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VOLUME IS NUMBER
254:
ROBESON COUNTY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER It
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROVES
SECOND JUDGESHIP, PUBLIC DEFENDER,
and removal of SCOTLAND COUNTY
FROM JUDICIAL DISTRICT UNDER
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
Lumbee Art Show A Review
The United States Attorney
[Jeneral. under the terms of the
Toting Rights Act, has approved the
Kent state legislation creating a
;econd superior court judgeship and
public defender for Robeson
ounty and removing Scotland
ounty from the judicial district,
governor James G. Martin has
immilted to appoint an Indian
ttomey to the judgeship which was
reated in the wate of the murder of
ulian Pierce. Pembroke attorney
)exter Brooks has the virtual unani-
nous endorsement of the Indian and
igal community though Assistant
hsuict Attorney Henry Ward Oxen-
has asked that he be considered
)r the appointment.
The new public defender satisfies
concern expressed by a number of
uncemed citizens groups and the
State Indian Commission. The public
defender will be appointed by the
new superior court judge from a list
of attorneys submitted by the
Robeson County Bar Association.
The removal of Scotland County
from local judicial district substanti
ally increases the ability of Indians
and Blacks to elect judges and the
district attorney. Future candidates
for these positions will run for office
in predominately tidian and Black
Robeson instead of Scotland County
which is about 60% white. The
removal was strongly supported by
Indian and Black leaders.
The new superior court judge’s
first assignment in January of 1989
will be to the newly-created judicial
district created by combining Scot
land and Hoke counties. He or she
will be assigned to Robeson in 1990.
by Barbara Braveboy-Locklear
With the advent of American
Indian Heritage Week in North
Carolina, it seems fitting that works
of local Native Americans are
currently being featured at Pem
broke State University’s Native
American Resource Center.
The month-long show brings to
gether works of 24 Lumbee fcdian
artists and craftsmen. It represents
the gamut in medium. A tour of the
show, located in Old Main, becomes
an adventure among masterpieces.
The visitor expecting a rainbow of
colors is not disappointed. The
vibrant palette of Delora Cummings
is claimed in most of her works. The
artist’s love for both color and
children are apparent in her “A
Small Inspiration,” and “Wind-
walker.”
Her watercolor of Pembroke’s
Depot comes from a considerably
WHATEVER HARRENED TO.
Rev .
IsaiaH Locll
by Barham Bmveboy-Locklear
Special to WE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
Eleven years ago the Reverend Isaiah Locklear gave up
i[ie of his jobs - pastoring a baptist church. Since then
been busy with others. “Nov/1 have four jobs. I eat,
sleep, pay my bills and ride a little.” The spritely
year-old laughs.
He still preaches, but does not pastor a church. He says
le gave up pastoring because of the physical taxation.
Treicbers’ tongues are run out of them today. The
)silionis very demanding.” But for 51 years Locklear
?lhvnd God’s word in churches throughout area
lUDties.
spiritual ejq)erience began at age 13. One of eight
iliildren bom to Elias and Delphie Jacobs Locklear, he
[rewupin New Prospect Methodist Church. At age 25 he
ad an urge to preach. ‘‘It became as a thirst for water,
loihing else would satisfy me. Baling,” he remembers.
While attending worship service one hot late summer
eekday, he was invited to speak during a revival. “They
3ok me in the stand when I considered myself to be
lothing but a boy.” He still remembers the title of the
trst message he delivered that day at Cherokee
lethodist Church in 1928. It was entitled ‘‘When I See
le Blood, rU Pass Over You.”
His first pastorship was at Bethel Methodist Church,
ie was to serve as pastor at New Hope Methodist, Union
bpel Methodist, Hopewell Methodist, Island Grove
laplist and Gailee Baptist before retiring from the
linisteiy in 1979. He spent 20 years at the latter chureh.
The Lumbee Indian says it was not easy raising a family
rile preaching and farming. In 1920, he married Mandy
havis. There were two sons bom to the marriage. One
led in infancy. When his wife of 32 years died, Locklear
concerned only about its members.” He preaches,
"We’re not answering the command of the Bible to go out
to the highways and hedges to compel them to come.”
For the most part of his adult life, Locklear has adhered
to a strict physical fitness program. He says he enjoys
sleeping eight to nine hours each night and rarely misses
an after lunch nap because a daily nap keeps him looking
cute.
He recalls being a puny child. And when his
grandmother suggested tnat his father allow the “sickly
child” to chew tobacco in order to gain better health and
growth, she did. Locklear still enjoys the habit of chewing
tobacco he took up at age 12.
