my desk, mast of them having h> do
with Native American* or otter
*-r"*^?J culture* around the world.
Mainly tiiey are about Indian people
uaewluir else ? in Artaw or
Canada or Central America Seldom
do *ey have anything to say about die
Lumbee. In fact oatiooally-pubtutied
material by or about Lumbee people i*
ao rare ia wtea an example of it
appears, like wten Julia Lowry
Russell's short story was recently
published, it is a newtwtviby event
So wtea two publication* arrived
Ibis week showing Lumbee people in
tir** proper relationship with otter
Native Americans. I was pleased. I
know Lumbee people have thus far
been denied their rightful place in
Indian Country by certain agencies of
the federal government (which shall
remain nameless) and by some ill
informed people from other Native
Nations, but it's nice to tec people and
publication* outside North Carolina
representing the Lumbee in their true
light Especially when such examples
come two in one week?
The first is the June 1W4 issue of
National Geographic. Their lead story
this month is about powwows,
signaled by a beautiful frool-cuver
photograph of an Indian woman and
her great-niece in traditional regalia at
a powwow ia Taos Pueblo. I turned to
the page where the story begins, and
enjoyed a well-written narrative by
Michael Parfit and some stellar
photography by David Harvey.
Unlike most articles about powwows,
(his one even bad a pan about the
Alfoakian origin of the word
"powwow," and bow it came hi be
used in modem times. As I turned
from page to page ia this poiished and
well-respected magazine, what should
I find there on page 111 but a
photograph taken at a powwow in
Richmond (Va.) of some of North
Carolina's finest ? the Stoney Creek i
Drum, featuring Lumbee. Tuscarora, i
Watxamaw-Siouan and other North
Carolina Native young men. <
The image was captured in the i
atidstolasoog The uuensely Incused
expressions tin the ringing faces of
thetefotitig men arid the blur of the
drumsticks for an instant made me I eel
voice* of dm drum which is so
familiar at North Carolina powwows.
Seeing this photograph there among
(hIk*f n lfkJmi) pciiplc a( powwows in
fit* >li mi? will tin Pit hi ii
made me feel real good. "Hey, I know
these guys," I said out loud before I
realized it.
The second publication is the
Spring issue of Ktd Ink, whtcfa comes
out of the University of Arizona's
the cover is a design based on a
prehistoric Southeastern shell
engraving (the four-headed feathered
serpent). Inside there is a collection of
essays, stories and poetry by various
Native American writers from
Cherokee. Seneca. Creek and other
nations, including three Lumbee
writers.
There is a wonderful story by Amy
Lucfclear called "The Women," in
which she tells about her two
grandmothers. She writes: "Through
me,lheirstoriesaretold. These arc the
women... it's in the Kelvinator, she
would say and I would wonder why
she called the refrigerator a Kelvinator.
but I figured she bad her reason* and I
would mind my own business. Years
later I realized Kelvinator wasa brand
name... My grandmother's son was
fenced to sit in the 'Colored' section of
the movie theater. As 1 would sit on
the armrest of her chair, she would
teach me how to fight. Start with a
regular pinch and twist the flesh. Little
did I know she was preparing me for
many battles. Bailies she had faced
growing up as a brown woman in the
South. Many of her memories were
loo painful for me to heur. Maybe she
believed those memories would make
me weak with fear or anger. Her
stories are coming to me now, through
her children. Her children do not want
to remember the pain either. But I am
slowly making them undeiMattd. I
need those stories to he strong These
ure (be women."
There are also three poems by J.
L'edric Woods. My lavtrite is the one
tailed "A Dancer's Prayer." He writes:
Bruthty Hawk, as I dance with your
feathers. 1 ask that they come Ave
with your spirit. As they flow, let them
remember the majesty of your flight
Let me glide an your outstretched,
soaring wings, high above the fields
and trees. When I wear your feathers.
I pray 1 am allowed to commune with
your spirit and the spirit of your people
That my shackles of pretense and
civilization are dropped; and I stmfdy
an
There is a short essay by Dr. David
Wilkias about "Intra-Tribal
Confrontations " In it he mentions
several examples of "divisions that
have erupted and continue to fester
within tribes...," including cases among
the Lakota, Dint. Mohawk, Hopi,
Tohooo 6'odham and Lumbee. Of
the Lumbee he writes (in part) about;
"...tension between the Lumbee tribe
and a number of smaller groups
dissatisfied with the political
leadership of the majtrity (several of
these virtually powerless political
groups have gone so far as to establish
separate tribal administrations and
cultural identities)."
But the point of his essay is, I
believe, more about what ought to be
done to deal with these intra-tribaJ
confrontations. He writes: "Thus,
each affected tribal community (and
the various segments of these
communities, if they are clearly
discernible) in conjunction with the
dedicated leaders of these
communities...must confront the
issues dividing the entire community
head on and consider a strategy based
on the concept of power-sharing."
