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Yours Truly y Lew Barton Knight of Mark Twain 1 We've got the mo6t unusual group in the entire United States...or any where else in the Western Hemi sphere (North, South, and Central America.) Our people not - only greeted Columbus, but the Vikings a * Rescue this child I recently wrote this piece as 1 meditated and prayed about my grandson, Thomas Wayne fTommie) Carter who has left ? home and not been heard from in * several weeks. We have worried a ! great deal about him, but are standing firm in our belief in God's promises: "For we know that all things work together for good to them that love the Lord..." Ro mans 8:28. God, please help my grandson. He has no direction, no goal. He has I wandered away from so much that he used to be, or that you his Creator, would have him to be. And 1 am not only worried sick about this, O God, ?' but I feel guilty. I search my own . behavior asking, why? Why? What have I done to bring this about? Where have we, his family, failed? That be, with his goodness and beauty, his brains, his tremendous potential should be so lost. Right now it is as ifbe is nobody, going nowhere at a time when the rest of the world is on its way. Dear God, please restore our - wandering son. Arouse in him a sense of purpose. Steady him. Set him upon his rightful path and walk with him. We who love him cannot do this. Only you, who loves him even more, can do it. Thank God for our church, our loved ones and friends who have stood by us in prayer. There is no way you will ever know what it is like, unless you have to endure it. All that we know about my grandson is that he is someplace in Los Angeles, California. We are hopeful that soon, and very soon, we will know more than we do now. And we are hopeful that it will be better news. VIOLET LOCKLEAR Tommie is the son of Charles and Darlene Carter. J.1 ?- Wilkins awarded Health Service . . Citatioa - ?:; , CRAJG WILKINS t A Health Services Officer with ? \ the United States Public Health Ser , ? vice was recently awarded the Pub- < lie Health Service Citation. The K' citation is one of six honor awards 1 presented to officers in recognition ? of noteworthy accomplishments, r - * special contributions toward the at ? tainment of program objectives and high quality of performance of duty for the Public Health Service. Craig was recognized for es - tablishing an outstanding Indian .rlltaiMi'ServiGe health promotion/dis- 1 e'ease prevention program for the ?? fUTE.Pajute and Goshute Indian T * tribes while stationed at Fort Duchesne, Utah. At an award cer emony he was presented a plaque, certificate and ribbon bar for his achievements. Craig, formerly of Pembroke is the son of Daniel and Thedis Wilkins and is currently stationed at the Fort Washakie Indian Health Service clinic on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming. Our Men In Uniform June 18 (FHTNC)-Navy Fire man Cameron G. Cummings, son of Andrew Cummings of Pembroke, NC, recently departed ona six-month deployment to the Western Pacific and the Persian Gulf aboard the am phibious assault ship USS Tarawa, homeported in San Diego. Cummings will participate in combined amphibious exercises and ? other training exercises with various foreign maritime forces. The USS Tarawa is part of a four-ship am phibious ready group including mor ? . than 4,000 Navy and Marine Corps ?- personnel. ' The 1987 graduate of Magno SK lia High School. Lumbertoo, joined a J the Navy in October 1991 who came much earlier. They were here when the Vikings came?and showed signs of friendship. They were here when Columbus first dis covered this country?and when the Scotch and French and English set foot on American soil. We are hard working people and I am constantly amazed to see them taking over in strange places and showing what they can do. They make superb fighters and a sergeant once told me hie would like to see a whole batallion in combat "They are not afraid to die," he said. They make good in education. I know doctors, lawyers, teachers and just ordinary people. Several years ago in the need for Indians in Washington, they all did well. Many ofour aristocrats dropped positions at home to take positions and jobs. All told, our people ex celled the field. Ranting and Raving 1 Somebody tell Sister Souljah I'm not white A by Garry Lewis Barton Former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson was recently going around bad-mouthing democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton for bad-mouthing black rap singer. Sister Souljah. In remarks appearing in The Post that were attributed to her, she allegedly said in a May 13th interview concerning the Los Angeles riots: "If black people kill black people every day. why not have a week and kill white people?" Clinton