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VOLUME 20 NUMBER 31 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1991 23 CMSTSPERCOtr
? RCC Board of Trustees
Nell Reising administers the oath of office to nearly to newly
appointed Robeson Community College Trustees. Pictured left to
right are Reising, Mr. James McLean of Maxton, Mr. Harbert
Moore of Prospect and Mr. Franklin Biggs of Lumberton. The RCC
Board of Trustees is comprised of twelve members, four of whom are
appointed by the Robeson County Board of Commissioners, four by
the Public Schools of Robeson County Board of Education, and for by
the Governor of North Carolina. Each members serves a term of four
years. Mr. McLean was appointed by the County commissioners, Mr.
Moore by the Board of Education and Mr. Biggs is a Governor's
.appointee.
LRDA awarded a $181,000 grant from
the Social Security Administration
Lumbee Regional Development Association has received through a na
tional competitive grant process, an award of 5183,000 from the national
Social Security Administration to implement a Supplemental Security
Income and Medicaid outreach project in Robeson, Hoke and Scotland
Counties.
The project will involve LRDA hiring outreach workers to go into the
various Indian communities to identify those individuals and families who
are eligible to receive SSI and Medicaid services and are not currently
participating in these national federal programs.
The goal of the project is to have nearly 600 individuals processed to
receive SSI or Medicaid benefits by the end of the 12-month project.
The eligible individuals who will be approved for SSI will receive monthly
checks that will help that family or individual and also potentially put
several million dollars into the local economy, according to LRDA staff
rwnnrts
Four outreach workers will be hired to work Robeson, Hoke and Scotland
Counties to identify those eligible for these federal benefits.
The LRDA workers will work closely with the local Social Security
Administration offices and Department of Social Services to help clients
through the eligibility and intake process.
Many Lumbee households have eligible SSI and Medicaid individuals, but
iren't aware that they are eligible and how to seek the benefits out, according
to the staff.
In receiving announcement of the new grant, LRDA Chairman Adolph
Blue stated that, "This is good news and will allow LRDA to add a new
service that is needed in our communities. This will help put money in
eligible needy households which will also put more money into the local
economy."
The project will have a start up date of November 1 st and more information
will be available in the media as this project is implemented in November,
according to Blue
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I Dr. Stanley Knick,thc director/curator o ^ ^ of hi. new book
II Native American Reaource Center, **^ativt Americana.
^entitled "Along the Trail: A Reader Abo ^
I The Carolina Indian Voice j
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I a non-profit corporation, a J
LRDA planning largest
cultural event ever held
Lumbee Regional Development
Association has announced that it is
planning die largest American India
n Cultural Event ever held in N.C.
The Lumbee Tribes Annual Pow
Wow and Fall Festival will be held
November 6th and 7th at the N.C.
Indian Cultural Center. This event is
being made possible by two(2) grants
from the N.C. Arts Council and with
the assistance of N.C. Indian Cul
tural Center, Town of Pembroke,
and Robeson County Tide V Indian
Education Program. The event will
offer S10,000 in prize money pay out
to the best American Indian Dancers
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and musicians from the local area,
N.C. and from across the United
States and Canada. This amount of
prize money pay out to Indian artists
will make it die largest such event
ever held in the history of North
Carolina.
The Congress of United States
this year passed legislation that
henceforth designate November as
National "American Indian Heritage
Appreciation Month", and President
Bush proclaimed this " The Year of
the Indian" commemorating the 500
years since Columbus. The Lumbee
Tribe will commemorate its500 years
of survival through traditional cer
emonies that highlight and celebrate
40,000 years of existence in North
Carolina. The best adult male and
female dancers judged best in their
respective dance competition cat
egory will be awarded $1,000.00
each. The best male and female fancy
dancers winners in their categories
will also be awarded S1,000.00 each.
There will be competition categories
for youth and children, even to tiny
tots. The best drumming group will
win $800.00.
The Pow Wow and Fall Festival
will have special ceremonies to honor
American Indian Veterans and Lum
bee Fanners who not only help their
local communities but who also help
feed the world with crops of com and
beans that their ancestors have grown
for thousands of years.
The Festivals will feature not only
traditional Amrriran Indian art farms
but also will feature traditional In
dian foods for sale, and American
Indian crafts and handmade goods.
In celebrating 500 years of post Co
lumbus survival Congressman
Charlie Rose and Senator Terry
Sanfbrd have been invited to the event
to speak briefly about their plans lor
the Lumbee Recognition bills in the
1993 session of Congress. Other
local officials and State officials will
be invited to attend. The goals of the
project for the two (2) day event is to
attract nearly lS.OOOpeople. Friday,
November 6th, from-9:00 am To
3:00 pm. Will be school day and
county schools, day care and Head
Start centers are encouraged to begin
planning to attend this event now to
expose school children to a quality
program of American Indian Culture
and History. Food Vendors and crafts
traders will be accepted by applica
tion process only. For aore informa
tion call LRDA at (919) 521-8602.
Curator oflndian Museum writes
book about Native Americans
Dr. Stanley G. Knick, director/
curator of Pembrqjjyf State
Univemty*6 Native Amstrtcnifte
?ource Center, has written anew book
about Native Americans. The 106
page publication is entitled "Along
the Trail: A Reader about Native
Americans."