A keen sense of humor is ever present when Locklear
talks. He says he’s the chauffeur and butler for his family.
”I just love to go - driving.” He’s been doing it since
1918. 'There are other things he loves too. Among them
are his grandchildren who he sees very often. He enjoys
dining out and fancies seafood restaurants where he can
eat all the fried oysters he so desires. And when winter
rolls around, he enjoys squirrel hunting.
He no longer takes long distant trips, but has traveled
to Texas to visit his military-retired son. He has been to
the northern states and visited Canada.
Locklear received his early education at the Barton
School in the Prospect Community. He later attended
Prospect School. He says he stays intellectually and
spiritually alert through reading and praying. He reads
two newspapers and his Bible daily. “I didn’t stop
studying when I finished the seventh grade. ‘Cause when
you stop, you die.”
Locklear says he loves living because he’s got a lot to
live for. “The longer you live, the more you have to live
for.” And the retired pastor counts among the things he
let Bethenie Locklear. After a brief courtship they livesforto be God, liis “wonderful famUy, people, driving
slipped away” and were married in a simple ceremony goif^g eating fried oysters.
tMlion, SC in the fall of 1952. He was 51 years old. She
as 31. “We were so young, we had to run away to get
larried,” he chuckles. ”I’ve been murdered with two
'■omen.”
Incklear continued to preach and farm after his second
larriage. But he says he was ill-prepared for the raising
' a second family. ‘ ‘ I was high-balling it with my duties
the farm fields and pulpit and just couldn’t see having a
lying young'un disturbing my rest at night,” he says.
And when the couple’s first child, a daughter, was
orn, Locklear says reality set in. According to him, the
ay the new mother and newborn were due to leave
•oUand Memorial Hospital, he faced up to his wife and
lid her a crying young’un could not come to his house.
His wife’s comments that the new baby was not one for
luch crying went unheard to the middle-age father,
verwhelmed with apjprehension, Locklear took his wife
I'd daughter from the hospital straight to a sister-in-
'''s home. A week later, convinced the child “was a
led baby”, he allowed it to be brought home. “When
lebaby finally came home, she was not a bit of trouble a-
young’un,” he says.
Incklear retired from farming in 1965. He says he
‘Ifiessed much change in the lifestyle of farmers of
fsletyear and of today. “Lord, Baling we had it rough
fowing up on the farm. In this day we’re living now, we
It what we want. In those days, you ate what you could
Then with a hardy laugh he adds, “Hard work
■“fi't kill you, but it sure will murder your feelings. You
to do it whether you want to or not.”
After retirement, the grandfather settled into a slower
He managed a grocery store for two years, and the
^'er-smiling preacher drew on the opportunity to
dlowship with people. ”I love people to death. I got
^^mies, I didn’t make them. They’re homemade,” he
‘“ghs, “You don’t have to make enemies. You have to
friends, Baling.” He says one has to be friendly to
i^ke friends.
And even though he no longer pastors a church,
“cklear accepts invitations to preach at homecomings
nd special events. Traditionally he has preached every'
Sunday at Island Grove Baptist Chureh. This year,
day after his birthday on August 6, the energetic sage
the pulpit ‘ ‘ They invite me back each year to pat me
"Ihe back,” he says in speaking of the church. He was
’l*nd Grove's first pastor and served eight years. A
*rtrait of Locklear, a gift from the church, hangs in his
as a token of affections and appreciation. He says
' attends church on a regular basis and has no
'®ference.to denomination. “I just go here, yonder and
'^ywhere. They all worship the same God.” However.
sees it there is an attitude problem with today’s
'"Pch. “TTie trouWe with the chureh today is its
REV. ISAIAH LOCKLEAR
toned palette, while another, “Na
ture’s Fury” plays on one’s senses as
a darken sky forms - announcing a
storm’s brewing.
James Locklear’s black and white
woodblock, “TVail of Tears Con
tinued” seems appropriately sit
uated on a wall opposite an over
sized full pose of ^beson County’s
legendary hero Henry Berry Lowrie.
Locklear’s pottery in the show attests
to the artist’s versatility.
Hayes Allan Locklear’s creativity
in hand-building by coil method of a
lar^e double-flute vase shows excel
lent promise in the young artist. As
with Cummings, he brings vibrant
color to his “Blue Com Maiden.”
