1 E CAROLINA INDIAN VOPTTI c w IB 1 ? ? ** ' ? ?? I ?MI UVtRNOftt i?W*l _ _ J JWBIOtt ITATt UW V?M ?t r Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, IyC VOLUME 22 N1 ]R 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1994 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ???? ?'V * ? ^ V i WUkins Honot For h ealth Service * Craig S Wilkins, a Health Services Officer with the United States Public ' Health Service, recently received statewide recognition from the Governor's Office in Wyoming as part of the Rocky Mountain Health Challenge The program was initiated in 1988 when the governors of 8 western states signed a challenge document in a regional effort to reduce premature death mid disability. The program conducts an annual awards program to give recognition to outstanding health projects throughout the 8 state region. - Wilkins was recognized and received an award on behalf of Indian Heath Service that was presented by the Honorable Mike Sullivan, Governor of Wyoming, at a special ceremony in the State Capitol built&ng in Cheyenne. Wilkins,formerly of Pembroke, is the son of Daniel <tnd Thedis Wilkins and is currently stationed at Pork Washakie, Wyoming. -4 School News ? I f News From Purnell Swett High They learned haw to make gingerbread houses, meringue mush rooms, peanut butter bon bans, creamy fudge, and snow flakes. 't Purncll Swett High Kitchen Elves havebeenvery busy preparing Christ , mas treats for their village The Food and Nutrition Classes, taught by Miss Maureen Dial, have been learning how to make ginger bread houses, meringue mushrooms, peanut butler bon bons. creamy fudge, snow flakes and lots of other confec tionery treats The Christmas project produced a confectionery village shown above The elves entertained in a en chanted winter wonderland with a delightful social for villagers, and a delicious hot roasted turkey dinner ^ with all the trimmings. featuring fresh cranberry sauce, yeast rolls, home ? grown collards with homemade chow chow The PSH Elves hope you had a merry Christmas and a happy new year with some sweet treats along the way by Miss Maureen Dial Jennifer Pipkens wot chosen ? Mont Outstanding Junior by the HmftuiAi Chamber of Commerce. Onidance Counselor, Rosa Pearson it shown with Jennifer. Parenting and Child \ Development Class Students in Parenting and Child Development have been learning '? about how children grow and how parents can influence their develop ment Safety posters were made to demonstrate and inform others of hazards pertinent to various ages. The* made play doh, puzzles, hoots, bean bags and stain-glaaswin dow cookies to aee how parents and cm, pvers can mmulate mind, of prcaCfiOOlf rs FHA The FH A has developed a " Strang er* Safety" program to take to the aftcrachool care programs at sevcraJ local schools This is pat of a stale KhA project We have developed a Art. story telling, take home pam phlet to help educate children and their families Our first presentation as to children at Prospect School After Christmas. FHA pians to work with children at Pembroke Elemen tary School and R.B Dean School V-'-"- C,Smoke Signals rSpeoH S^*W>V SO ?UT" **??-dS .rir>0^ e^O as sonliQ^^ V?\W our KeortS. I ~ -COCHISE- SI by Wendy Moore Ledwetl As promised in last week's issue, this is the first publication of Lumbee Smoke Signals. Smoke Signals is an informative approach into Die actions taken by the Lumbee-Cheraw Gov ernment Before I attempt to explain ordinances or resolutions, let me de fine the two 1 Ordinance is law Laws apply to all members of the tribe 2. Resolution is only expressed opinion All ordinances are posted in the Pembroke Post Office and also each council member is given copies to be posted in public access areas of their district. A posting period of (10) ten days is given for tribal membership to review proposed ordinances If for any reasons tribal members contest such ordinances, an initiative proce dure may be taken. This procedure is found in the Lumbee Constitution Article 3 Sec lb. The following are brief summari /ations of actions taken by the tribal government November 7. 