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w Indian Crabs There is one joke I tell which is understood by Indians all over the U.S. At the same time, non-Indians don't laugh at it, except nervously. They don't get it. It goes like this. One day, a white man was sitting on the dock fishing in San Francisco. He was using live crabs, and had them in a bucket. He could not enjoy the fishing because he was continually having to pufbv the crabs back down in the bucket, They kept climbing out.V He looked down the wayand saw an Indian man fishing, enjoying himself. The Indian man would puf on a bait, throw it out, take idnnkof his 7-Up, and relax. \ Finally the white man could takd1 it no longer, and went over to where the Indian man was sitting. "Whet are you using for bait?" he asked. "Crabs." the Indian man said. "Are they live crabs of dead crabs?" the white man asked. "They're live crabs." the Indian man said. "Well, how do you keep them down in the bucket." the white man asked. "I can't keep mine down in the bucket; they keep climbing out of the bucket" "1 have Indian crab* in my bucket,'' the Indian man mM* "I never heard of such a thing," the white man aaid. "Yes, there are Indian ctabe and white crabs," me Indian an said. "What's the difference?" the white mamsked. ThelfdUnman said, "Well, with Indigp <$abs, every time one of them ; f*ts tloee to the top of the bucket, ^Mother ones pullhim backdown." That t| the wife we act many times qhlndian Country. It seems thpf we cannot stand to see someone ... get ahead, WhentSey do get ahead, we f^SOme why to talk had about The reverse of the Indian crab ^,?oY> Is one Miss Pheelie Lowery y told us in the third grade at Pembroke Graded. There was an old dog that roamed around the neighborhood. Some people didn't like him and some people did. He didn't do anything really bad like killing chickens. But he would bark at the people he didn't like. One day that dog got hit by a car and killed Everybody in the neighborhood gathered around to look at the dead dog in the road ditch, and they all had something bad to My about him. Thai dog chased my chickens,'" one lady aaid. " He made my cow's milk dry up," another lady ?aid. "HE scared the devil out of my younguns every time be came around," one man said. But one lady would not stop to this low gossip. "That dog had the prettiest white teeth," she said. I think the moral of this story is that we can all choose to lodt at something from the positive or the negative perspective. As Indian people, I mink we sometimes take the negative when we should take the positive. Maybe we are like the Black man who said hebad been down so long he didn't know which way was up Maybe this attitude is the result ofbeing the defeated,, the oppressed. Maybe it is part of the social control which small communities the world over use through gossip to keep their members in line. 1 don't know what it is. quite frankly. But I know we are et up with it. It doesn't matter if it is Mohawks from New York. Navqjos from Arizona, or Crows from Montana We have it bad. And we need to get rid of it. follow, ed at all in (he case of our mother Reports have cone mfrosn care of her. Many tell of ftndinj?ems SSi? SS 1 Mother dM becaureof shame rhough not many people have died from this affliction, it was cruel to her. She had so many things that she hoped would be passe don to her next generations Ihe shoc k of seeing her illAflMAflhAMS n rt ? ? ? a A I trnis^^iijfii p DlfluUn UaSWSvCvs vMljyfl her heart to break. She just lay down and surrendered her spirit to the creator. She did not want to live among stub people. Though they bore here name and her blood, yet they were As she was met by her ancestors oaauag into the spirit world, she told I each one what had happened. As if they did not already know She felt (he I need to accuse her children before the I Elders. But they were already dressed, as if they were in mourning. Many were crying openly, while some were I merely weeping. The children with them could sense the pain they all felt I as mother came among them. Quietly I they gathered into council at the Great I Lodge. Each elder was allowed free I voice. But for many days no one spoke I There was only the stares front hollow I eyes. After many day of silence around I the Spirit Fire, it was decided that one I member from each Great House would I speak. But each requested that all I would continue to mourn for those left I Quietly Rboda, the siMr of Lazy Will mm. She spent a long while going from face to fee* Seme had been her neighbors on anrifc. They had Everyone helped in time or need. They never forgot the old people They brought their food, tobacco and would sit by their fires with them when they wanted ?o talk Slowly she started to speak. 