Of "power-sharing," Professor Wilkins
concludes by saying; "Finally, the
sharing of political power between the
different segments is crucial because,
in a fundamental sense, they remain
each other's most logical allies."
Makes sense to me!
It is good in see these Lumbee i
writers expressing their stories, their
vision and their views in national
Kiblications. And it is good to see
ocaJ young men pictured in National
geographic doing what they seem to
ove most. And it is especially good
o see the Lumbee Nation being well
cprcscnted on the national scene.
For more information about
hese new publications, visit the
Motive American Resource Center in
Old Main Building, on the campus of
Pembroke Stale University
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Thirty eight new Troupers were
graduated Friday. June J. 19^4. from
the 92nd Basic School of the North
c aruiuia State Highway Patrol They
were swum in during ceremonies at
the Patrol'sTraitung Center in Gamei
and will report for duty on Monday.
June 16
Ardeen Hunt. Jr. of Rowland is a
member of the class and has been
assigned to Troop H-VT. Raeford
"I commend the graduates of the
V2nd Highway Patrol Basic School.'
saidThurman B Hampton. Secretary
of Crime Control and Public Safety.
of which the Highway Patrol is a
division "I am confident these
Troopers are prepared lot the
challenges that lie ahead of them on
North Carolina's highways "
Class members come front 28
.ounties Two of the cadets are
brothers of current Troopers and five
of the cadets have other relatives in
the Patrol Nine of the cadets have
poor law enforcement experience and
five are former members of iltc
military Twenty have studied ai ihc
college level and 12 of those have
.ollege degrees
I welcome our newest I roopct>
to the Highway Patrol family said
Colonel R.A Barefoot. Commander
of the Highway Patrol Thev have
proven themselves throughout the 2:'
week training program and will
continue as the guardians of satet y on
our roads "
New Troopers mastered I .in I
hours of instruction in "'Z law
enforcement subjects, including
accident investigation and criminal
and constitutional law. firearms
training, and precision driving
The class had an academic a veiage
ofVT 5 percent in classroom subjects
But their education is never over On
the-job training and annual tn-service
schools boost a Trooper's expertise
throughout his career
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By JOSEPH T. BELL, MD
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Last week we discussed lead
poisoning and its effects on owi
children This week we will talk about
ways to prevent lead poisoning. of
course, the best wa\ to prevent
poisoning is to team about lead hazards
and keep your child away from them
A good start is to find out whether
your house has lead paint in it
remember that this kind of paint is
usual I \ found in I louses built before
l%0. but may be found hi homes as
late as 1474 You can find oui when
vour house was built bv looking at tax
records in the municipal building of
.our town or city The local health
department can tell vou where 10 net
paint, water and soil samples icsied
for lead and how you can gei .oui
house inspected
If your house has lead basted paint
in it. don't vacuum or sweep w indow
sa lis or uncarpeted floors Instead, wash
or wet mop all hard surfaces once or
twice a week with a high phosphate
c leaner If you find loose paint chips
on window sills, use a cloth soaked
with pitosphate cleaners to pick them
up Dispose of them where kids cannot
get to them
Be careful about anv remodeling,
renovation or work on the house
sanding, scraping or burning lead
based paint will coniaininate the air m
.our house as well a- 'he
neighborhood Don i 'r\ u? remove
lead paint yourself <. all ?our local o>
stale health department tor advice
Have peeling lead paint removed or
covered by someone specially trained
to dose in a nonliazardous wav
Children and pregnant women must
stay out of the house until the work is
finished '
Mipervise tour children's play to
>iop tin ni trom swallowing lead
contaminated dirt or paint chips Don't
let children pla\ in soil next to the
house, wliere peeling paint chips m^.
ha\e fallen Lttcourage piav in grassy
areas aw a\ from the bouse
I ii id out vcliether vour job or hobby
involves work w ith items that contain
lead Ifyou work w ith lead, leave your
work clothes or shoes at work, don't
bring them into the house
Because lead is so prevalent in the
em iroiunent and even small amounts
?nav be liazaidous to children, have
v our eh i Id' s blood te sted for lead when
ihev arc around 12 months of age
Lead test ing is now done free of chaige
through Robeson Health Care
Corporation, which includes Julian T
Pierce Health t enter in Pembroke
and Maxion Medical C lintc in Max ton
You mav want to check with other
clinics or health departments to see if
thev also pro\ ide testing
Vk ell. thai s all on lead poisoning
Let s take the necessarv precautions
to sate guard our children against this
potentialK dangerous substance
t oneratulaiions to the Saddletree
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Jr>th ' lianks to Lance Harding,
konakl I laniinonds. The W vim Family
and Others tor allowing me to be a
pan of this ev ent to better the educat ion
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