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to MM Mm Joe. Mn Joe u welder at ikt Lm uiloi (widely tat mindnM) known as IIIimt), who Cepe Bmm lslaad, Nova ScMia (Canada) The Lm am AJposduaa speaking Imliut related to the Ma Joe ia a woman of Mad and heaadfal spirit, who kappan lo he a book* of poetry, and is well known in Canada a aa outspoken advocate far l jsu cultural survival She is a product at Me boarding school experience. her writing But anally her poetry (mm on the man positive side of thing* like love and beauty, making iptill baskets, real HIt experiences. QT her boak, Lnu And Indmnx We're Called. *e sakl: "My cuatexl for writing is a positive une, and ? my lectures* universities and schools I emphasize that point ? no iterative v One wav ft* native neooie to experience the poaitive parts of their culture is through spiritual pmdurtit'Hiaa. This Is what I try to convey ? there is a great need to tell our sinry...nMve than ever." And that . is exactly whatdusdnea. She id is her own story and that of her people She encourages other people to write. Ahead of Myself) , ? ??? \ i At age seven i I taut school .1 l#Mad(niainick?(?tai he lay* Sooty Mubby pencil makes WVfra acnp of paper I prim small wurds, I try 10 par iheai la outer "Bring that paper here," the teacher yells. Timidly I walk, my knees trembling I hand him ic paper. His eye* widen, "Where did you find these T I point at myself, my bead, my heart. The fear lessening He reads my fast poem. A jumble of wunb > Ke*-km-ti no. I've caught up with myself. Thai is why I am here Poetry is my tool, I create as I go Kes-km-sl no, I tell you now. Maybe tomtrrow I will leave you. Remember my stubby pencil, and you too may "do." Na kes-km- uhixk naki I ell. You loo will he ahead of yourself. Of her hot*. Song of Eskaxmi. die said: "If 1 get i<*> sentimental in my choice olwurdx. excuse me. I have to call attention to the gentle people of Canada. My stmg is gentle, bear with me. I still want to offer my hand Yob be 4k judge whether her words Though it was mural (or me to create my leather dress The beads and ttoill my You call it vi I makes me feci wise with a sense oT identity. Though it was necessity I used bone, stone and wood to carve my images You call hart. Ii makes me feel wise and a seer of beauty. Though I created the mask for mystical purposes The amulets my ritual objects You call it art. It makes me feel wise as my spirit flows with love. My sketches have revealed the loneliness of fading away The message passing the wind into all eternity. You call it ari. My spirit shadow celebrates, "You have found me!" For more information about Rita Joe and the Lnu people, visit the Native American Resource Center in Old Main Building, on the campus of Pembroke State I Jniverxtty. C Reflections by Alta Nye Oxcndine 1 Oh Tuesday aignt we had a pood yet-together Hope man will come and be wMh our group ibe eecood Tuesday ie October. A "Play oa Words" Do yon like puns'' Tbe puppymy too-winw brought 1 home ? mm man** ape ie oo bit way to hernwams good watchdog. Today 1 be ff-j F The only one home tfttMfcp thftd 10 le-LEASHtim. TUHnSmnmr ? f *- -a ? ttuf I DOfTawco ?l)is ?em *e commercial for anew comedv oaTV.t MMOW.HM By IVM I ww btpiwy to eave new spaper clippiogs about )UW come acioat the updated item, from Hack Aadertos cotuma m tbe meet I hod gotten into ate habit of theflthw Hde ie a etoiy aboot the Wrights of Team "The speaker facet MaUogattoes of Howe rules violations brought by tbe ethnici committee?The 64-year-old Mrs bright, along with he. hatband tonoed the company with frteods from fori Worth?" With this clue I could likely check out the tear if I decides it s important saou^ to sped tfat time doiag eo "i la dfee ssamsat. "MOVE OVER. FIDEL" Jack Anderson it quoted W eayiag "Soviet leader Vfflthail Oorbachev it lookiag over the prospects for a eocceceor to Fidel Castro Gorbachev ie tired of sabeidixiay Caetro. whose mismaaayemeat of the Cuban economy is cosOag dte Soviets up to 8?flKf?8to charawunx ^ Cijfro^ ^tVnt hif way out of office At the same time. Gorbachev wants to be prepared with a successor who has been groomed by the Soviets " At this point it doesn't look like the term "Soviet Union" will ever be adopted again to cover the assortment of republics that used to make up the former USSR However, since Gorbachev seems to be hanging around "inthe wings" and since communism intel/tpea^e eafvices and^stSe department would do well to consider this kind of scenario asamote realistic possibility than the imminent overthrow of Castro by the Cuban iifKTmfr Twa Marias How I would like to be able to talk in parson with at least one of "my" two Marias from Cuba! Earlier i mentioned my former Room Mate. Maria, a Presbyterian girt attending the Pwabytehaa College of Emporia when I was also a student there She.s the om who told me how bad things ware under Batista s dictatorship That's the reason I was thrilled (a dtcade later.tohaar dial "reformers Fidel rod Raul