thought her remarks were inappropriate. But Jesse Jackson, who is also black, criticized the white presidential candidate for criticizing the black raDoer. I am listed as a Native American on my birth certificate. But the person looking back at me in a mirror looks like a white man. In fact, that's probaby what I'd look like if some simple-minded folk look Sister Souljah's remark^ literally. So I take umbrage at her racist remarks. And I don't care if Jesse Jackson likes it or not Nor anyone else, for that matter. There used to be a lot of white folk who hid behind sheets and went around spouting similar remarks about taking time out to kill black folk. And aome did. But their ranks were eventually decimated by persistent law enforcement personnel. These folk apparently suffered from a civil war mentality that dictated that everything white folk did or said was right and alright simply because they were white. But they were wrong. Now Jesse Jackson seems to have come to Sister Souljah's defense of her outlandish remarks simply because he and she are black and her detractor, Clinton, is white. Such reasoning suggests thai anything blacks say or do is right and alright simply because they are black. But that's wrong too; black supremacy is just as wrong as white Supremacy. I don't care if Sister Souljah's skin is polky-doued. Her remarks about killing white folk were inappropriate and highly inflammatory, especially now that the nation's psyche is so fragile and delicate in the wake of the LA riots. There has to be a fine line drawn about what folk can and can't say. Sister Souljah's not the only one guilty. I heard a white musical group whose song's message was to kill policemen. And there are many more artists who use their medium to promote hatred and civil unrest. There should be laws passed making it a crime to utter words that constitute a threat, danger or menace to society. Or, better yet, folk should prosecute them undeAc the same law that makes it a enmesh for someone to shout "Fire!" in a crowded auditorium. Nevertheless, hiding behind one's race lo do dasdardly deeds is iust as wrong as hiding and doing it behind a sheet. And, unfortunately, far too many people of all the races are guilty of this. As far as fm concerned, it would be poetic justice, considering this nation's preoccupation and obsession with the color of folk's skin, if God struck us all colorblind. Perhaps that's what it will take for us to learn to gel along. But that's fantasy, and life is real. So perhaps it would behoove us all to adopt a new rule of thumb about talking. If what we are going to say is constructive, say it. If it's going to be destructive, perhaps we should SHUT UP! Following that advice, I'll end here and we'll talk again folk. READERS' FORUM Robeson Bar responds to Lewis letter Dear Sir. This is the response of the Robeson County Bar Association to the letter to the editor from H. Lewis that appeared in the 15 March 1992 edition of The Robe soman Lewis described Warren Junior Morgan as a "big time drug dealer" while com plaining of die sentence imposed in the case Given the amount of mari juana involved, Morgan was not and could not have been charged with trafficking. The jury at the trial found Morgan not guilty of possession with die intent to sell marijuana and not guilty of posssession with the intent to manufacture by packaging mari juana. The jury only found him guilty of possession marijuana. Given the undisputed lack of any aggravating factors (Morgan was over SO years old with no criminal record) the maximum sentence that could have been imposed was only 2 years. Persons sentenced to a 2 year active sentence are ordinarily pa roled within 30 days given the over crowded conditions in the Depart ment of Corrections. Judge Dexter Brooks imposed a maximum sen tence of 2 years on Morgan but suspended it upon conditions in the Department of Corrections. Judge Dexter Brooks imposed a maximum sentence of 2 years on Morgan but suspended it upon condition that he serve an active sentence of 90 days. Many judges impose such sentences in order to insure that defendants serve more time than they otherwise would in the Department of Correc tions as there is no parole from such a sentence. Regardless, as to the confu sion about the amount of marijuana involved (the amount Assistance District Attorney John Carter thought and the amount Hoke-Robeson Drug Iask Force officer Erich Von Hack ney thought) it made no difference in Morgan's case as the larger amount >vas presented to the jury. The jury lid not find Morgan to be a "dealer". rhe Bar will never criticize the ver lict of a jury. The jury system is iuperior to any other criminal jus ice system devised by the mind of dan. A judge cannot punish a person as a "dealer" unless and until he is found to be such