1W tear-stained free did not appear natiaal oo such a strong 'You know, 1 had believed that my family woukl be strong for a loog time. I didn't think that my people would frll so soon But when 1 knew that they were willing to give up everything about our people. I was ashamed of them. I did not want them to remember me anymore When these same children can cause the death of our child, and throw away all those things that we left her. then maybe we should let tham go. How could they be so cruel to their own and still want to be called Earth people." Quietly Rhoda walked to the fire, drew out a burning ember and lit her pipe. "No. I don't want the. chullun. It's the mith 1 don't!" John Oxendine began to stir as I Rhoda moved to her place . He had not been a man of much talk. He had been a good provider for his children. He had been proud of his people. He was glad he had been trussed to carry on ?w^Tvlkof old people, Lunt. ways to fix the ground. All these Lad many more, and yet they sptt an it ?Vliv?'* f Quietly Duncan Locklear mood to speak His dark face, black hair and Lrown cyes^cven in his old age was Emiung fire as he did Next to hS Coot Owls, when we talked, we still ' talked. We saved what we could and tave it to our children, it looked like >ur heritage would be safe with them. Jut you know, they have comedown fast. I don't believe we could find all tun they've lost if we hunted forever viaybe we could go back asspirits and show them some of the things that they throw away. I feel like there must be some of them that care. How could they lose so much and not care? Perhaps if we spoke to the Creator he would allow some of us to go back. How I would love to hear the sound of our words among the trees again. But it is so sad to think that these, our children, don't care." g Having ^s^sProspcct I #ftoblems with J>^sCatelliteS ? Sound on Your a^Xice ? Satellite System? I Call Us!! y^ Top of the Line Satellite Vy Road \ mReceivers starting at $1,595 Vy (installed).Payments as low\\ as $39 month. Sale & ^ Repairs We service ?any brand. WE CARRY \\ BRANDS SUCH AS \\ HOUSTON TRACKER \ ^H^^^Cable Not Available? \ We Bring CaJtjjf \ Mellvn Setvi& I I Night 422-88i7 Home// I Gerald Strickland y ^^^kNlght:521-2385 1 On The Pow A Wow Circuit^ The following list of upcoming powwows is not intended to be a complete list. Anyone having information about upcoming powwows not listed is encouraged to send them to: WildTurkey, P.O.Box 1075, Pembroke. NC 28372 or fax to (919) 521-1975. 'March 25-26. Edistos Indian Cultural Festival. American Indian artisans, traders, authentic traditional and fancy dancers. Field Gym adjacent to Football Stadium. South Magnolia Street, Summerville. South Carolina. Contact: (803) 871-3453 or 871-2126. 'March 25-26. 1994-Annual Festival of the Four Holes Indian Organization (The Natchez Kusso Tribe). Call (803) 871-2126. Farmland For Sale Robeson County-Smith's Township (SR 1338) 170+ acres $135,000. 2000+ ft. rd. frontage. 135 acres cleared. Bowie Rd (SR1318) Philadelphia Township. 95 acres ceared plus 5 acre pond. $90,000. Hoke County-(SR 1107 & 1105). 196+ acres. 42 acres cleared. $68,775.00. Call Helen Locklear CCIM *919) 738-1461 | OXEN DINE TIRE CENTER I Alignment & Brake Service Center STOP AND SHOP FOR YOUR FRONT END NEEDS , AND BRAKE REPAIRS S.R. 1616 PEMBROKE 521-JJ40 - 5Z1-45VU ma?Twm>*ix?*nm M1T PLEASES US TO PLEASE YOU" beck ? chiropractic .Tsar*-. center I lfcott Innnfence Accepted . Q * "APPOINTMENT PLEASE" OPPICB ^ 0 7?-575l SSultatioh You as youpoodered the question of the first Thankjtpving this pest week, what did you find? What stoiy in your Bible did you feel was the first Thanksgiving? Did you stop, as some did. at the first rainbow? What a precious time of joy and thanksgiving that was. as Noah and his family stepped on dry land again. They both heard and saw the promise from a loving God that * said the earth would never again be destroyed with a flood. lib V4W - * Perhaps you agreed with those who felt that the first Thanksgiving was recorded in Genesis 21. when Sarah conceived and bore the son of promise What a celebration of thanksgiving that must have been What praise and adoration must have ascended heavenward as Abraham and Sarah remembered God's promise. After ail they were not in the prime of life anymore. Still, that's not where 1 see the first Thanksgiving in my Bible. Did you find it in the thankful bean of Abraham as he untied his son. Isaac, and offered the ram in his place? Or when Joseph met his father again after so many years of separation'' So many tines in your Bible when God's people had great cause for celebration! But as wonderful as all of these times might be. still they are not the first By now you might be saying. "When was the first Thanksgiving? So turn with m. in your Bible, to the second chapter in the first book Genesis 