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VOLUME 17 NUMBER U6 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1989 25? PER COPY
Reprinted from Nov. 3, 1969 Harvard University Gazette
NAPAC Endorses Maynor for Sheriff I
Hie Native American Political Action Committee
unanimously endorsed Glenn Maynor for Sheriff of
Robeson County at their bi-monthly meeting Saturday,
November 11, 1989.
Hie decision was made a week after a public forum
between Maynor and Hear! Oxendine, member of the
North Carolina Highway Patrol. During the forum held on
Saturday, November 4, both potential candidates
responded to questions relative to the responsibilities and '
duties of the Sheriff of the county and his department.
Maynor is executive director of the Robeson County
Housing Authority and serves as a member of the
Lumberton City Council, representing Precinct 7. He
served with the Lumberton Pblice Department for several
> years.
Hie Native American Political Action Committee was
formed to provide a communication structure for Native
Americans. Hie committee conducts forums for Indians
desiring to run for office; negotiates with other racial
D I I ? CT A Kl K.I V I I IV I *??
groups to establish a cooperative political agenda tor
fobeson County; works to create political awareness; and
tttempts to identify potential candidates and encourage
heir candidacy.
Cliff Sampson, Jr. of the Philadelphus Precinct, serves
is Chairman. He is assisted by Wendell Lowery, Vice
Chairman, of Saddletree; Josephine Locklear, secretary,
if Ornim; and Sam Kerns, South Pembroke, treasurer,
[he Committee meets every second and fourth Saturday
it 7:30 a.m. at the Old Foundry Restaurant in Lumberton.
Membership is open to all Indians and participation is
encouraged. Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, the next
neeting is scheduled for December 9, 1989.
Maynor becomes the third candidate endorsed by the
Committee. The group also unanimously endorsed Judge
Dexter Brooks for Superior Court Judge and Dr. Adolph
Dial for the N.C. House of Representatives in the 1990
dection.
??9 I WP K V?V IN IN W W I N
CANDI DACY
FOR LRDA BOARD
*r* i II n i i_ _ o* _ * _
Adolph Blue. Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Lumbee
Regional Development Association,
has announced his candidacy for re
election to the LRDA Board. Blue has
served on the board for three years
and presently serves as chairman of
the board.
r-mpioyeu dj remuruie ouic
University for the past 23 years, Blue
presently holds the position of
Assistant Director of the Riysical
Plant He is married to the former
Dorothy Locklear, and they have one
son.
In announcing his candidacy Blue
said, "For the past three years I have
been associated with some fine board
members of LRDA. Hopefully the
voters in my district will allow me to
continue working for organization
and growth which will continue to be
my goals."
Blue currently serves as board
member for the North and South
Pembroke and Union precincta.
Voting for these precincts will be
held at Union Elementary School and
Pembroke Elementary School on
December 7, 1989. Hie polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Reprinted from Nov. 15, 1989
Fayetteville Times
Hatcher
Hearing
Turns
Raucous
By JOHN BRAY
04 Tlx Tkm SWM
LUMBERTON - Eddie Hatch
er's request to represent himself
against kidnapping charges was
approved Tuesday at a raucous
hearing in which he shouted
obscenities and flung two pens that
struck the judge's bench.
"If you persist in interrupting
the court. III sit you down in that
chair and have you tied and
gagged," Superior Court Judge L
Beverly Lake Jr. of Raleigh told
Mr. Hatcher.
The issue of representation for
Mr. Hatcher has been disputed at
least since early September, when
Judge Robert Farmer barred two
New York attorneys from defend
ing Mr. Hatcher on 14 kidnapping
charges stemming from his role in
the 1988 armed takeover of a
Lumberton newspaper office.
Judge Farmer ruled that at
torneys William Kunstler and
Ronald Kuby had not filed
paperwork required of those un
licensed in North Carolina, and
Judge Lake on Tuesday backed that
ruling. Mr. Kunstler has claimed
that Judge Farmer was "violating
the Constitution" by not allowing
Mr Hatcher his chosen counsel.
The disruption Tuesday started
as attorney Barry Naked of Chapel
Hill, who has been associated with
Mr. Hatcher's defense, attempted
to address the court.
"May I be heard*" asked Mr.
Naked seated with Mr. Hatcher
and Public Defender Angus
Thompson
"No. not at this point," Judge
Lake responded.