by a jury. ?A sarW ?? t V^nn tryhl^ f ROBESON COUPfTY -BAR ASSOCIATION BY: EARL H. STRICKLAND PRESIDENT Pharmacist CH.I81I <?OA Healthy freedom Freedom of choice is one of the cherished Afttgtican traditions we, celebrate on July 4th. And you need to choose a Pharmacy you can trust i But pleaqgtbe aware of the possible results of your choice. Remember Chain Drug Stores spend three times more on advertising than independently owned drug stores, often resulting in higher Rx prices. And 'mail-order drugs' may affect the quality of your medicine, or cause confusion when short term monitering of prescriptions is required. Consider us your Personal Pharmacists when it's time to have your next prescription filled. We care. Tr-nffacto* I \j_WeJhketfu Time to Answer Your Questions fyMTHtfVimACy BECK OVER 15 YEARS CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALIZING IN CENTER I AUTO ACCIDENT INJURIES . MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED ^ "APPOINTMENT PLEASE" ? a^AL t* (WOOOWOWWKCX.J* 7M-312I CJ^HR HHP OFFICE _ _ _ _ . Fm INITIAL 739-5751 CONSULTATION UJ Carolina Indian Voice Newspaper is Published Every Thursday Morning By First American Publications 304 Normal Street - College Plaza P.O. Box 1075 Pembroke, North Carolina 28372 (919)521-2826 EDITOR ConneeBrayboy OFFICE MANAGER And Many Friends A Volunteers SUBSCRIPTIONS 1 Year In N.C $1100 1 YearOutOIN.C $15.00 I'"'-' - ? ?? ?? ? Pieate Inquire For Advertising Rata 2nd Qua Putip Paid at Pan broke Pact Office Writer questions discrimination at Robeson Correctional Unit During the month of May. 1992 my brother Clarence I.owtv was in the ho6tpiral at Duke, having open heart srugery unfortunately, this surgery did not turn out too well. The doctor called and asked all the immediate family to come to the hosptiral because he had done all that he could and my brother was not going to live. My family contacted Superintendent Roosevelt Strickland here at the Unit and told him that the doctor had asked us to come. The family stated that they would provide transportation for me to and from the hospital, ensuring my return. Mr. Strickland said that the doctor would have to call the unit. The doctor did call and then Mr. Strickland refused to let me go to spend some time with my brother before he died. Instead, he said I could go with an officer and spend only fifteen minutes. Riding that far for only fifteen minutes would only have worsened the condition of my leg. Having to be confined in a car for that long distance and then return immediately^" would not have given me the opportunity 1 would have needed to rest my leg . So I did not get to see my brother alive He died June 3rd My sister called the Robeson Unit to inform me of my brother's death. They would not tell me. On June 6th, the day of the viewing for my brother, Mr. Strickland denied me the proper amount of time with my family, allowing me only four hours. He only allowed this with Sgt. Huggins going withme.The SgtadVised me tostand where he could observe me at all times On June 7th, my brother was buried. Once again 1 was allowed only four hours with an officer. All of this was unnecessary harrassment being done by the superintendent Roosevelt of the Robeson Unit. At this time I am in 1 Level 2.1 also have C. V. passes 1 have also been recommended for a MAP contract. When I asked the question why this was being done in tis manner,? 1 was told the area administrator, . Wayne Spears, had to object over the decision of the sheriffs department in order for me to attend the funeral. If this is so, that means the sheriff is running the Division of Prisons Before all ofthis happened, I had a friend ofmine call McCain. She spoke , to Mr. John Williams, Head Programmer. He told her that the policy states < that an inmate is allowed from 24 to 76 hour passes to attend the funeral of j uiuiivmniv uuiuijr uiciiicis. Mr. Strickland lied to me becaue the sheriff s department did not even know that my brother had died. 1 just think the citizens of this county need to know the type of man running this unit. He is just not qualified, in my opinion, to make decision^ concerning human beings. At this time I have people who have applied To sponsor me out on passes, and j am eligible for these passes. The present sponsor cannot sponsor me oiit because he has not done the paper work in order to be approved to fpke me qut. Strickland has even gone so far as to call one sponsor to tell him not to come pick me up. Something needs to be done before this man causes a serious problem at this unit. ? PAUL LOWERY lite coacn's corner By Ken Johnson "The Basketball Olym pics" John Daly inherits a truly "great ?