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VOWME. IK NUMBER K8 26C IVr Copy THURSDAY, NO wl
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Reprinted From The Fayetteville Observer
Civil Rights
Group Enters
Robeson Case
LUMBERTON ~ The North
Carolina Civil Liberties Union has
agreed to look into the shooting
death of a Fairmont man by a
Robeson County narcotics agent,
The Fayetteville Times reported
today.
jimmy r>ari
Cummings, 36,
was killed by
agent Kevin
Stone Nov. 1.
Stone had
stopped
Cummings'
car and found
drugs inside,
and shot him
ST0NE car, testimony
at a coroner's inquest showed.
The inquest resulted in a verdict
that the shooting was done
"accidentally and/or in self
defense."
Stone, 23, is the son of Robeson
Sheriff Hubert Stone.
George Gardner of Greensboro,
executive director of the CLU in
North Carolina, said Sunday his
organisation had derfd^d to b;lp
Cummings* family keep the in
vestigation alive because "it ap
peared to our board that there may
be cause for both criminal and civil
action," The limes reported.
"The case was presented to us for
the first time on Friday, and we
dont pretend to have any con
clusions, but the family came to us
in anguish as might be expected in
the circumstances. We have agreed
to give assistance to the family,"
Gardner said.
The State Bureau of Investiga
tion also conducted an investigation
into the shooting
"Our conclusion is that the boy
acted in self-defense," said SBI
director Robert Morgan. He
expressed confidence in the agents
who conducted the investigation,
and said their evidence agreed with
the verdict of the coroner's jury.
Cummings was shot in the head.
According to evidence at the
inquest, Cummings ran from Stone
after Stone found drugs in the car.
Cummings was carrying a small
plastic bucket he had taken from
the trunk of the car.
Cummings then turned on Stone,
swinging the bucket, and Stone shot
Cummings in the bead, testimony
showed.
Stone did not testify at the
inquest, nor did Dariene Hunt, who
was in the car with Cummings
when the car was stopped.
Witnesses at the inquest, SBI
igent Kevin McGinnis and two
leputies who work with Stone, said
their knowledge of the shooting was
based on what Stone had told them.
Cummings' family charged that
he inquest was called on short
wtice and that the family was not
given time to hire a lawyer to
protect its interests.
District Attorney Joe Freeman
Sritt said the scheduling of the
nquest was handled properly.
Britt said after the inquest that
he decision by the coroner's jury is
inal and there is nothing further to
>edone.
Gardner said the law does not
nake the jury's decision final,
towever, according to The Times,
le told the newspaper the district
ittorney "has absolute discretion as
o what he is going to send to a
jrand jury."
Local 4-H Agent Honored
as Top Employee
Among those on hand to help
honor Robeson County
Extension U-H Agent Eddie
Raleigh--Robeson County 4-H
Extension Agent Eddie L
Locklear was honored here
Monday (Nov. 17) as one of
the top employees of the
Norm Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service.
Locklear and 12 other coun
ty extension workers from
across the state received
"RJR Nabisco Extension
Agent Awards of Excellence"
for the effectiveness of their
educational programs. Each
recipient received a plaque
and $3,000 at a luncheon in
their honor at North Carolina
Slate University.
This is the second year of
the awards program, which
was made possible by a grant
from RJR Nabisco, Inc., to the
Agricultural Foundation at
NCSU.
"Funding this awards pro
gram is one way that RJR
Nabisco can express its grati
tude for the beneficial impact
Locklear \center\ were HJK
Nabisco Vice President Ge
rard Gunzenhauser \left\ and
that extension agents have in
communities throughout this
state," Gerard R. Gunzen
hauser, Jr., RJR Nabisco
senior vice president finance
and controller, told the re
cipienls. ?
Dr. Chester D. Black, state
director of the Agricultural
Extension Service, said the
awards were limited to no
more than 3 percent of the
organization's field staff.