Radiant colors lurk from other
paintings. lioyd Oxendine’s “Right
Hand” perhaps claims the award for
most boastful in color. An American
Indian, posing as the Statue of
Liberty, is a study in texture, color
and personal intepretation.
Karen Coronado’s “Sea Bird” and
“Bird Spirits” leave little doubt as to
her affinity to the sea and its
creatures. The accomplished artist
stands alongside fellow exhibitors in
her love for color as well.
Dexterity seems to come alive in
the basketry and beadwork of
popular artisan Jane C. Oxendine.
Her beadwork especially details
originality in pattern design unseen
in other beadworks displayed in the
spacious museum.
Other interesting works by Lum
bee artists are walnut wood-cravings
by Bernice Locklear; jewelry in
stainless steel by Harry Locklear;
calligraphy by Beatrice Brayboy and
cross-stitch by Grady Harris.
Pembroke State University art
major Cynthia Locklear’s pieces in
silk screen are worth the visitor’s
every minute spent in study. Lock
lear’s themes project a contemporary
flavor. Her “Bubble Flies” grabs
one’s attention. Her drawing of
“Skull” is found to be rather dull in
theme and color. Its placement
between more colorful works is a
good choice.
Shelia Godwin’s pride in her
heritage shines clearly in all her
pieces exhibited. Her multi-color
“Kachina Sunburst” holds claim to
its title. The P.S.U. senior art
major’s “Red and Blue Blanket
Design” in acrylic/mixed media
projects the artist’s ability to be
completely creative. An awareness of
animal life is evident in her pen and
ink pieces.
Two works of the late Magenta
Maynor, the primal Lumbee Indian
artist, hang as a reminder of her
standard of excellence. Her oil of a
farm barn with relics evokes memo
ries of times past. The realism of her
other work, “Flowers” tempts one to
touch the soft-colored petds.
Widely-known artist Tara Lowery
has numberous pieces of work in the
show. Most prominent among them
is ‘ ‘ The Spirit of A People, ’ ’ a four by
five portrait of Henry Berry Lowrie
which hangs alongside a smaller-
sized “Rhoda” by Ellis Sampson.
Lowery’s three works depicting
events in Robeson County since Feb.
1, become poignant for this Native
American visito^ It becomes difficult
to see the excellent art through tears
brought on by the works’ story
themes. Don’t leave the show
without seeing her “Trouble In
Robeson,” “A Voice For Peace and
Unity Dies” and “Julian Pierce” - all
done in watercolor.
The works of nationally-known
artist Gene Locklear round out the
show. Included are oil. pencil and
acrylic. Locklear’s over-sized paint
ing of Pembroke’s Depot is nothing
less than splendid.
Steal away time during American
Defense Attorneys for Heritage Week in NC Sept.
Hatcher and Jacobs
Seek Community
Support
By WM RICHARD MATHIS
Special to The Carolina Indian Voice
Attorneys for Eddie Hatcher and
Timothy Jacobs met with approxi
mately 50 local residents last Thurs
day night, Sept. 8., to ask for
community support in the defense of
Hatcher and Jacobs.
Lewis Htts, attorney for Jacobs,
said his organization, the Christie
, Institute South, will argue that it was
nece^ary for Jacobs and Hatcher to
TOWN CREEK TO HOST KICKOFF FOR
INDIAN HERITAGE WEEK SEPT. 18-24
TVaditional Indian foods, Indian
dances, arts and crafts and demon
strations will be highlights of the
kickoff of the eighth annual Didian
Heritage Week in North Carolina.
On Sunday, Sept. 18, the 500-year
old rituals of Indian heritage will
return to Town Creek as the state
historic site in Montgomery County
hosts kickoff ceremonies for the
statewide celebration of Indian Herit
age Week in North Carolina, Sept.
18-24.
From 1:30 - 5 p.m., Indian
dancers, traders and craftsmen will
bring to life Native American cul
tures of yesterday and today. They
will represent North Carolina's Li-
dian population, which encompasses
six tribes and more than 65,000
people, more than in any state east of
the Mississippi River.
ti 4 p.m. ceremonies Miss Indian
North Carolina will be crowned.
Bruce Jones, executive director of
the N.C. Commission of Indian
Affairs, and Archie Smith, Town
Creek manager, will offer welcoming
remarks.
The traditional pipe ceremony,
which will include a representative of
all six tribes in the United States, will
open the festival. Before and after
the formal program visitors may see
crafts demonstrations, dancing and
other traditional activities. Tradi
tional Indian food will be available.