It consists of 48 readings or short
sections on a variety of topics relat
ing to Native Americans. Each read
ing features a glossary of words that
are defined, a list of discussion ques
tions, and suggested further refer
ences on the particular topic. Knick,
who has been at PSU for six years,
says, "This reader is suitable for the
general public and is intended espe
cially for use in public school grades
5 through 12 as a means to address
historically-incomplete perceptions
of Native Americans." This is the
first printing of 1,200 copies. The
book maybe ordered forSlO. Checks
should be made payable to Native
American Resource Center. Mail
checks to: - Native -American Re
source Center, Pembroke State Uni
versity, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. For
more information, call (919) 521
6282 at the Native American Re
source Center. Lower prices are
available for purchases in large quan
tities by schools and other non-profit
agencies, said Knick.
Topic include: "Eastern North
Carolina Prehistory and History,"
"The Effects ofEuropean Contact on
Native Americans," "Mythsand Leg
ends," "Indian Wan in die Caroli
na*," "Cultures of the Eastern Wood
lands," "Contemporary Issues Fac
ing Native Americans," and many
more. Knick said the book repre
sents a year of work plus several
more months of refining the mate
rial. He said it grew out ofhis weekly
column concerning Native Ameri
cans, which appears weekly in The
Robe soman in Lisnberton and The
Carolina Voice in Pembroke.
"1 hope," said Kaick, "ttat all stu
dents will be encouraged to read ev
ery section carefully, to learn the
glossary words, and to consider pos
sible answers to die discussion ques
tions. If this is done, the students at
least will have opened the door to the
vast body of knowledge about Na
tive American prehistory, history,
culture, and contemporary issues."
The Winn Dixie Foundation pro
vided support in funding this first
printing of the render. Kaick says he
hopes "that other agencies, includ
ing the Public Schools of Robeson
County and the N.C- Department of
Public Instruction, will see the utility
of this book and will fund the pro
duction oflater printings." He added,
" Every school atudent in North Caro
lina should have a copy to read."
Knick, 44, a native of Danville,
Va., earned hie B A. at UNC-Greens
bcro and both his M.A. and Ph.D. at
Indiana University. His major for all
of his degrees was anthropology.
He is married to the former Susan
Youug of St. Louis, Mo., who pro
vided editorial and auhataotive sug
gestions for the book. Kmck has
dedicated the book to Or. Adoiph
Dial, founder of the American Indian
Studies Department at PSU who,
Knica says, "helped bring me to die
aud of the Lumbee", to Mrs Jance
COxendine, "whose personality and
influence in Indian aits and crafts
helped keep me hen"; and to Vemoo
Cooper, " a traditional healer with
Cuth and herbs who helped me un
derstand why I was here in the first
place." All are from Robeson County.
Kmck also expressed his thanks to
Shelia Johnson, secretary of the Na
tive American Resource Center, for
her assistance.
See the cootinution of Gene Warren'* column, Pembroke State
University on Page 3
Human Relations Committees to meet
On Tuesday, September 8,1992, the
following committees will meet at
6:00 ~?jn. All committee meetings
^ill oe held at the Human Relations
Office, 108 Elizabethtown Rd, Lum
berton, North Carolina. The Com
mittees are: Executive, Community
Relations, Economic Development
and Education. Immediately follow
ing the committee meetings, the Hu
man Relations and Unity Commit
sioo will meet, beginning at 7:00
p.m. The Committee and Commis
sion meeting* are open to the public
The public is encouraged to contact
their district Human Relations repre
sentative or the Human Relations
Office at 671-3155 for further infor
mation Applications for Commis
sion membership are available upon
request.
scenes from 17th Annual Baltimore
American Indian Festival
Ray Littieturtk served aa MC
RobesonCountyThink-Tank
plans upcoming events
The Robeson County Think-Tank and its Legislative Issues Subcommit
tees have been vigorous in their efforts to develop the Legislative Agenda
for Robeson County.
"I could not be more pleased with the leadership roles accepted by the
subcommittee chairs, recorders, and interested citizens to respond to the call
for action. Their efforts attest to the fact that change is needed in Robeson
County; that pe can do a better job to build a better fliture for our citizenry;
and that we can work together with other groups that are about initiatives,"
Frances Cummings, newly elected member of the House of Representatives
said.
The Robeson County Think-Tank has planned its next two meetings for
Tuesday, September 8,1992 at 7 p m at die Robeson County Library on
Second Street in Lumberton, Tuesday. September 22, 1992 at the O.P.
Owens auditorium on Highway 72/711. The unveiling of the Legislative
Agenda will be held in conjunction with the Robeson County General
Assembly scheduled for Tuesday, October 6,1992 from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. at the Holiday Inn-FayetteviUe Rd. in Lumberton. The Legislative
Forum, areception honoring the guest speaker. Speaker of the House Daniel
T. Blue, and dinner will comprise the agenda. Former Governor Jim Hunt,
Rep. Dennis Wicker and bob Etheridge are expected to be program
participants.
The public is encouraged to take an active role and support the subcom
mittee work sessions as we 11 as attend each of the next three planned events.
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