Page 2, Carolina Indian Voice-Thursdav. November 24. 1994
Pembroke
November is natioiuUly observed
as American Indian Heritage Month,
This was intended as a
commemoration of the Native
American heritage of our country,
and as a lime when we should turn
extra attention toward leiuiiing about
American Indians in the nation’s
school rooms. In a way, declaration of
this special montli pai'allels Black
History Month (February), when our
usually-European-centered school
curricula are supposed to tuni the
focus to die AfriCtUi-Americsui pmi
of our country’s heritage. Given that
most of what the average public
schtx)! student leanis in the course of a
year in the way of literature, history,
music, art and contemporary issues
comes straight out of Europe and a
European way of looking at iltings,
tliis notion of dedicating a montli to
studying iK)n-European herittige
seems like a good idea.
But is it really? How much can a
student leiun about these special
topics in a month, in the midst of
everything else that goes on at
school (math, biology, physical
education, sports, standardized
testing, socializing, etc.)? Ai'c we
kidding ourselves by saying our
students will study African-
Americans for amondi and Ajnericmi
Indians for a month? Does it really
work'.^
During this November I had the
opportunity to visit in a couple of the
high schcxils in Robeson County. I
had been asked to mtike pre.sentations
about Indian history and
contemponuy issues, tmd I figured
that here in the middle of such a huge
Native American population the
students would have loads of
background in Uie.se topic tueas. After
all, it is Amcriciui Inditui Heritage
Montli. And sure enough, some of the
students did .seem to know something
about Native American history and
conleinponu'y issues.
But most of the students showed
little if tmy sign that they had been
learning anything extra about
Indians. Many of them didn’t even
know it was American Indian
Heritage Month. I asked two
different groups of students what they
had letu'ned about Native Americans
so ftu' during November (this was
more than half way through the
month), iind most of them said:
“Nothing,” When I asked how mimy
Native Americans lived in North
Carolina, it triok quite a few guesses
(most of which were I'iu' off the real
number) to come up with 8(),()0().
With one group 1 tried a little
experiment. 1 asked them how m;uiy
countries in Europe they could luune.
Veiy quickly Uiey called out almost
the entire list — from .Scandinavia to
the Mediterrancim, from the Atlantic
to the Balkans. Then ! asked how
many tribes or nations of North
Ctu'olina Indians they could n;une.
S ince North Ctu olina is a much smaller
iu'ea than Europe, and since the.se
students actually live :uid go to .school
in North Ciirolina, 1 figured they
ought to be able to do just as well
natning the Indians in the slate as tliey
had done in naming the countries of a
far-away continent.
The room got quiet. Finally one
youngi,man (appiu’ently a local Native
American himself) said: “Cherokee.”
A young Native American woman
instantly added: “Lumbee!” After
that the room got quiet again.
Eventually .someone shyly mentioned
the Tuscarora. But the rest of the
Indian tribes or nations of North
Ctu'olina were conspicuously ab.sent
from our list — theCohiirie, Haliwa-
Saponi.Waccamaw-Siouan.Meherrin,
Eno-Occaneechi. As Profes.sor Dial
would say: “Their absence was a
lesson to us till.”
While it is certainly true that
some students in some groups did
seem to know much more about
Indians tluin did other students and
odier groups, the fact remains that a
lot of our students aren’t getting the
message. And if that’s U'ue in Robeson
County where there are so many
Native American teachers and
students, imagine what’s happening
in liie rest of our counu y’s schools.
Maybe we should teach more
about Native Americans (and
African-Americans, Asian-
Ajnericmis.Hispimic-Ajnericmis.elc.)
all through tiie yetm and not just try
to do it for a single month. For more
information, visit the Native
American Resource Center in Old
Main Building, on the campus of
Pembroke State University.
Kiwanis
Report
by Dr. Ken Johnson
FOR SNUFF
fVho's Who Among Students List
Notice of Public Hearing Relative to
Application by the Town of Pem
broke. NC For community develop
ment entrepreneurial empowerment
prc-devclopmcni funding under the
housingand community de\'clopment
act of 1974, as Amended.
Notice is hereby given that the Pem
broke Town Council will conduct a
public hearingonDecemberS, 1994.
at 7:00 p.m. at the Pembroke Town
Hall, Pembroke, NC. relative to the
intention of theTown ofPembroke to
apply for funding under Title 1 of the
Housing and Community Develop
ment Act, as amended. The Town of
Pembroke intends to submit an ap
plication for an Entrepreneurial
Empowerment Pre-Development
Grant.
The purpose of the public hearing is
to obtain the views and proposals of
the citizens ofPembroke with regard
to the determination of priorities for
the community development needs
ofPembroke.
All citizens are requested and en
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and make comments and sugges
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needed, please contact the Town
Manager's office at (910) 521-9758.
Formal written complaints or com
ments concerning the application
process which are submitted to the
Pembroke Town Manager's office
will be responded to within 10 work
ing days by the Pembroke Town
Council.
Milton R. Hunt. Mavor
Thirty six Pembroke State Univer
sity students hax’e been named to the
1994 edition of "Who's Who among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges."
