be a part of the lumbee ejoerv'nce. ar?J
exciting adventure for all of us.
And, of course, if you want to
subscribe, it's as easy as pie.
If you wish to join our effort toward
knowing what is going on in the Indian
community and Robeson County and
points east and west, we invite you to fill
out your name and address and return
with payment.
Our mailing address is the Carolina
Indian Voice. P.O. Box 1075, Pembroke,
NC 28372. In state subscriptions cost
9.36 for one year or 15.60 for two years.
Out of state rates are 12.00 for one year
and 16.00 for two years.
Thanks again...to all of you, even our
detractors who have kept us reasonably
honest over the years.
It has been a marvelous experience,
one we cherish and'look forward to in the
coming years. Happy birthday! The
Carolina Indian Voice.
Brace Barton, Editor surveys a recent issue of The Carolina Indian Voice. (Photo by BUly ttaraesj
...Celebrating Ten Years of Continuous Publication
The Carolina Indian Voice newspaper
staff is proud to present our Special Ten
Year Anniversary Edition week
(January 20, 1983) celebrating ten years
of continuous publication from January
18, 1973 to January 20, 1983.
The special edition la the biggest
issue we have ever printed by far, and
will provide a definitive history of the
Carolina Indian Voice newspaper, high
lights of the last ten years, historical
notes and pictures and features, and
biographical sketches of the people who
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bring the Carolina Indian Voice to you
each week...and more! We expect the
issues to be a collector's item.
The issue will go to our subscribers
"as usual" at no additional costs, and a
limited number of the special issue will
go to our distribution points throughout
the county to make Sure the regular
readers of the "Voice" do not miss a
turn, although we will not put as many
copies as before in the racks this one
week only.
After this, copies of the special
anniversary issue may be purchased at
the offices of the Carolina Indian Voice in
downtown Pembroke for SI because of
the size and extra expense of printing the
special issue.
So. here it is. And thanks for your
support over the last ten years. You,
made the difference...honestly!
BracoBartra, Editor
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ARLINDA
LOCKLEAR
BANQUET
SPEAKER
SATURDAY NIGHT
AT VICTORY
CELEBRATION
Pembroke-She's lovely, vivacious, intell
igent, and commited to improving the
plight of Indians on the Eastern
Seaboard. Arlinda Locklear. That's why
we wanted her to be our banquet
speaker. She represents the essence of
^<he lumbee experience. , i
"Expenencing discrimination while
growing up in North Carolina and seeing
the effects of discrimination on my
family" was one of the reasons given by
Arlinda Locklear. a Lumbee Indian from
North Carolina for choosing law as a
career. Now in her 6th year as a staff
attorney for the Native American Rights
Fund. Arlinda has been devoting most of
her time working on cases involving the
rights of Lumbee Indians and other
Eastern Indians. Bown at Ft. Bragg,
North Caorlina. she grew up in several
East Coast cities since her father was in
the Navy. "But like most Lumbees,"
said Arlinda, "I've always considered
Robeson County in North Carolina my
home. I. spent three years living there
with my grandparents as, a young child
while my parents were overseas. I've
always maintained close contact with the
Lumbee people-many of whom are
related to me?and with the area."
After graduating from the College of
Charleston in 1973 with high honors,
Arlinda entered law school at Duke
University. During her last year in law
school, 1975-76, she was the chairperson
of the Moot Court Team which was the
winner of that year's prestigious Moot
Court Competition held in New York
City. .
Since joining NARF, Arlinda has been
involved in a wide variety of Indian rights
issues, such as land claims, education,
water rights, and hunting and Fishing
rights. She works out of NARF's
Washington. D.C. ofFice.
Arlinda's work at NARF in a little
more than six years has been invaluable ,
to the efforts of NARF in securing the
rights of Native Americans throughout
the country. For however long she
remains at NARF and thereafter, her
commitment to the cause of Indian rights
was best expressed when she stated. "1
believe in the American system of
government and in a pluralistic society, '
but I am determined to help make that
system work for my people and Indians
generally." <
Arlinda. 31 and single, maintains close
ties with her grandparents here in ]
Robeson County.
One maternal grandparent is Mrs.
Leona Revels; and her paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gut Locklear. live
in the Moss Neck Community.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary 1
Revels Joyce of Alexandria, Va. and the
late Edsel Locklear.
Said Ms. Locklear. "I am losing
forward to meeting old friends and
making new ones at the victory celebra
tion. I'm looking forward to it..."
The victory celebration of the Carolina
Indian Voice takes place Saturday night
at Pembroke Senior High School begin
ning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are still available, and can be
secured by calling the Carolina Indian
Voice at 521-2826. Tickets are U for '
singles and SI5 tor a couple.
THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
P.O. Box 1075
Pembroke, N.C. 28372
RATES ARE:
1 Year In-State (N C) $9.00 + 36* tax = $9.36
2 Years In-State (NC ) $15.00 + 60c tax = $15.60
1 Year Out-of-State $12.00
2 Years Out-of-State $16.00
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RALEIGH 27611
J am c s B Hunt jh
OOVC.O. January 4, 1983
Dear Bruce:
It is a pleasure to extend to you and the readers of The
Carolina Indian Voice ny congratulations on ten years of pub
lication. This is a tremendous achievement for any newspaper,
but for a small community with a weekly newspaper dedicated
to serving all people, especially Indian people, it is a re
markable accomplishment.
The Carolina Indian Voice.has gone through numerous changes,
.bul the desire to report the news to the people of Robeson
Oirc?y sif.tr Lhl* ^lus'rei'.atiled iAnsfanT. 'X hettspUper Ys
tremendouslvt, important to an^ community.. It is important fdV~
people to know what decision.-,' the government is taking and to
understand the impact those decisions will have on then.
The Carolina Indian Voice has continued over the past ten
years an aggressive pursuit of the news and an honest desire
to report completely and accurately.
I sincerely wish you and your readers the very best in
the coning years. I certainly hope that The Carolina Indian
Voice will prosper in the corting years as it has in the past.
My best personal regards.
Mr. Bruce Barton, Editor
The Carolina Indian Voice
Post Office Box 1075
Pembroke, Worth Carolina 28372
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John P. East
North Carolina ^jpj'
UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON, D- C. 205IQ
January 11, 1983
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Mr. Bruce Barton
Editor
The Carolina Indian Voice
Post Office Box 1075
Pembroke, North Carolina 28372
Dear Mr. Barton:
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f would like to take this opportunity to extend my
congratulations on the Tenth Anniversary of The Carolina
Indian Voice. Your service to the Indian coraiunity has
been outstanding and is indicative of your continuing
support for the interest and concerns of Indian people.
I am -confident your fine work will continue and
please do not hesitate to call upon me whenever I may
be of assistance.
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Again, congratulations on a job well done.
/ Jo^p'Lt ij
^ United States Senator \
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