1994 Resolution 94-1: This resolution states that any organization or agency who purports to act on behalf of the Lumbee Tribe, in actions including application for grants, programs or services, must first request tne Tribal Council's approval. Requests are to be submitted to the Tribal Chairper son who will in turn forward such requests to the Tribal Council Resolution 94-2: This resolution acknowledges the expiration of LRDA's representative status with the adoption of the Lumbee Constitu tion. It expresses the tribal council's intent to enact laws for the creation of an enrollment office and charges the tribal chairperson to request transfer of all existing tribal enrollment records. Ordinance 94-1 This law sets forth the procedures governing the con duct of business by the tribal council by establishing: a." council officers b meeting schedule A attendance policy c ordnanceadoptionprocedure Ordinance 94-2: Tnis law autho rizes the tribal chairperson to retain the legal services of Attorney Dr Arlinda Lock lea r and Lumbee River Legal Services. Ordinance 94-3: This law desig nates the Carolina Indian Voice as the official newspaper of the tribe for all purposes requiring notice and PubhoiUoi^wequiraU^heUjm bcc Tribal Constitution December 5. 1994 Resolution 94-3: This resolution speaks to the unfair treatment of Robe son County ShcrifiTscandidatc. Glenn Maynor. during the sherifTs elec tion It calls for the denouncement of the Robesonian and any staff respon sible for such biased reporting. It also calls for a tribal boycott. Copies or the above ordinances and resolutions may be obtained by writing: Lumbee Tribe of Cheraw Indians P.O Box 3130 Pembroke. NC 28372 or by contacting your tribal council representative The next regu larly scheduled council meeting is set for Jan. 16,1994 @ 7pm in the Title V Resource Center (formerly Pem broke Middle School). Questions, concerns suggestions and/or criti cisms are welcomed These mav be submitted either in-person or by mail ing to the address as previously indi cated. It is the tribal councils ex pressed hope that this publication will promote tribal awareness, par ticipation and unity through an' 'open door" information policy. PurneU Swett students were honored by the Pembroke ( hamver of Commerce for their academic skills, leadership and involvement in school Shown left to right, Jennifer Pickens, Martha Carrie, Principal Bill Brewington, Andrea Locklear and Tim Brooks, blot shown: alisha Woodell, Clyde Brandon locklear and James Fredrick Smiling. Jennifer Pipken and Tim Brooks scored more than 1000 on the SAT. Write Now! Indian Pow-Wow Calendar FreeI throughout the USA each year are fun for all. but sometimes very hard to know about The Indian Information and Trade Center in Arizona will send you a quarterly calendar in return for a priority mail $2 90 self addressed stamped envelope (9*xl2"). (Send four envelopes for the enli rcycar with postage ) Overseas should send $7.00 U S funds for postage Send to: Indian Calendar P.O. Box 1000 i San Carlos, AZ $$50-1000 USA ' "Awards of Excellence" Poetry Contest Planned Poems arc now being accepted for entry in qarrowfraasPoetry Forum's new Awards of Poetic Excellence poetry contest Cask prizes totaling >1.000 will be awarded, including a $500 grand prize The contest is free to enter poets may enter one poem only. 30 lines or less, on any subject, in any style, t onion closes march 31. 1995. but pocuare encouraged (o send their wot* as soon as possible Poems en tered in the contest also will be con sidered for publication in the Fall 1995 edition of "Poetic Voices of America." a hardcover anthology to be published in October. 1995. An thology purchase may be required to ensure publication, but is not required to enter or win the contest. Prize winners will be notified by May 31. 1995 "Our contest is especially for new and unpublished poets and offers a public forum that enables them to share their work," says Jerome P. Welch, Publisher " Wclook for origi nality of ideas and poetry of all sty lea and themes, many of our contest win ners are new poets with new ideas." Poems should be sent to Sparrowgraas Poetry Forum, inc LXpi C, 203 Diamond it. Sistersville. Wv 26175. Singles Fellowship to Observe 10th Anniversary The Singles Fellowship of First United Methodist Church. Pembroke / tend, come lothe regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday. January 10. at First United Methodist ChunA, Pembroke, or call one of the following numbers 521-3592 or 521-4619 The restaurant needs an accurate account