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^^?i?^ Published Each Thursday Since January 18,1973 Carolina Indian Voice Pembroke, NC Robeson County "Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting" Peabnfce I Sta* I I | Mayor Milton Hunt of Pembroke, who welcomed the participants in the National Issues Forums Summer Public Policy Institute to Pembroke State University, displays a forum T shirt with the new PSU logo on it. Brace Mitchell ofWinstoo-Salem, a friend of the late Walter Pinchbeck of Pembroke, is shown doing a col ored pencil drawing of Pinchbeck from a portrait that hangs in the Walter J. Pinchbeck Maintenance Building at Pembroke State Univer sity. Like Pinchbeck, Mitchell was a Boy Scout leader, serving in the Raleigh area during the time he and Pinchbeck became friends. Mitchell was visiting PSU for the National Issues Forums Summer Public Policy Institute, which was coordinated by Terry Hutchins, another old friend of Mitchell's. Describing himself as a folk artist, Mitchell had a display of various crafts at the institute. More About the Bartons.. by Bruce Barton The article on Harfcer R. Barton ("Harfcer R. Barton, the Indians"first lawyer without a license'") last week prompted more musings about the Bartons. All Bartons in Robeson County,. as far as this writer can ascertain, trace their lineage to Charles E. Barton and Elizabeth Cum bo Bar ton. Squire Charles E. Barton, or C.E. Barton, as he is listed on documents (along with his family) is listed in the 1860,1870 and 1880 census records as a Sinner, although many marriage bonds and public docu ments on file at the Robeson County Courthouse list him as minister and appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1868. The 1850 census lists him as a " white" from Maine; He had become a Mulatto as census takers ?tifn dfrigr***! hy the time the 1870 census rolled around. The change in his race by die census. ?w Revival planned at East Maxton Church of God The East Maxton Church of God, locatedon Highway 74, East of Maxton, will behold ing revival with great expecta tions of a pentecostal experi ence beginning August 14 thru 46 with Evangelist Ricky Carter. Services will begin at 7:30 each night. The public is cordially invited to come. r ? I takers probably had everything to do with the company he kept. Barton, according to records, migrated to Robeson County from Maine (New England) and was respected as a leader among the Indians of Robe son County. It is conceivable that he was an acquaintance (possibly even an accomplice) of Henry Berry Lowrie, fabled hero and focal point of exciting outdoor drama, 'Strike at the Wind'! Too, the fact that he was appointed a Justice of the Peace, and the fact that he migrated from Maine "up north" would indicate a Repub lican sympathizer. A discovered deed even mentions Charles Barton as one of the trustees of a Masonic Lodge in 1870. Elizabeth Cum bo Barton, Charles Barton's wife, was the daugh ter of Charles Oxendine and Abby Cumbo. The 1850 Census lists Elizabeth with her mother The father, Charles Oxendine, is shown living with Joseph and Sarah Chavis , near Allen Lowry (Henry Berry's daddy). Elizabeth Cumbo Barton and Charles (or C.E.) Barton were the parents of 8 children, according to findings. Charles Barton, born about 1812, died in the 1890s and was married to Elizabeth Cumbo. Elizabeth Cumbo, bom about 1830, died June 23,1915, was daugh ter of Charles Oxendine and Abbie Cumbo. More on the Bartons next week. In the meantime, a book entitled "The Barton Saga" is in the works by yours truly. If yen have aay information on the Bartons write the Anther c/o P.O.. Boi 342, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. First Public Policy Institute is an Unqualified Success More than 200 people gathered last weekend at Pembroke State University to discuss issues of Na tional concern and to learn a new way to talk about the public's busi ness. These public discussions, called forums, were modeled after the New England Town Meeting where every citizen had the privi lege of voicing an opinion and of having that opinion considered in deciding what should be done about matters that concern the entire group. The process, called National Issues Forums, might have just as well been modeled after an even more ancient American governance system called the American Indian Pow Wow. Ten topics, ranging from the Health Care Crisis to Education and even Criminal Violence, were targeted for public discussion during the three day event. The participants cam came from all walks oflife and from throughout the United States. The opinions expressed wete as varied as the participants. After intense and detailed discus sions ofthe issues with due consider ation being given to all viewpoints, it became obvious that there were things that most participants could agree on. Even people with widely differing opinions found that they could agree on many important points. More importantly, it soon became apparent that people who did not necessarily agree were talk ing with each other and actually considering opposing points of view. Most people are familiar with Donahue and with so-called public forums held by various governmen tal agencies. These have little in common with the forums held at Pembroke State last week. During the Pembroke Forums there was ac tually discussion, consideration and deliberation often resulting in some common agreement, called a "Pub lie Voice" by the leaders of the event. Dr. Estus Smith of the Kettering Foundation which developed and sponsors National Issues Forums, told