2:1-3. Here we will find the J very first Thanksgiving. At the end of the creation week 1 God set aside a special time. A day of \ thanksgiving. A day of worship, praise' \ and Messing God blessed this day. He" < sanctified it!'That means 'W Sdt it apart foraspecial purpose. God never 1 does anything without a reason, and ( this is no exception. God desired that ( His new creation have the best of everything in world He'd created just < for them. So he instituted the Sabbath a day of praise to our G>od for His 1 mighty blessings 1 Each week, on the seventh day. we ' are to join fellow believers in raising thankfol hearts toward heaven for 1 God's bountiful blessings. Yes. the very first Thanksgiving occurred at I the birth of our world and was instituted I by God himself. What a wonderful i gift of love to humanity. A special. 1 holy, sanctified day of rest and j thanksgiving, the Sabbath! ! , ? i | PEMBROKE MATTRESS OUTLET^ I Sale in Progress! | Financing Available! We Deliver! | Senior Citizens Discount! M-F 8-6 Sat 8H f Union Chapel R.d (9(9) 521-3335 " PROGRESSIVE [ SAVINGS & LOAN, I* This $ 100.00Minimum Balance Checking Account Afaws You To Write Checks WITHOUT A SERVICE CHARGE As Long As The Balance Does Not FaM Below $100.00. If The Balance Does Fall below $100.00, A $6.00 Monthly Charge And 30< Per Check Is Necessary. This Account Does Not Pay Interest. DEPOSITS FEDERALLY INSURED TO $100,000.00 SutwUabal Pnaaky For Eariy Withdrawal ? Rate Subjacl To Chiefs Withcel Nobc* PROGRESSIVE SAVINGS A LOAN. LTD. II WW. CI I I MNMMkM mM*nw MLMNM II TH-mti 7X?n ru? Pediatric Pointers By JOSEPH T. BELL, MD I I returned today from a trip out Vest to the "Land of the One-Armed landits" Las Vegas. No. 1 was not here to play the slot machines! I was here asa speaker at the annual National indian HenUb Board Conference, rhere were nearly 1.000Natiyep<ople (torn across the U.S. discussing health ssues that are affecting our Indian immunities. It was a great :onference! Several weeks ago Robert Chavis. Mir Lumbee Physician assistant out in Phoenix, wrote a very good article in the Indian Voice about nutrition. This topic was one of the main issues being liscussed at the NIHB conference and I thought it would be good to touch on i few key points. Of course nutrition plays a vital part in our health, both high blood pressure and many other diseases are directly affected by what we eat and drink! One disease that we sometimes forget is affected by our diet is cancer Some cancers, such as colon and stomach cancers, have been associated with diet for sometime, while others, such as breast and cervical cancer, are just now being linked to nutrition Medical studies, now show that a diet high in fat and calories and low in fiber increases our risk for these types of cancers The National Cancer Institute says that if we ate at least 5 I . . servings of a fruit or vegetable everyday, our cancer risk would drop by 30"/.! 1 was also reminded at the conference that the why we prepare our foodjcaa prediapoaetn annwiratr r1sk,jfcflipfaow Whttfi ifn'Hnt food o*er wood,.or coa^,.decreases the cholesterol used in trying, it also increases the carcinogens cancer causing in the food especially if the grill is at a very high heat! The bottom line is that the habits we pick up as children concerning our diets carries on into adulthood We should teach good eating habits to our young ones. Increase the amount of fruits and vegetables we eat and try not to grill your food too fast at very high heats. And we can cut down our rates of cancer, j am reminded that many years ago in Indian country that our people very seldom had cancer: I am sure it is because we had a better diet and exercised more. Let's try to get back to those practices. Congratulations to Mr. H.B Bullard on finding a match for a bone marrow transplant. 1 understand the procedure is scheduled for the middle of December. Our prayers go with you! Let's all keep up the good work in getting more Native Americans on the National Marrow Registry! See you next week! uimoefxon nouse ot riaques We specialize in Trophies & Plaques for all occasions. Emgravuble items, and Plastic signs. Open: Tues. - Fri. 10 a m - 5 p.m. Sal.( 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) Locked at 112 W. Fourth St. Lumberton. NC 28358 Phone: 73^-1207. T^iw^nr""" i n?v iif r it nc owdi im aa ' ' " ftiarmacist Itust your Pharmacist 3 Pout let lifcli tJklim byat complicated. j MIb yw^karHMtdifc Wtfa^hre or more ye?r? of | clear **d j moflMstiriBi offldiL H*? dwitSitwrt of our | job, put of owpRrfwkMiil Mntcc, to explain, a monitor ud fill all poor drag atedi dearly, a accurately, and cfceerfufiy. So for all your drug.prodacta, won't yoa traat aa to kelp yoa moke jour medicine work? r
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