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'VOLUME 11 NUMBER 4 25c PER COP* THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1983
Dr. Dal ton P. Brooks served as master of
ceremonies. Sally Lowry, vocalist for the
Lam bee Pride la shown in the back
ground. [Elmer W. Hunt photo]
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? A highlight of the Ten Year Celebration
of the Carolina Indian Voice came when
Brace Barton and his family were
^ serenaded with a special song- A tribute
to The Carolina Indian Voice- by sang
master Willie Lowery and Carnell
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Locklear...Lyrics by Locklear and music
by Lowery. Shown left to right are: Ricky
Barton, Garry Barton, Connee Bray boy,
Lew Barton, Bruce Barton , Carnell
Locklear. Willie Lowery is shown front
with his guitar. [Elmer W. Hunt photo]
I Arlinda Locklear. Lumbee attorney wMh
the Native American Rights Fund oi
Washington, D.C., was gaest speaker.
"* [Elmer W. Hunt photoj
THANKS FDR SUCCESSFUL i
1 TEN YEAR CELEBRATION
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I Pembroke?The Tri-chairmen of the Ten
Year Celebration of the Carolina Indian
I Voice, Carnell Locklear, Sam Kerns and
I Jimmy Goins were very pleased with the
| success of Saturday night's event.
"It took many people working together
to have a successful event," said Carnell
Locklear. "I am pleased that there are so
many people who are united in their
effort to support our local newspaper. I
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am happy to know, although we don't
always agree on every article; we are
agreed on the concept of the need for an
Indian owned and operated newspaper,"
he continued. "Saturday's successful
event attests to the fact that the people of
Robeson County appreciate the service
rendered by the CIV."
The committee extends a heartfelt
thank you to all those people who
contributed to the event. The list is long
and the participants numerous. Among
those contributing were: Carrie Dial,
performer; The Maynor Family, singing
group; Janie Maynor Locklear, secretary
of the Save Old Main Movement; Rev.
Elias Rogers, president LREMC Board
of Directors; Rev. Harvey Brewington,
pastor of Deep Branch Baptist Church;
Adolph Dial, chairman LRDA Board of
Directors; W.W. Finlator, president
ACLU; Willie Harris, president, Pem
broke Jaycees; Pembroke Jaycettes;
Walt Locklear, Custodian PSHS; Beulah
Godwin, Cafeteria Manager, PSHS; Roy
Maynor, Jr., Principal PSHS; Arlinda
Locklear. guest speaker; Rhonda Flani
gan. Miss Lumbee; staff of LRDA;
Adolph Blue and Bill Mason of PSU;
Harbert Moore, chairman Robeson Co.
Board of Elections; Willie Lowery, singer
and composer; and Lumbee Pride,
featuring Sally Lowry.
A special thanks to Dr. Dalton Brooks,
member. Robeson County Board of
Education, who served as master of
ceremonies.
Congressman Rose speaking
at PSU Saturday
Congressman Charlie
Rose will speak twice at
Pembroke State University's
Moore Hall Auditorium Sat
urday, Feb. 29, at the invita
tion of the PSU Chapter of the
AAUP (American Assn. of
University Professors). This
group is headed by Dr. John
Rimberg of PSU's Sociology
Department. Rose's topics
?will be: at 4:30 p.m.--"Fed
eral Government's Role in
Education"; and at 7:30 p.m.
-"North Carolina's Future."
There will be a private
dinner party for Rose between
talks.
CHARLIE ROSE...speaks at
Pembroke Stats University
twice on Saturday.
PEOPLE
AND PLACES
I AND THINGS
FIFTH SUNDAY SINGING
The Lumber River Conference will
be with the Church at Macedonia
Holiness Methodist located in Hoke
County, January 30, at 2:00 p.m. The
Conference churches will be present and
other church choirs etc. are invited to
participate with us.
> Let us enjot the singing together!!!
The Rev. C.W. Oxendine is host pastor,
James H. Woods, Presiding Bishop.
BLOOD DRIVE
Magnolia School will be holding a
blood drive on January 31 from 11:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the school's
library. Participants have to be 17 years
of age and weigh 110 lbs. in order to give
blood. The public is encouraged to
help in this effort.
DONATIONS WANTED
Donations of chairs and other like
items are being taken in preparation for a
tent rivival to be held by Bruce Locklear
on Easter Sunday. For more details and
information call Bruce Locklear at
844-5106.
OPEN HOUSE AT THE
ROBESON CO. CAREER CENTER
Mr. Stacy Locklear, principal of the
Robeson County Career Center at Hilly
Branch announces that there will be
Open House at the Center on Monday,
Jan. 31. 1983 from 7:00 p.m. ? 8:30p.m.
The parents of students attending the
Career Center are urged to attend for the
purpose of discussing student achieve
ment with the teachers as well as viewing
instructional materials, equipment and
facilities.
DISTRICT COURT OF OREGON
UPHOLDS KLAMATH
HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING
RIGHTS ON 700,000
CEDED ACRES
Boulder, Colo.?On December
30, the U.S. District Court of Oregon
upheld the terminated Klamath Indian
Tribe's claim that a 1906 cession
agreement between the Tribe and the
United States did not abrogate the
Tribe's treaty rights to hunt, fish and
trap free of state regulation on the
700,000 acres of land ceded in the
agreement.
The court, recognizing the ongoing use
of the ceded area by tribal members and
the continuing importance o the same
treaty rights to the livelihood of the
Tribe, held that the treaty rights
survived despite the cession of the land.