the group that the Pembroke State event was among the largest ever held. A highlight of the event was a public forum on criminal vio lence moderated by Jim Swartshoff, Vice President of The Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio and Carolyn Penny, formerly a staff at torney tn the California Court of Appeals. Local participants included University Police Chief Charles Bryant, Lumberton Police Chief Harry Dolan, in Morgan Brittany Hunt is die nine year old daughter of Johnny and Demetrius Hunt of Rowland. She attends Union Elementary School where she will be in the fourth grade Morgan won a Little Miss NC Pre liminary in Concord, NC recently which entitled here to compete in the Little Miss North Carolina in July in Lincolnton. NC. Morean comDeted in all areas of competition She won Best Sportswear, Best Swim wear, Most Beautiful and second place in plant. She also had private interview and cm stage interview. She competed against 18 girls and placed first over all Morgan is a former Little Miss Lumbee and also currently holds the title of Junior Miss Robeson County. Aug. 20 is Church Night at SATW The outdoor drama, STRIKE AT THE WIND! Has declared Thurs day, August 20, as "Church Night". Those churches which participate will be recognized before the show begins. The church group with the most people representing it will receive a plaque. Special discounts do apply for groups of 10 or more. Ticket prices for adults will be S5 each and for children 12 and under will be S3 each. Featured artists for the pre-show entertainment will be THE AN CHORMEN, beginning at 8:00 PM. This well-known gospel singing group has performed nationally and internationally, just returning from an engagement in the Bahamas. STRIKE AT THE WIND! Begins at * its regularly scheduled time of 8:30 ptn. Any church group that wishes to be represented at this event and would like to make reservations, please call the STRIKE AT THE WIND! Office at (919) 521-3112. guest lecturer at Headlands Dr. Joseph T. Bell, a Lumbee from Pembroke, NC was re cently selected to speak as a guest lecturer at the Summer Headlands Enrichment Pro gram in Mackinaw City, Michi gan. The Headlands Program is an eight-week study curse for Native American students in terested in health careers. The students are primarily rising college freshmen who have showed exceptional academic ability and motivation towards a health profession. The pro- I gram teaches science and com munication skills courses and exposes the students to Native American role models currently working in. a health profes sion. Remembering youth at Brooks Settlement, Pow wows and Longhouse I was born near Harper's Fercy Church in May 1934. As a young boy I worked in the tobacco fields and cotton fields trying to earn enough money to buy school clothes and shoes to get me through the school year, h was very hard for me as I was the last of 10 children in my family. Earning. 10 cents a hour working in tobacco could not buy many clothes. I attended Harper's Ferry School through my grammar years. Miss Ophelia Hunt (Mrs. D. R Lowry) was my first teacher she taught my brothers and sisters also. Upon completion of grade 7, 1 was as signed to Pembroke High School grades 8 through 12 were taught there. I joined the boy scouts at the age of 13. We had a small troop #83 from Harper's Ferry Mr. Joseph Sampson was scout master and then later Mr. Earl Cummings. I remained a sdbut then a explorer scout until I joined the United States Navy in 1932. As a youngster all my life was centered around Indian Culture. I was reared in what was known as the Brooks settlement, between Harper's Ferry and White Hill. I remember the Long House where we would put on dances and Pow Wows. The first person I remember lending my people were the late Mr. Joe Brooks. I was very small then. Later Mr. June Brooks was the Chief when the Long House was erected out of Pine Logs and we helped put mud in the cracks. The last Chief was my uncle Ralph Brooks Sr When he became Chief we were renamed what is now cslled Lumbee. That took place in the late 1940's. We had two men come down from around Maryland in the Washington,D.C area. One Chief Turkey Tayac, supposedly from the Piscattaway Indian. The second was a man called Chief Red Wing. The picture accompanying this article was taken by ChiefTuikey on one of his many visits to Robeson County. It was the year of 1947 or 1948. That is me in the center (Erwin Jacobs) my cousin the late Ertle Brooks (son of Henry & Pollie Brooks). My Aunt Lovely Locklear Brooks ( wife of Chief Ralph Brooks) they are now deceased. Contrary to many articles stating the Lumbee name was adopted in 1956 is very mislead ing. As we had a song given us by Mr. Tayag we sang at our pow-wows it goes like this. LUMBEE ALL RIGHT WE WORK DAY AND NIGHT WE PRAY THAT RIGHT. SOME DAY WE MAY TAKE FLIGHT. RED EAGLE (CHIEF RALPH BROOKS) OUR CHIEF. IN HIM WE BELIEVE SOME DAY SOME NIGHT WE MAY TAKE FLIGHT. HI-WE, HI-WE LUM BEE LUMBEE!!!! I have been away form my roots since 19S2 but have never forgotten where my heritage lies. I came home 2 yean ago and still are amazed at the progress our people have made. ERWIN JACOBS Dr. Bell is a pediatrician with the Choctaw Nation Hospital in Talihina, Oklahoma. He spoke to the student son July 31 st and was especially pleased to see four Lumbees and two Coharies among the twenty stu dents in the program. Dr. Bell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Bell of Pem broke. His wife, Vicki, is Coharie from Maple Hill, NC.
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