Black said that under
Locklear' leadership the 4-H
program in Robeson County is
growing by leaps and bounds
in terms of learning experien
ces, community clubs, special
interest groups and budget.
"This is not surprising
when one considers Eddie's
creativity, ability to think big
and willingness to tackle new
and innovative projects,"
Black commented.
An 11-year veteran of ex
tension work, Eddie has a
State Extension Director C. E
Black.
B.S. degree in biology from
Pembroke State University
and a M. Ed. degree in adult
education from North
Carolina State University. He
is president elect of the N.C.
Association of Extension 4-H
Agents.
Joining Locklear for the
luncheon were his wife, Bren
da; mother, Madgie Locklear;
and three sisters, Margaret
Taylor, Diane Hunt and Wan
da Kay Locklear.
Die Agricultural Extension
Service is a cooperative edu
cational agency that is sup
ported by county government,
the U.S. Department of Agri
culture. and N.C. State Uni
versity and N.C. A. & T. State
University.
County staff members
conduct educational programs
related to agricultural pro
duction and marketing, home
economics, 4-H and youth
development, and community
and rural development.
ltr. LLoyd Oxendine Gives
Slide Presentation About
Indian Art
Dr. Lloyd. Oxen dine
Pembroke- "I am not in favor
of protest art, but this is my
protest"
Dr. Lioyd Oxendine, a
Lumbee Indian artist who has
received an honorary
doctorate of fine arts from the
London Institute of Applied
Arts and Sciences, pointed to
a slide of one of his paintings
during a slide presentation at
PSU.
Hie painting depicted the
Statue of liberty in her
characteristic stance-but with
a rifle in her right hand
instead of a torch and a book
in her left She was dressed
in Indian attire instead of a
flowing robe.
"I painted this during
the nation's bicentennial ob
servance (in 1970)." explain
; ed Oxendine. He said it was a
I reaction to the American
\lndians not having a part in
\he bicentennial festivities,
k-We were not ashed." he
K \ fact, Oxendine indicated
yiany in America would
B \s soon not have the
B V) Indian around. But
in his many travels, Oxendine
seeks to show through tradi
tional and contemporary
American Indian art how
beautiful the work of Indian
art is, just one of the many
contributions to this nation of
Native Americans.
"All Indian art didn't stop
when the white man came,"
pointed out Oxendine. "There
have been a lot of influence
and mixtures."
He showed slides of what is
generally thought of as Indian
art, which he called tradition
al, and then showed the
modem-day or contemporary
art An example were the
traditional moccasins--as con
trasted with contemporary
Indian tennis shoes, which
have Indian designs painted
on them.
"Contemporary Indian ar
tists make a statement with
their work. Other Indians
have a -complex problem
because they say the contem
porary artists' work is not
Indian," said Oxendine who
has traveled throughout the
nation observing all kinds of
American Indian art
"Indian art has so many
variations. I see it and seek U
explain it to the people," the
44-year-oid Oxendine
continued.
Oxendine is based in New
York City where he is director
of the American Indian Com
munity House, Inc. He ia
accustomed to being in the
big city, having earned two
degrees at Columbia Univer
sity there. He received his
B.A. in Art History in 1969
and M.F.A. in 1971. His
honorary doctorate of fine arts
from the London Institute of
Applied Arts and Sciences
came in 1975. He attended
UNC Chapel Hill from 1961
64, studying Spanish.
Because of his travels,
Oxendine is now fluent in
Spanish, German, some Fren
ch and Italian. He left Pem
broke at the age of 12, lived in
Wilmington for nine years,
then 13 years in New York,
three in Switzerland, and
seven on the West Coast
before returning to New York.
"I used Switzerland as a
base from which I traveled all
over Europe," said Oxendine.
He has been interviewed on
such television shows as
NBC-TVs "Today Show." He
has lectured at such places as
American Art Gallery in New
York City, the Gruenberg
Gallery in San Francisco, and
the universities of Minnesota,
Montana, Oregon, Rutgers
and New York.