Mr. Naked persisted, and Judge
Sec HATCHER. Page!
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Pembroke
Vets
Honored
The annual Veterans Day Parade
was held downtown Pembroke on
Saturday, November 11. "Die event
was sponsoed by the Pembroke VFW
Post 2843, W.D. Oxendine, Pbst
Commander.
The Flag Raising Ceremony foll
owed the parade in the Pembroke
Park. Taps was played by the
Purnell Swett High ROTC. Oxendine
gave the following welcome:
"November 11 is a day for all
Americans--every man and woman
whose heart beats with pride and
love- to stay strong in search for
peace. This day is to honor those who
have fought and died in defense of
this country and its freedom. It's the
day to salute the more than 28 million
American men and women who are
today's Veterans and have earned
the gratitude of all true Americans."
Guest speaker was Cpt. Harold
(Hal) Cummings, retired from the
U.S. Navy and a commericial pilot for
American Airlines.
Cpt. Cummings said: "The U.S. is
a bold, adventuresome, and re sour
ceful nation. We have more Nobel .
Prue winners in this country than '
any other nation. We are not
content to just remain here on earth,
observe our effort to outreach to
space and the shuttle program....The
Soviet Union also has a fine space
program, but they cannot concur
rently feed their own people... we
have to help them. We can do both,
have a space program, feed out 1
people, and other world's people...
We sometimes provide protection to
the world's natural resources..."
He continued, "In order to protect
our freedom and liberty as citizens of
this great nation, we have certain
responsibilities...We must vote
wisely...We must pay our taxes...
and we must educate our people."
In conclusion, Cpt. Cummings
said: "...We are all part of the effort
to maintain and protect our freedom
and liberty, from the parents and
spouces who support their loved ones
to enter the military to the employer
who permits their employees time
?way from their jobs so they might 0
attend military drill on weekends and n
give militaiy services... But mostly to a
the dedicated men and women who p
wear those uniforms and thus p
potentially put their lives on the line n
to defend this nation, and hence their j,
loved ones, and the freedom and
.?alues we believe in so dearly....We
nust always remember all of our
>wn, this nation's military, who
served before us. And especially
hose who paid the ultimate sacrifice
hat of their lives... those are the ones
ivho have preserved our freedom and
iverty....For all of these, we should
pay honor and respect."
Pembroke Elementary School and
\cme Electric were honored for their
iward winning floats. South Robeson
School won first place in the best
Muid category and Pumell Swett
?figh won second place honors in the
tame competition.
SCHOOL NEWS
PROSPECT HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1969 REUNION
The Prospect High School class
f 1969 is planning a reunion. Class
lembers are asked to send name,
ddress, and phone number to:
leunion, c/o Daris Brayboy, Route 1
tox 431, Pembroke. NC 28372. You
lay also call (919)52 2297 for more
iformation.
New Director
of Indian
Housing
Named
GREGORY A. RICHARDSON
Sybil Bullard, chairperson of the
N.C. State Indian Housing Authority,
has announced that Gregory A.
Richardson, formally with the N.C.
Commission of Indian Affairs, has
been appointed Executive Director of
the N.C. State Indian Housing
Authority. Richardson, a fifteen year
veteran in Indian affairs, will be
responsible for the management and
continued development of Indian
housing efforts in the state of North
Carolina. The Authority currently
owns 92 apartments in Cumberland
County, 62 apartments in Hoke
County and 50 apartments in Robe
son County. Die Authority also has
30 apartments under construction in
Halifax County, which will also serve 1
the southeastern portion of Warren i
County. <
Richardson earned his Bachelors <
of Science degree while working full I
time at the Commission of Indian t
Affairs in Raleigh, in the late 70's. i
He is a certified Public Housing I
Manager (PHM), is a 1988 graduate |
of the N.C. Department of Adminis
tration's Public Manager Program. i
Richardson is the son of Mr. and j
Mrs. Jesse W. Richardson of HoNis <
ter, N.C. and a graduate of Aurelian \
Springs High School. Richardson is a ]
Baptist, and a member of the Mount ?
Bethel Baptist Church near Hollister.
He is a certified member of the state
recognized Haliwa Saponi Indian
tribe, located in Halifax and Warren
counties of North Carolina.