Richard Crowe will offer tradi
tional Indian storytelling and com
ments on two Indian films to be
shovm.
During the open hours, visitors
may also take tours of the site.
All events are free and open to the
public.
Indian Heritage Week, proclaimed
this year for Sept. 18-24, is an annual
celebration coordinated across the
state by the N.C. Commission of
Indian Affairs, an agency of the
Department of Administration. Staff
members of the N.C. Department of
Cultural Resources are working with
commission members on events at
Town Creek Indian Mound, which is
a state historic site administered
through the department’s Division of
Archives and History.
“This is a perfect chance to use the
site to showcase the culture that
makes it historic to begin with,”
according to Archie Smith, site
manager at Tovm Creek.
“The site already reflects the past
culture of the Indians. Now we can
use it to show how exciting and
colorful today’s Indian culture is,
too.”
Archaeologists have dated the site
at Town Creek to the Creek culture
which displaced the older Siouan
inhabitants of the area about 1450
AD, more than a century before the
first English settlers landed on
Roanoke Island.
The Creeks were sun-worehipers,
and high on the bluffs overlooking
the junction of Town Creek and little
River, they built a ceremonial center
that served their needs for worship
and for social and political gathe
rings.
Standing on the site are a log
palisade and a striking earthen
mound topped with the reconstruc
tion of a temple. During the height of
the Creek culture, only priests
charged with the care of the temple
lived within the palisade. Today,
thousands of tourists each year
explore the buildings and learn what
decades of archaeological excavation
have revealed about the people who
worshipped there.
The site also has a modem visitor
center with interpretive eriiibits and
15-minute slide presentation. During
the Indian Heritage Week obser
vance, the visitor center staff will
visit schools and other nearby areas
for special presentations centered on
Indian life in North Carolina.
Varied other activities are sche
duled throughout the state to mark
the week, including everything from
powwows, outdoor dramas, museum
exhibits to traditional hdian festivals
in smaller communities.
Town Creek Indian Mound is
located in Montgomery County, 51/2
mUes southeast of Mount Gilead on
State Road 1542. Road signs point
the way south from N.C. 731 and
north from N.C. 73. The site is open
to the public, admission free, Mon
day throug^i Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5
p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
For details about Indian Heritage
Week events and other activities,
contact the site manager at Town
Creek Indian Mound State Historic
Site, Route 3, Box 50, Mount Gilead,
27306; or telephone 919-439-6802; or
Ben Jacobs at the N.C. Commission
on Indian Affairs, telephone 919-733-
5998 in Raleigh.
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INDIAN HERITAGE WEEK 1988
18-24 and visit the Resource Center.
Take a journey offered by the hands
of the laimbee hidians. The art show
promises to play at both ends of the
emotional spectrum.
have committed their actions in order
to have prevented a greater harm.
The greater harm, according to the
argument, would have either been
continued large-scale drug dealing
and corruption, or the assasinations
of Hatcher and Jacobs because of
their knowledge of drugs and
corruption.
Htts said it is necessary for the
defense team to have as much
injoramtion as possible regarding
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Sept. 16-17
Lumbee Powwow, B.C. Indian Cultural
Center Site.
Sept. 18
Indian Heritage Week Festival, Town
Creek Indian Mound, fit. Gilead.
2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sept. 19
Jacque Garneau, Indian Storyteller;
Native American Resource Center,
Pembroke State University 8 p.m.
Sept. 20
Miss Native American Student Organ
ization Pageant; Moore Hall, PSU,
7 p.m.
Native American Student Organization
Dance; Chavis University Center, PSU
9 p.m.
Sept. 21
Slide Presentation "Objects of
Bright Pride" (Art and artifacts of
Northwest Coast tribes); Native
American Resource Center, PSU.
1:00 n.m.--Senior Citizens Only
6:30 p.m.--Students S General Public
Sept. 22
Annual Native American Student Or
ganization Campus Barbecue and Pow
wow; Campus Quad, next to Clock
Tower, PSU.
4:30 p.m.--Barbecue
7:00 p.m.--Powwow
Sept. 23
Broadcast of "An Indian, A Person,
Myself," N.C. Public Television,
10:45 a.m.
Mini-Powwow, Haliwa-Saponi Tfibe;
Old Haliwa School, Hollister, 7 p.m.
Sept. 23-24
Annual Powwow, Guilford Native
American Association; Uwharrie Boy
Scout Campgrounds, Greensboro.
For more Information on these events,
StanJey Knkk, 521-4i]4, Ext. 2^2.
call