Castro and their friends had succeeded in Batista. The other Maria was a fellow Methodist student I met when I began mending Scroitt College for Christian Workers, after leaving the Blackfeet On her (and my) Graduation Day I attended her marriage to childhood frietd. Alberto, a young Cuban minister who had also been studying in this country Shortly afterward, the couple returned to Cuba to work with churches there <1 have often wondered what happened to ail three of these CpbaiM aftet. tfrp. Castors and ; ' - ? tALKlfEwrffift CUBAN ? v AMERICAN ^ Tjwotherday I talked With a voung I ubaii man who was only seven years old when C astro took control of C uba Still speaking with a slight accent, he told me about his own experiences there before his family left Cuba two yean later. He said his own parents, like other parents who did not go along with the new regime, tried tc protect their children from politics and let them enjoy playing as care free children But one day he found a sssssarAHam That tinleC uban boy was shocked! No one had told him about such things. He said thai the parents of his best buddy became Communists and apparently "sold" their son on Castro s greatness One time bis buddv. also seven, asked him what HE thought of Castro. "He's a BAD man", he answered, remembering what he had seen in the magazine Then, to keep from gettinguito trouble, he made a quick change, saying he REALLY didn't mean it' Two little seven-year-old boys ALREADY wraooed up in politics, at an age when they SHOULD have been having a good time playing with their toys! This Cuban man said that people DIED to liberate the country from Batista, not knowing they had brought MORE of a monster into power. He also quoted his btheras saving "You know what communism does'* It turns FATHER against SON'" From what I've studied, it turns all kinds of people against one another! NO WEAPONS OF SELF DEFENSE Several years ago I talked with a college student from Puerto Rico whoaejprl^md^sfrito had spent country^TOKy^g^iifo torfme ' that Castro bad gMBtemiup all the pacfifo'aghnAadfayiahRova^The f ^BSSa^naKS^S^S^day agreed Maybe THIS is one reason Castro has not been brought down by now (Some people in THIS country are afraid that a ban on owning ONE kind of gun will eventually lead to haling to surrender ALL kinds of weapons of self-defense, i PRAYER CHANGES THINGS would be fewer people trusting in the ultimately UNRELIABLE Communist way of life and more people coming in Christ and his satisfying. ABUNDANT way of life TRAGEDIES AT HOME Let's also remember to pray for the many Robeson County families who have recently lost loved ones Also all the millions of people around the world who have gone through tragedies of ooe kind or another And let s pray for our president and his administration, as well as Congress, that they will be able to make wise decisions in dealing with Haiti. Cuba. North Korea, and all the other "trouble spots" mound the world Carolina Indian Voice It published every Thursday by First American Publications 304 Normal Sc. ? College Plaza Post Office Box 1075 Pembroke. North Carolina 28372 Phone (919) 521-2826 w.,. Fax(9l9)52l;l97S Cohnee Brayboy. Editor Helen Lock tear. Office Manager ?anBaaMMBBmam~S Teachers inzereszea in Mufti- Cultural Program l uituiai diversity has become an interest of remarkable heights ?o many person* ol business. education. and The North i arobna Humannie> Council Ihb worked dillgeiul. with nseniv Ave Robeson c uuniv leathers over ihe (art three vears with an emphasi* on the multicultural hirtor. ol Kubesou countv and creating sessions on Native American and African American historv and cultural. as well as on the nature of race, ethnicity. and cultural identity Dr Harlan ioel Grackn. tirtrtam director tor Programs for the North Carolina Humanities Council, met Autiurt 12 with Robeson Count v teachers Julia Russell. ArleneHemng. Haves Locklear. and \ vonne Dial io share, discuss, and plan seminars, workshops. Aim senes. and other formats involving inulticutural education The activities would include lectures, development of curriculum materials and lesson plans, as well as bibliographies and tilmographies For the fall, the teachers, in collaboration with universitv facuitv members from nearbv institutions, want to pre sen i Ave seminars, each one on a weekday after school for two hours The series will include two seminars on Native American historv and culture, two on African- American history and culture. and one on race, ethnicitv and on .ultural identity in Robeson C ounty In the spring. the planning group will work on a film series Recently. Dr Gradin visited with superintendent Purnell S w en to share and discuss the protect and the pursuing efforts of teachers and tlie NCHC Mr Swett stressed interest in what the teachers have been doing and would support planned seminars It was also indicated that the group needs to work with Ms. Lotsttne. Dt Freece to work out details Pediatric Pointers ? By JOSEPH T. BELL, MD