-am" with guards: Magic Johnson nd Michael Jordan. Forwards: any Bird and Karl Malode. Cen :r David Robinson.. Also the other arting team is Guards: John Stock m and Clyde Drexler Forwards: hris Mullin and Charles Berkley, enter: Patrick Ewing. The bench as Scottie Pippen and Christian aetiner This is the first tqne*the roshavebeen used in the Olympics " by the U.S. but other countries have been using Pros for years. The Olym pics are now using the best athletes regardless of being amateurs or professional. Daly known for pessi mism says the team is great but could run into trouble. There could be fatigue for Jordan. Drexier and Pippen as a result of the NBA finals Robinson is recovering from thumb surgery. Bird was out 3.7 games with > a bad back. Magic hasqi played in the NBA this year. Mtdlinhasback problems The endorsement -oapot turn ties are many, they all are anx ious to play with such an elicitist team. Mai one says,"To win a gold medal for your country is the great est reward more than a NBA cham pionship. Daly is planning to alter nate teams thus trying to give them plenty of playing time but it will be difficult. There is not very many minutes in 20 minutes halves as these Pros are accustomed to 48 minute games. However, the em phasis is on winning as their are no contracts. These guys and Daly expect to win and dial is that, period. Hooeso. ? ? Ition !7ta{/1 I ?JBm 2>i. ?tm.m D(mu6, JPJTi ^Vmtlvs cAmxxUi* *R imkim Gtnkcx I X ^ "Termination" is a word often heard in discussions of Native Americans. We hear that certain tribes or nations were "terminated" by the federal government during the 1950s. It has also been said that the federal government both recognized and "terminated" the Lumbee at the same time in the now-infamous Lumbee Bill of 19S6. But what is "termination?" Ever since the 1700s, the government and some of its agents have spoken oftfae "Indian Protyem." This meant in effect: "What is the government going to do with the Indians?" Some argued that the only way to deal with the "Indian Problem" was to eliminate the Indians (and thus, the problem). Other, more kind-hearted, souls argued that a better answer would be for the Indians somehow to become like everyone else; to assimilate into the main stream of American life. These "assimilationists" tried a number of ways to accomplish their goal, including; boarding schools to make "good citizens'out of the Indians; allotment of Indian lands to break up the large reservations and persuade the Indians to become individualistic small farmers; compensation, to buy-off the Indians and their rightful claims to vast portions of American lands; and several other misguided policies. Then, in the late 1940s, came the idea of termination. The purpose of termination as a government policy (as diacusaed by James Olson and Raymond Wilson in thier book Native Americans in the 20th Ceatary) was to eliminate any special legal status afforded to Indian tribes. The policy aimed to: 1) end all treaty obligations between the government and the tribes; 2) settle all outstanding ' claims by the tribes against the government; 3) liquidate all trust funds which had been set upfor the tribes; 4) get rid ?I.I,... of all tribal govensnests and any authority they might have had; and 5) integrate aH tribal lands into the mainstream economy. By 1962, more than sixty Native American tribes or nations had been terminated, including the Alabama and Coushatta people in Texas, the Menominee in Wisconsin, the Paiute in Utah, and the Catawba in South Carolina. Since then several of the terminated groups have been "restored" to their former relationship with die federal government, including the Menominee in 1973 and the Paiute in 1980. It it not surprising that the Lumbee were both recog nized and effectively terminated by the government in 19S6. This was a time in the very midst of the termination period, and the federal government wanted desperately to "get out ofthe Indian business." It was the worse of times t for a tribe or nation to seek federal reocognitioo. Thus it is, as much as anything, an accident of timing that the Lumbee still have to petition the federal govern ment and appeal through the legislative process for recog nition. For example, if the Lumbee Bill of 1956 had been passed in 1976 instead, there is a great likelihood that the Bill would simply have recognized the Lumbee without simultaneously terminating them. And unfortunately, since the 1956 Bill was passed when it was, now its effects must be overcome as the Lumbee people seek their proper natiaa-to-oation relationship with the United States. It is as r if ohe were trying to run a foot race with one foot caught in V a trap-the trap must first be reopened and the foot with- "j drawn before the race can be won. For BMre information, visit the Native American Resource Center in Oid Main Building, on the campas of Pembroke Stale Uuheslty.
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