Thanksgiving Week
Dead line
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, THE
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE will publish on
Wednesday, November 22, 1989.
The news and advertising deadline for
this issue will be Monday, November 20,
1989. All material must be in our office by
3 p.m. Monday, November 20, 1989 to be
printed in the Thanksgiving week paper.
Your help in adhering to this deadline
will be appreciated.
Native Americans
Conference
Addresses
Legal Issues
Native Americans face greater problems
than simply gaining sovereignty over their
own lives and communities. University of
Wisconsin Law Professor Rennard Strick
land told Native American law students
Friday.
Strickland, speaking at a two-day Har
vard Indian Law Symposium, said "The
Indian lawyer is no longer a stranger in a
strange land."
The challenge facing Native American
lawyers, he said, "is to make Indian law
work for Indian people at the most elemen
tal human level .... Sovereignty alone
doesn't put food on tables, clothes on
backs, or heat in houses. Sovereignty alone
is not salvation."
Strickland was one of 10 speakers to
participate in the conference, sponsored by
the Harvard chapter of the American Indi
an Law Students Association (AILSA). in
conjunction with the national AILSA and
with funding from the Charles E. Culpeper
Foundation. It was attended by 45 law stu
dents from 16 law schools.
Heather Kendall, president of the
national AILSA and a second-year Har
vard law student, said the symposium was
organized in an effort to "focus on
Native American issues. Basically,
that's why we are here, going to law
school: to further the development of
t Indian law and our participation in it."
A generation ago. there were fewer
than a dozen Native American lawyers
across the country, Strickland said.
Today, there are more than 1.000.
The participation of Native Ameri
can lawyers in Native American life
was the focus of much of the confer
ence. Strickland's remarks, titled "You
Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd.
Even If You Have All the Medicine,"
alluded to a painting of the same name
by a Native American artist. Strick
land, using the painting as a metaphor,
said Native American society has won
many victories in the courtroom but
has to go beyond those victories to
address everyday social problems, such
as high unemployment and a low stan
dard of living.
While emphasizing the importance
of legal studies and courtroom battles.
Strickland said lawyers must not forget
the broader goal of Native American
survival through generations of tur
moil.
"You can't survive with only the
law," he said. "The law alone will not
guarantee survival .... We can never
forget that the law is not an end in
itself but only a means to an end."
With that in mind. Strickland said,
the task of Native American lawyers is
"to actualize the theoretic"?to take
courtroom victories (such as the clarifi
cation of civil, fishing, or water rights)
and use them to help Native Americans
in their elemental struggles for better
education and living conditions.
"American Indians suffer indigni
ties." he said, "that few- Americans suf
fer in equal measure."
Dean Robert Clark, opening the con
ference. described it as "one of the
most important events at the Law
School this year."
According to Clark, the study of
American Indian law is important for
four main reasons. First, and most
obviously, "because it is important for
the people affected by the law (Ameri
can Indians)."
Second. "The subject of American
Indian Law has problem- that are as
intellectually challenging and impor
tant as any other subject." American
Indian law encompasses such legal
issues as civil rights, contract rights,
water and fishing rights, and other top
ics "that are among the most complex
issues in American jurisprudence
today." Clark said "These are all
issues that deserve attention and
study."
Thirdly. Clark said, the study of
American Indian law is important
because it will "advance the cause of
legal education in general."
American law schools tend to
"compartmentalize" legal subjects and
as a result need to address "more effec
tively the way these subjects come
together in the real world." Clark said.
Finally, the study of American Indi
an law is important as "a case study in
the more general field of indigenous
peoples' rights." he said. " The world
is watching to see if we can solve the
problems well . . . . What we do here
may well be important to studying the
rights of indigenous peoples else
where."
Other topics on the conference
agenda included "The Need for Tribal
Control of Indian Education." "Alaska
Tribes in the Balance." and "State and
Indian Tribal Taxation Power on Indi
an Reservations: How Taxing Will It:
Be?"
Morgan Brittany Hunt
Named Little Miss
RobesonCountv^^^^^^
Morgan Unit on u Hunt unn the
title of little Mint Robe ton County
on Saturday night. She is the
sir-year-old daughter of Johnny and
Demetrius Hunt of Rouiand. She is
the former Little Miss lumbee and is
in the first (trade at Lhtum Flemen
tary School.