BOLD SPIRIT
Pen ft Ink
18" x 24"
Limited Edition
200 S/N I0A/P
The indigenous people of /slor^K America respected and honored Mother ?arth because she nurtured and
provided them with the essentials of life. Their campfire stories, often filled with laughter, taught lessons from the
Great Almighty; how he encouraged them to live harmoniously with themselves and otl^rs; and how he taught them
to treat and respeci all things as a living spirit. This was the Way for them.
Vet, the Alewcomers to this bountiful cou^Ary tabled the AJative Americans-the First ones on the land-as
uncivilized, barbarous, and bloodthirsty savages. This point of view overwhelmed the Amative Americans, and set the
stage for how history would ultimately treat them. Policies and programs, so often translated through BJA
directives, many times abolished /Native j^rnerican identities. The First Ones on the Land were demoralized,
shamed, and dropped on the doorstep of distinction. Jn spite of history, some tribes survived while others were not
so fortunate.
Today, despite history's backward glance, there is a current effort by Active Americans to retain what
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? rney have Mft-of then- Iradmorvs, 1+pVr t-janwey WW Ldnguai^ZT""
tKeir Land. TKey have survived!
As my next prinf? "Bold Spirit" ?J Kave depicted a
AJative American witk one foot firmly planted in tke past, and
tKe otker pointed westward. Jn t+\is print, tke living spirit of the
Ancestral past, and tKe discipline demandeA of one walking
I tKe patKs of Rigkteousness and Success portrays tKe AJative
American in today's modern society? A" dressed up witK
somewKere to go.
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by Garry Lewis Barton
180-page book, including 20 pages of photographs and sketches,
telling the story of Henry Berry Lowry, Robeson County Indian
who ruled Robeson County from 186S - 1872
To order a copy, make check or money order fix SI 2
(which includes $2 shipping and handling) payable to: Garry Lewis Barloa,
and send to:
Kenneth Brayboy
P.O. Box 2225
Pembroke. N.C. 28372
decision to place Mother is the
Daddy was born 97 years ago?ud
where Mother had lived for 52
years. Ever sin* I've fell guilty aad
uneasy, especially since I'd planned
to take her back to her old home in a
few months end stay there with her.
Wed, I've Just returned fro? a
short visit with her in 1 In New
I feel MUCH better! In spile of her
earlier feu of spending the rest ofher
life in a feeaded "ami* home,"
she really enjoys many things about
thisCneeCenter. Espocially ail those
good meals served in the spacious
dining hall with ptcture wSdows
I was allowed to take her home for
two nights at e time, without having
her low her bed and her half of the
room she shares with 92-year-oid
Petrs, who came all the way from
Denmark at age 11
Besides taking Mother home twice
(for a total of four nights) I took her
with me to Dillon (23 miles away) on
two tripe. We efeo went to Virginia
City (the county seat aad en internet
tag old (OM mining loan). 10 her f
. hurcti in Sheridan and to affcmifc
(jet-together v, ihe Tvrin^Bndgo
? th -a.--' i -.j| -^-^gL
jcKiittixis iiwiiiiigivin^uiniw,! w^vi*
her at the recently re-named 1 o
ico Root u?.;i ?'.isii CateCenier'
Since Mother heading toward ?
in January) is still alert and more
active than moat maiden* she aeoms
to be getting some special positive
attention from the nurses and the
many aides ?ho work there. Also.she
has a lot of (hendi and relatives who
visit her from time to time
From now ore l 'M keep in touch by
telephone and notes, ana concentrate
on fife here in North Carolina
This month's Single Adult Fel
lowship meeting marks ten,.yuan
sincce the group first met at
Pembroke's Hist Methodist (htuch
in December, I9S4.Its purpose isstill
to provide good, wholesome fellow
ship ton ns of any age of back
ground w ho are si ngle or siagteagain
Regular meetings are tieldcach month
outhcscxoml rucsdav mghtal7j>.m.
Visitors are always welcome Plane
are also undergo for a reunion of
present and former members disking
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Channel 62 Honored by i
Pembroke State
The management of WFAY-TV
(Channel 62 in Fayetteville) was re
cently honored by Pembroke State
University Chancellor Joseph B
Oxendine for the television station's
contributions to (he University dur- -
ing the past ten years
"WE're very appreciative of
WF AY-TV and James Thrash for the
very sicnificant contributions to Pem
broke State and WPSU-TV", said
Dr Oxendine "WE thank you very
James Thrash, general manager
of WF AY-TV, said his station has
donated more than $ lho.oootnbrond
cast time to WPSU-TV since the foU
Of 19*1
DrOuosr Patterson, in, is PSUs
a professor in the Department ofCom
municative Arts. Me saia me relation
ship with WFAY-TV is unique. "A
number of students found
employment at WFAY-TV upon
graduation. It is difficult to express
now much we appreciate this tela
bonship" According to Dr Patterson,
16 of his graduates have been em
ployed at WFAY-TV during ths past
ten years
PSU graduates currently em
?at WFAY-TV include David
clam of '19, who is the chief
engineer at WFAY-TV Liza Bnbiiak,
a 1991 PSU graduate, who began asa
mnstrr control ope tutor la now in
charge of production.
i ncia lAimian earned her decree
from PSU in 1994 and ik an assistant
in production at WF AY-TV Another
PSU'94 graduate working for Thrash
it Glynda Norwood, the traffic man
Current rtudenu working part
time at WFAY-TV arc Charity
SwdoisoB, ejuBior from Rod Spring
and Mack McDonald, a senior from
Racford Both are master control op
Thrash also recognized the con
trfoutions of George Johnson who
was the original chief engineer of
WFCT-TV (the predecessor of
WFAY-TV) when ft went on the air
is an alumnus of PemUokc State
University snd is working on his
master's degree at the University
Pembroke State University oners
the bachelor of arts degree in broad
I opting under its Contracted Mqor
Option. Pwubwke State brondcast
ing students produce live news pro
grams each woek during the regular
lemeosri. and more than 1(M) taped
I pibiic affairs programs and half hour
entertainment programs
WPSU-TV <. programs ate Ui.
loot over cable channel 31 In Hoke
and Robeson Counties, aired ever
WFAY-TV each weekday morning,
and carried in seven communities
across North Carolina. More than 2 S
million viewers have access to the
student produced programs
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kThis HolidavJ
^ Season^
TThe ^
Board Of Dlrectora And 9taff
Cordially Invite Ybu lb Our Open Houae
Celebrating The New Addition And Renovation K
Of The Julian T. Pierce Health Center wBk
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Sunday. December 18. 2:00-500pm W*'
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