The court stated that Congress had
neither expressly extinguished the
rights, nor did it compensate the Tribe
for their loss. Prior to the cession, the
700,000 acres had been excluded from
the boundaries of the reservation due to
several erroneous government surveys.
The Native American 'Rights Fund
(NARF), together with Oregon Legal
Services, represented the Klamath Tribe
on the recent court matter, NARF
attorney Don Miller stated: " ihis is the
first instance of which we are aware that
a court has upheld tribal rights to hunt,
fish and trap on ceded lands."
The Native American Rights Fund
(NARF) is a nonprofit Indian legal
organization representing tribes, groups
and Individuals throughout the Unitqd
States.
LUMBEE RIVER EMC BOARD
DENIES "DEMAND"
BY CARL BRANCH
Board issues Statement on Next Week's
National Meeting
Red Springs?The Lumbee River Electric
Membership Corporation 12 member
Board of Directors Monday heard a
demand by LREMC member Carl Branch
which asked for their individual resigna
tions.
Acording to Branch, the demand was
made to save the expense of a special
meeting of members.
The Board's answer follows:
"While the 12 members-of the LREMC
Board of Directors agree with Branch's
assessment that this special meeting of
members would be costly; it believes that
'a special meeting of members may be
called....upon written request signed by
not less than 10 percent of the members
and it shall thereupon be the duty of the
Secretary to cause notice of such
meeting..."
"It is also true the costs of such a
meeting would be shared by all members
of the rural electric cooperative. How
ever, the Board of Directors has proven
its desire to trim costs as evidenced by
the $500,000 cut in the 1983 budget last
week. It reiterates that the members of
the Board studied the budget from
November until last week's decision was
announced.
"These cuts were achieved by evalua
tion of the entire operation of the
cooperative...not just some areas. Thg
Board now intends to undertake policy
changes which support their budget
work.
"The Board would most certainly like to
avoid the cost of a special meeting, but if
the LREMC membership desires to bring
one about, it will be carried out to the
letter of the Bylaws."
Red Springs- The Board of Directors of
Lumbee River Electric Membership
Corporation issued the following state
ment on their attendance at the National
Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Annual Meeting next week:
"The Board of Directors of LREMC
?believes that attendance of these nation
al meetings is very important to every
member of the rural electric cooperative.
Those in attendance will determine what
course the national organization will take
over the next 12 months.
"We must also demonstrate to the
Congressmen who attend our resolve in
helping to maintain the Rural Electric
program as we know it today. Represen
tatives from 1,000 cooperatives will
commit themselves to the future of rural
electric financing.
"We also intend to fulfill the agreed
upon terms of our Board member budget
cuts for 1983 while making every effort to
serve each member of Lumbee River
EMC."
Only six members of the Board will
attend the meeting.
-An Open Letter to the Indian Community
COMMISSION ELECTIONS REPRESENT
TRUE INDIAN GOVERNMENT
r a t . ax. ? . a ^ I I fin A ? a! r a.LC.L
several years ago, in it/i
to be exact, representatives of
all North Carolina Indian
communities met in Raleigh
to combine their leadership
for the legislative creation of
the North Carolina State
Commission on Indian
Affairs. As a member of that
delegation, I had the oppor
tunity to request an Attorney
General's opinion on the
legality of open community
elections for election of repre
sentatives for the Commission
in the absence of organized
tribal governments.
Initially, we identified
every organization which e%
isted in all of the Indiad
communities across RobesoA
County and provided for eacb
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organization 10 oe represent
ed at a meeting to make
nominations and vote for
three (3) representatives. The
Attorney General advised that
this procedure met legal
requirements in the absence
of a tribal government and
provided for democratic elec
tions. Unfortunately this pro
cess did not remain the
standard operating procedure
very long. After repeated
news articles and protests to
the Office of the Governor.
Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Associate took the local
initiative to establish district
lines and procedures for open
public elections of represen
tatives by district. I commen
ded ' LRDA for
piUVIUlllg Ml lb lUIIg- llttutu
leadership to ensure that
Indian people would have
maximum opportunity to
make the decisions affecting
Indian communities and the
i Indian affairs of their respec
tive Indian communities.
1 have personally observed
only three open public elec
tions since the creation of the
N.C. State Commission of
Indian ? Affairs. First, the
initial elections in 1971; one
during Governor Hoihouser's
term, and the election of 1979
at which time I was elected by
popular vote to represent the
Smhhs/Maxton/ Pembroke
district. I am aware, hdwever,
that other district elections
have been held subsequent to
? A
liuja s icuun lur csiaousn
ing procedures.
In May of this year, I
announced my intent not to
seek re-election in an effort to
open an opportunity for others
to serve and stated that LRDA
would announce a public
election for a new represen
tative. Undoubtedly aa new
board members were elected
to LRDA. someone failed to
property orient the Board to
the standing procedures, and
the Board took action to
nominate a representative/
After considerable confusion,
extensive debate and em
barrassment of both the local
and state leadership and
FUNB
Declares
Dividend
CHARLOTTE.NC?The Board of
Directors of Pint Uaion Corporation
(NASDAQ:FUNB) today declared the
regular quarterly cash dividend of 31
cents a share, which is payable oa March
IS, 1983, to sharehoiden of record oa
February IS, 1963. The declared quarter
ly dividend is equal to the la* quarterly
dividend paid on December IS. 1962.
With S6.2 billion in aaaeta. First Union
Corporation is one of the largest beat
eastern United States. There are approa
imatety 10 miOton shares of common
stock outstanding.
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