Campus nominating committees and
editors of the annual director,' have
included the names of students based
on their academic achievement, ser
vice to the community, leadership in
extracurricular activities and poten
tial for continued success.
They join an elite group of students
selected from more than 1,800 inst>-
lutions of high l^ining in all 5
slates, .the Distogp^GoIumbia an
several foreign nations.
Twelve fields of stud>' arc repre
seated in the PSU selection, led b;
Social Work with eight, followed b)
psychology with fn e.
The "Who's Who" students at PSU
hail from 15 difierent towns and
cities. Leading the list of towns or
cities are Fayetteville with six.
Lumberton with five, and Pembroke
with four.
Of the 36 students, 24 are seniors
and 12 are juniors and they are listed
in the following order: Lumbenon-
Rick>'Lynn Dial, junior, music; Maria
Kokis, senior, English; Carol Denise
■ Mitchell, senior, history; Christine
Elizabeth Romine, junior, elemen
tary education; John Wallace
Simpson Jr., senior, music.
Pembroke—Michael Alan
Cummings, senior, communicative
arts; Candace Michelle Hoke, se
nior, biology; Leslie Lowry, senior,
chemistry; Mary^ Ellen Revels, se
nior. criminal justice.
Red Springs-Lisa Ford, senior, psy
chology^; Linda Leigh Hofman. se
nior. psychology.
Rowland-Kimberly Dare Bridgers.
junior, business management;
MarcuS Collins, junior, chemistry;
Carolyn Deese Strickland, senior,
social work.
Fairinont—Gregory Mitchell, senior,
history; Dax'id Davenport Rich, se
nior, social work.
Shannon-David Alexander McLean
HI. senior, psychology.
Fayettevillc—Heather Marie
Gardner, senior, communicative arts;
Melissa Ann Murphy, senior, biol
ogy; Susan Schaumann, senior,
healtli/physical education; Heather
Noel Thornton, junior, biology; Sha
ron Wilkerson Turner, junior, psy
chology; Gene Gary Wolf, senior,
criminal justice.
Hope Mills—Robin Lynn Spann,
senior, social work.
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The weekly meeting was held
at the Town and Country Restaurant
Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. President
Grady Hunt presiding.
The evening's program chair
man Bob Lowry introduced Mr.
Arthur Simpson,. Diesel Fuel In
spector for the Department of Ret -
enue in Fayetteville.
The CLcan Air Act of 1988
was assed by Congress in an effort to
reduce sulfure in diesel fel and lead
in gasoline. The IRS is responsible
for the enforcement of the Act.
Samples are taken by the inspector
from trucks or farm tractors and if the
sample doesn't pass the test, fines are
very high, evenSAlOagallon. SOme
gtrucks carry large tanks of 200 gal
lons or more. That lime sten would be
$2,000 in fines. The lax is included
in the price of the fuel. Some large
storage tanks of sulfur bearing
diesel fule have been fined $400,000
or more..
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Pancake Breakfast is Saturday. Dec.
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REFLECnaN'
by Alta Nye Oxendine
Lots to be Thankful For
Just look around and see what God
hasprovided a world of natural beauty
and wonder, resources like land,
plants and seeds, sunshine and rain.
Minds that can think and create. The
ability lo work and make money.
Time’ talents, and personal blessings
that we so often overlook. Friends,
our family — parents, sisters and
.brothers, husband or wife, and chil
dren.
Being Good Stewards
I've been taught that we should be
good "stewards" of ALL that God has
provided- The Bible tells us that we
are stewardsofour children. God has
instructed us to care for their needs,
lo teach and guide them, especially to
help them prepare for their future --
- here and hereafter.
I was impressed by the attitude of the
minister whose six children were
recently killed in a freak highway
accident. He explained to reporters
that those children had been "on
loan" from God.
Actually I feel this way about my two
boys. And I'd like to have another
chance to be a better steward, and
molher, Ilian I was the rirsi
around. (To Be Conlinucd).
Dale's brother in law.
But Dale couldn't pass-up dm
for a dream team like the opera
Robert Yates puts on (he irack(
Sunday. Dale signed a onevean
tract which allows him to ‘
,. -oevemi
own his own car something bar
turn down when vour Iasi „
Jarrett. Should Ernie Irvan'ai
healthy and ready lo drive some
next season, then Yates may ha
field a second machine. Yales
Jarrett one marriage we’ll be wa
i ng closely next Februar\’ inDavI
Ifyou'rc lookingforaqiianerbai
draftnumberonebythePanihers
name. John Walsh from BYU.li
bencarthelop. Walshisonlyajy
but looks like a 2nd or 3rd year
If Walsh doesn't come oui, loci
Steve McNair at Alcorn Slaie
Kerry Collins of Penn Slate.
Quote of the week from JefTMal
Philadelphia 76ers guard, s
"Someguyyelled. 'HeyMalone.i
the ball for a change and siopsh
ing so much'. 1 went 5 for 5 afleil
What if 1 listened to that guy’"
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