Oxendine has had exhibi
tions all over the United
States plus Switzerland,
Germany and Canada.
During his slide presenta
tion here, two of his relatives
> were in the audience--his
uncle, Raymond Clark, a
retired teacher at Pembroke
High School, and his aunt,
Geraldine Clark, a teacher at
Pembroke Elementary School.
Oxendine was speaking at
PSU as part of the Marion
Bass American Indian Lecture
Series with his topic being:
"Native Horizons and Real
ity."
One could tell he enjoyed
returning to his roots at
Pembroke.
d
Applications For Graduate School For
Native Americans Now Available At
University Of California
Applications to graduate
school are being sought from
American Indians and Alaska
Natives by the School of
Public Health at the Univer
sity of California, as well as by
other graduate schools,
colleges and departments on
the Berkeley campus.
There are many degree
programs that lead to satisfy
ing and well-paid positions,
according to a spokesperson
from the American Indian
Graduate Program at the
University. There are not
enough American Indians in
the professions which include:
social welfare, engineering
business administration, edu
cation, law as well as public
health.
There is especially a sho-.
tage in academic fields where
there is an extreme need for
American Indians to teach in
colleges and universities.
Indian people interested in
art, botany, languages, his
tory, music, philosophy, poli
tical science and many othei
areas are urged to consider
careers as academicians who
teach at the college or univer
sity level, bringing their cul
tural awareness to the class
room. Such role models would
be invaluable to young Indian
students just starting their
college academic careers.
ine University of Califor
nia, Berkeley has a history of
interest in American Indian
students and there has been
many Indian students who
have been enrolled in differ
ent graduate programs. In the
School of Public Health there
have been 153 Indian anc
Alaska Native students wht
have received MPH degrees
alone
February 10, 1987 is thi
deadline for submission o
application for the Fall 1987
semester; however, if one
wishes to apply for a Fellow
ship/Graduate Minority Scho
larship, one must submit ax
application by January 10
1987. Further information can
be secured by writing to the
American Graduate Program,
140 Warren Hall, University
of California, Berkeley, CA
94720 or call collect (415)642
3228.
LRDA IS NOW TAKING
ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Applications will De
taken from November 17
through"December 12, 198t
for fuel assistance through the
Low Income Energy Assistan
ce Program. Low-Income
Lumbee Indian households in
Robeson, Hoke and Scotland
Counties that need help in
paying heating bills may
apply for assistance at desig
nated offices of Lumbee Re
gional Development Associa
tion, Inc. (LRDA).
Eligible Lumbee Indian
households will receive a
check through the mad in
February, 1987. Persons who
think they are eligible and
wish to apply are urged to
contact the LRDA office neat
their home. If yon have
appUeed through the Depart
ment of Social Services, you
can not apply with LRDA.
All applicants should bring
the following items when they
apply: Food Stamp LD. card;
Social Security numbers for
household members; infor
mation about your house
hold's income (if anyone
works, wage stubs for the
month of October should be
included); information about
your household'* property,
stocks, bank s^tements,
bonds and other assets; veri
fication of SSI, Social Secur
ity, V.A. benefits, unem
ployment benefits, retirement
cheeks; verification of income
from rental property, farm
income, etc.
The Lit DA offices and
centers taking applications
are: The JTPA Building (521
?761); LRDA Office-Lumber
ton (738-7906); (h back oi
EMC buildine/Food lior
Shopping Center.;
All applications will be
taken from9 a.m. until 4 p.m.
weekdays, unless stated diff
erently above. For additional
nformation, please call 521
8602 or 738- 7906.
THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE X
P.O Box 1075 Phono 521-2826 1
Pembroke. N. C. 28372 ft
ISN'T THIS A ft
'BbMrfjUul. (Day, /j
ADOLi'H
ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY
FORLRDA BOARD
School tad Union Elementary
School.