Last week we talked about behavioral problems of early childhood and this issue we will continue along the same lines. Remember that behavioral prohlami. such as biting or temper tantrums, can be a part of normal development, the way the parents handle these behaviors is the key to alleviating them. By two years of age. the typical child is experiencing significant frustration, upset, and even anger in response to increasing controls from the family as the child tries to test his autonomy Breath holding spells can be one ofthe results of theses stresses These episodes can occur in a variety of frustrating situations and may start with crying and temper tantrums. These may be associated with stiffening, jerking, turning blue, and occasionally, a seizure h is essential to remember as parents that breath holding episodes are not epileptic seizures and they do not develop into , epilepsy These episodes should be bandied like tantrums; the child should not be given the attention he is trying to obtain | Hitting and other similar aggressive behaviors often provoke strong , ici(x?uc5 particularly as the cfeilfl becomes older, stronger, mora persistent, and violent Like otbdH behavior problems, not Ju*.>>H attention o the behnvior is best. au<9 using firm discipline will help correct ? the problem. Becauseof the wider agefl spectrum associated with this! behavior, other factors must be1 considered, such as when, where a nd ? towards whom the behavior is directed I Disruptive family events, health I difficulties, child care and/or school I problems all may be influencing I factors. Family violence or I encouragement by adults interested I in a child's ? manliness: can annulate ? this type of behavior. Hitting should I not be looked at as a "game." If I specific management does not I improve this behavior, especially u I an older child, parents may want to I contact their doctor for suggestions. I That is ail on behavior problems in I childhood. Coogratulaiioos to the-1 Constitutional Committee on the I singing this past weekend. Keep I supporting the Lumbee Bill The 1 Senate is back in session and they I need to know we are cpncemed. Take care and we'll take again I soon! E3 by Ottrnel Duvm When Jesus died on Calvary. He reconciled the world unto God ill t_ orinthians 5 IVi He paid the pnce of sin He bridged the gulf that sin had made After that there was no excuse tor am bud v to be separated ttom Uod am more HE made it possible for a sinful race to come back into full fellow ship with us Maker As Son of God and Son of Man. He became The way. the truth and the life" (John 14 6i-the was back to the father, back to God. tor all men. tor all time Die glorious transact ion is summed up and crystallized in thai most exquisite ol all Scripture passages God so lov ed the world that He gave Hisonlv begotten Son. that whosoever believetli in Him should not perish, but Itave everlasting life "i John 3 I6> There it is again-thai wonderful whosoever' How it in ust ha ve touched the hearts of the fust disciptesl For who??ver* meant fishermen as well as rabbi> tax * gatherers as well as priests. Iinle (ki^He up in Uahlee as well as the lordsot the Sanhedrtn in Jerusalem It took in the lame, the blind, the crippled, the leper li left iait nobodv who wished to be included When on the dav of Pentecost. Petei saw .uouud linn a ciowu of stiancci- ttom everv uaiion undei heaven the same lovely word came rushing into his mind bagerlv Ik cried aloud W hosoever shall call on thcuainc ol tlK Lord sliall be saved " ? Acts 2.211 Again, w hen he v isited the home ol Cornelius, the Roman centurion. Ik recalledtlK blessed word Ashe talked about Jesus Ik said. To linn give all ?Ik ihopIki> witness, thai through hi: name wlmsoevei believed onhim shall receive remission of sins '' (Act! 10 431 Cameron's ? Comment By Paul Cameron Lititas i? Mackev M\ favorite quarterback teamed with one ut the Dulv (treat tight ends When the NFL recently picked its ?5th anniversary team. Lnitas made it. Mackey didn't What a disgrace. Johnny U is the first to tell you be worked with some of the most gified receivers ever What makes John Mackey stand out in my mind, he blocked like a tank, had massively large but soft hands, caught an vthine near him.and ooce he caught a pass, lie moved mountains of tacklers It w as once said the defenders who fell off Mackev were the tuckv ones, because lie punished those who hung arouirf ,U?ou never saw MackO run ?after a pass reception, jt rttiftfr like seeing a rhino on a bad hair day But Mackev isn t the only member of the once proud Colts organization who gets snubbed The NFL recently overlooked Lnitas for a publicity appearance in New York at Radio Citv Music Hall. The NFL says onlv one player from each team made the Radio Citv list We hope to get Unitas on one of , the conference calls."' says NFL spokesman Joe Browne Gee. what a re lie t. a conference call. Lnitas responded by saying. 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