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by W. D. "Wii" Lttfclnr
I don't know if you read the
Fayette ville paper. Miss Connee. but
one of the LRDA boys had a lot to say
about our constitutioa in that paper
Now. Mr. Bobby Dean Locklear is the
Chairman of our Robeson County
Commissioners. He'salsooneofthem
LRDA boys. Course. 1 didn't know he
vyas Chairman of the LRDA until 1
read it in that Fayetteville paper
Saturday. But I had always figured if
he ain't, he might as well be. The
people say he runs the place, along
with Dobbs Oxendine. James Hardin.
Bruce Jones, and Roderick Lock lear
I reckon they believe. Miss
Connee. that the people ought to be
asking them for permission to write
them a constitution and vote on it
That's what I'm figuring is the problem
I've been a wondering what they'll
put on the people next, if they can tell
people when to meet and what to do
when they meet. Course, they tell me
that they've shut down our Enrollment
office, ordered Miss Ruth away. and
locked the rest ot them w omen inside
I reckon if you stand tor the people,
the LRDA is going to git rid of > ou 01
lock you awav where the people can't
git to you Least ways, that's the way
oT Wtz sees it
Now. I was mighty disturbed to
hear Mr Bobby Dean Locklear say in
tins Fayetteville paper that the LRDA
appointed our delegates. According
toeverything I've seen and everything
I've heard, our delegates were chosen
by our Churches to write our
constitution for the Lumbee people
And. from what I've read, them LRDA
bovs will git their chance to approve
our constitution along with ?Ik>ui
40.00') other Lumbees Now I am i
seen nothing that says iliev 'ui>c
approve before the people. Mi>s
Connee. They git their ballot when
the rest ot us gits ours. The\ can mark
their ballot, and we can mark our
ballot Then, someone will add it all
up and we'll know whether we gut us
S constitution for the people and by
the people. Course, that's the
American way. Miss Connee Now.
vou don't git that kind of freedom
decisions for flte people. But. here in
these United Stales we all git the same
ballot and vote at the same time That
applies to our President, our
Congressman, and I reckon it applies
here to the LKDA
And. here's another thing. Miss
Connee Mr Bobby Dean Locklear
said in the paper be was surprised thai
the people keep on meeting when they
had told them there could be no more
meetings Now. Old Wiz don't know
why he's so surprised about all of this
The people have been meeting and
going about their business for more
v ears than the LRDA has been around
I don't reckon they're likely to stop
now just because them LRDA boys
want them to stop their meetings
Course. I've tried to tell the people
about this, but now 1 reckon they got
Mr Bobby Dean Locklear's word for
it
I reckon the people need to pray
tor these LKDA boys. Miss Connee
They've gone astray and forgotten
about what it means to serve the poor,
the needs, and the oppressed And
that is inv own tlKHightson the matter,
though some people don'* seem to
want ol W iz to have no thoughts, or
leastwavs they don't want me to
writeem down. Makes me think
they've forgotten what it means to be
humble, and tliev have forgotten about
the ways of out forefathers We need
to return to our roots. Miss Connee.
and we need to return to the rock least
we fall into condemnation The
delegates writing our constitution
understands these things and Old W iz
would rathei be standing there with
?hem ,uu1 the people tlicti some othei
people he knows.
Uui .ou know Miss Conner. I
licaidiliat iiiose boys back ihere in the
POOsdidn t send the U S Constitution
across to the water for that king in
Lngland to approve And. I reckon we
won t be sending our constitution to
the LRDA for tlieirapproval Ifwedo.
ol Wiz will be mighty disappointed
cause it would be something like
outline1 ilir tov in the hen house You
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* March 18-20 Pow-Wow Greenville. NCT410 (788-0689. i919)257
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* March 25-26. 1994-Annual Festival of the Four Holes Indian
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* April 1-2 NC Stale University Pow-Wow. ReggieOxendine 1919)
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Charlotte. NC Call Association 704-<31-4818
* May 7- Hoke County Schools Indian Lducanon Pow Wow South
HvAc Elementary Schooi Gvm Ink <UI0? 875-4106
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* May 21-22 Richmond Community College (9191 582-7071
*Mav 21-23 Tuscarora Nation Pow Wow.Tribal Grounds. Maxton.