"In canvassing the area,
asking citizens for their sup
port many questions were
asked concering LftDA's rote
in the community and how
LftDA might become more
effective in the areas it
serves. Questions such as,
what types of systems could
be used to better inform the
citizens of the programs that
are available? How to get the
community more active in the
programs? Can more growth
be seen economically? were
those questions most often
posed by concerned citizens.
"In answer to these ques
Adolph Blue ot FembHN^
announced his candidacy for a
seat on the board of Directors
of Lumbee Regional Devel
opment Association, repre
senting North and South
Pembroke and Union
Precincts. In making his an
nouncement, Mr. Blue re
leased the following state
ment:
"I, Adolph Blue, have
officially filed as a candidate
for a seat on the Lumbee
Regional Development Asso
ciation Board of Directors,
representing North Pembro
ke, South Pembroke and
Union Precincts. Voting will
be held on Thursday, Decem
ber 4, 1986 from 8 a.m. until 8
p.m. at Pembroke Elementary
tions I answered that after T m
elected, I will wotk with other
board members and the Di
rector to become an instru
ment to implement goals for a
stronger organization. My
goal will be to challenge some
of the problems that are a
hinderance to the growth of
LRDA. The problems I hope
to address, with your help
are:
"1. Encourage and assist in
additional funding for LRDA
programs.
"2. Make reccommen
dations surrounding problem
areas.
"3. Better communication
between 1RDA and the com
munity. (Notice and follow-up
on hoard meetings.)"
LRDA To Hold Elections
For Members Of
Board Of Directors
Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc. announces
that there will be an open election on Thursday December 4,
1986. This election will nominate five members to serve on the
LRDA Board of Directors for a three year term. Those who
have filed and polling sites are as follows:
Candidate Palling Sites Precincts
1. Paul Brooks (0 Pembroke Elementary School Pembroke.
Adolph Blue Union Elementary School Union
2. Ralph Hunt (0 Hilly Branch Smyrna, Britts,
Doneen Hunt Sampson Vocational School Back Swamp
3. Grady Hunt (0 Smyrna Church Fellowship Hall Lumberton,
James Ertle Chavis (Hwy211) Wishart
Mohr Plaza East Howellsville
4. James EL Thomas (I) Magnolia school Saddletree,
Celia (Janie) Hammonds West Howellsville
Ruth Godwin
5. Rev. Grover Oxendine (D 1 Union Chapel Burnt Swamp
School Philadelphia
Rait swamp,
& Red Springs
I Denote! Incumbent
On election day, the polling places will be open from 8:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The ballots will be counted after the polls are
closed and the winner will be publicly announced. Hie
candidate obtaining the highest number of votes cast shall be
declared the winner (plurality). A "write in candidate" may
be elected to the Board of Directors of LRDA. Eligibility to
Vote: Any Lumbee Indian 18 years of age or older, and
residing in the above listed districts/precincts may be eligible
to vote.
TRIBE DECLARED
RIGHTFUL OWNER OF
ARTIFACTS
? Washington, D.C.: The Court of appeals for the State of
Louisiana has decided that the Tunica-Bfloai Tribe is the
rightful owner of artifacts that were buried with their
ancestors. Charntr v. BeU, No. 85-0867 (Ct. App. La. 1986).
During the years 1731-1764. the ancestors of thi
Tunka-Biloxi Tribe had a village near the Mississippi Riser in
what is now the State of Louisiana. After 1764, the Tunieans
left that village and eventually settled in their present location
in central Louisiana.
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Aiuraugn um existence of the historical village was known,
its exact location had been lost in the yean since 1764. b
1967, a treasure hunter. Leonard Charrter, found the village
site. Because it was known that the Tunicans buried artifacts
with their dead. Chanter immediately began sssrrMng in
burials. He found them and over the neat three year*
excavated and removed more than two tons of materials. Um
artifacts included beads, stoneware, hen hsdtee, knl es.
and bracelets.
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Following a trial in^JW^a atjadatriet court ruM that tba