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Intertribal Festival, at Rocktish near Davis Bridge. NC. C ontact Chief
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' by Dr. Dmi CUnrt, President
N alive Altkll SchelartWp Faad
We used to have a great fishing
hole behind our house It was wef in
the wintertime, and in the end of the
summer it dried almost completelv
up ,
It was actually a swamp which
drained into the Lumbee River b\
way of Moss Neck When the rains
came in the summer time, the fish
would come up it. for miles, looking
for places to nest. I guess
As it dried up in the Spring, we
used to iish it Sam Steele, my cousin
Donald Godwin, another i oustn. and
Flie Bravbovs (Bobby Tim. lumor
and Ray i and others weni w ith me to
the Hoods many a hot day
We could dig all the worms we
needed in the woods So all we needed
wm grubbing hoe. a tin can. and a
cane pole and line We mostly tied a
dead limb on the line for a bobber. .*
used a medicine bottle cork
Our favorite spot was a deep hole
which had a dead tree in the middle ? >f
M We would throw our bait aiound
tree, and wait Upstream than the
1Mb was a clearei place. Ink the
Jttwlish would take vour han -ft if
<ou fished there
Wc caught eels, crawtidi. attMi
bream and once in a great while, a i
black bass Mostly what we caught,
and wanted, was breain The biggest
ones we caught were abui tlte size of
voui hand But they were really gtxid
to eat
One night just before dark. I bailed
niv pole up w ith three or tour worms,
cast it out. and stuck it in the bank
firmly The next morning I came back
to check it. and found a huge catfish
on the line What a surprise1
Up to ttvat point, it w as the biggest
tish 11wd ever caught It was three or
tout pounds Daddy skinned it that
day. and we had it for dinner that
night I was 10 or 12 at the time, and
must haye talked about that fish for
weeks
One of the biggest scares I had as
a bov was going to that fishing hole I
was barefooted, and walkine down
the path tat. dumb, and tiappy I looked
down, and right in the path was a
moccasin snake
I almoai stepped on him with my
bate feet But i?od spared mc. and I
was ,?hu to hack up and ma disturb
him M> bare loot was within a foot ot
'hai make The sun was sinning <ai
ihat spot, and he was warming himself
One time we had a flood, about
IV5S. I believe about the time of the
hurricanes came along The water,
which normally moved along about a
mile an hour, was rushing along at
four to six miles an hour My brother
Mike and I went swimming in that
water that day
We played and splashed as if we
I tad our own swimming pool It was a
relief from the heal and the humidity
But my favorite memorv of that
tisiiing hole is the time I went tishing
in it w ith a bean book This may sound
like a Paul Bunyan story, but it is true
It was about August, and the holes
were almost dry I happened to go
through the woods, and saw lots of
fish swimming in the last hole with
water in it All I had was a bean hook,
so I broke a limb tor a stringer, and
proceeded to knock a couple of dozen
fish out of the water with the bean
hook and put them on the stringer
Everybody was really surprised
when I came in with a string of fish
and no tishing pole Some of them still
don l believe I caught those fish with
a bean hook
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Traditionally Speaking HM
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THE TKI TH AtOl T THE
EffOMTS OF THE
COKSTITl TtOSAL
COMMITTEE
Lately. I have been reading ihe
Fayelteville Observer with some
interest, since members ot' our tnbe
have seen lb to we this publication aa
a forum to express the* poms of v tea
committee directly. Personalis, I feel
that the town meetings that ate going
on in the communities are more
appropriate forums to discuss our
constitutional committee s efforts I
un not implying that one should not
omment on the committee a e Hurts
n the locai newspnpets vhat 1 am
savutg is that we should in.0.-. our
. uticems known to the committee at
the coinmuiutx meetings 01 the
committee's meetings I encourage
all those that have concerns about any
part of the proposed constitution to
bring these concern to the attention of
any member of the delegation I feel
that they would welcome any or all
comments of the tribal members I
have attended several ot the
community i and committee meetings
and have round the committee to be
<ecepti ve to all opmtons regardless of
vliethei these opinions agree ?*
Jtsagree with the .on*iitutn>na'
Miuninee Flits is how ? Jtoul.l ft
k'ontt.e me if I renemic mt. amain*?
hat >ou teel is ..milium mh>..ic<u.c
'Htvvevei. I teel we must te visit ihis
iiitonnation First, the constitutional
delegates were chosen b> their
respective church communities to
serve on this delegation and they owe
allegiance to the LUMBEE
C'H ERA W people only. It is ludicrous
to think that this committee should tr\
to satisfy anyone other than the
i s MHH CHERAW pe<?le
Second, all of the meetings of the
constitutional uoaammec are open to
the puM*. therefore anyone interested
in know ing firsthand what is going on
with the committee need only attend
the meetings Tlte delegation aiwavs
allow aitenvk-esto voice then opinions
at some tune during their program
Anyone who has taken the time to
attend the delegation s meetings
knows that thev are interested in the >,
opinions of all the people not just a
selected lew Third, the constitutional
committee delegation m committed
to educating the LIJMREE
CHIRAW peopleabouttheptopoaad
pmv isnms ot the .oostitutiua. so that
the> can .ote tor or against the
.omaMui mn witli a denr understanding
of the intent ot this constitution
lu m\ opinion it was misleading to
imply that the LRDA board does not
know what is going on with the
constitutional delegation I have seen
board members at all f thr maatinaa
thai I have attended and it must be
remembered that the meetings ate
open to the public I don't understand
the logic of LRDA insisting that they
review the constitution prior to the
people \ otmg lot or against it. The
tundtiig lot the constitution protect
.e- nn>bat>iv ?*!<? to I RDA to
triirntMei not I'm then use in
.otutoiliiw tin oeiecaic- I lierelnre.
n is not an issue ot ilk delegates using
LRDm funding because the money
was lor the benefit of the people So
I say totlie LRDA board members and
anv other persons that have concerns
about the process or the product to
.onrfont the delegates face to face, so
that differences can be resolved
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