in advance Full-course din ner with dessert Singles $7. tip in cluded, couples $14 SRMC to be participating provider Hcallhsourcc North Carolina. Inc has signed on Southeastern Regional Medical Center as a participating provider The addition of this 434 bed hospital will enable Hcallhsourcc North Carolina to better serve its members in the Robeson County area '' Hcallhsourcc is in the process of completing its network in this area, and the addition or the hospital will benefit both our members and provid ers." said Cheryl Humphrey, senior contracts specialist As the largest HMOsMhc state, it's our business to make quality health care as acccs- " siblc as possible " I Icalthsourcc North Carolina, for merly Carolina Physicians Health Plan, provides health care services to about 114,000 members. One of the fastest growing managed care com- ** Cues. Hcaltlisourec North Carolina offices in MorrisviUe. Charlotte and Aahevillc T ? Say you read it in the Carolina Indian Voice to subscribe call 910-521-2826 Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americans Newsletter Has Note on Book on Colonization A recent Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) newsletter had a note on a book on early European plans for the colonization of Native North American minds. The Span ish. through languagcbascd assault, went so far as to say thev wanted to "change the way they (Indians) re member history " The planned psychosurgical colonization of the mind had varying degrees of suc cess with the many different peoples of this continent over the last past 400-500 years. It's not over with yet It is still going on today under a sly cloaking of innocent looking letters and an odd assortment of umlauts, diacritical marks, and whatnot, and with the disarmingly simple ID-tag of "IPA." The International Phoneticists Association formed in Paris. France, just over a 100 years ago. made up the International Phonetic Alpha bet (IPA) to be applicable to any and all human languages, then marched forth as an early day army of linguraticai Indiana Joneses to study and record the savage languages of savage people before their savage speakers died out under the civiliz ing heel of the man from Europe The recorded languages were to b e stored and studied like so many bones in a museum, so you see. the IPA was somewhat like a 7% sotu - lion of a literary preservative, a phonetic phormaidchvdc And as a I museum specimen need be prcscr\cd in such a way so as to enable its study even dow n to the microscopic, so too is the IPA to preserve a language down to its phonetic counter-part or the microscopic Tor its proper study The IPA is a study tool, not a talking tool, not a walking tool, not a people toot. No. It is a study ing-pcoplc tool That is why it is so cumbersome, clumsy, and complex (maybe 1-4 times more complex than English) The IPA is a tool Whose tool is it? The Indian 's tool'' No way ! It isalool to study Lo. the poor Indian ll isalool for those who see us all as Lo Get it? lx>=low Consider several hundred thou sand non-Indians use the IPA. while no more than only several hundred North and South American Indians at most, alsou.se it Statistically speak ing. then. IPA written stuff is for "others lo see us all the better b\ They look at us through their iPA phonctoscopc and say such things as. "Oh. Look. Lo has even made up a new word for flashlight Isn't that cute7 lo gettingctvili/ed. We should be to proud Aren't we fine fellows7'' The IPA is also a took for taking advantage of. exploiting, poor l-o. the Indian Consider froma fWlSSIl A newsletter. ?' Winnebago Field Lexi con for sale. 33 bucks a copy " We. for sure, got nothing from any of those sales Ha ha This is only once such instance but it ? one loo any. The more IPA stuff, the more exploi l tat ion risk Bui Ihc IPA is here, ready to go. as if a gifl from heaven, one of you might say Sure, sure But remember, the loudest horse laugh in history came hollering forth from the belly of Tro jan Horse Sixty some years before the IPA Sequoia began work on his alphabet In IX2K he printed his first Cherokee English newspaper His alphabet was so can to use that in just a few days any Cherokee speaker could become a Cherokee reader and writer Not loo long later the Winnebago. HoChunk. adopted and adapted a related alpha bet from their Algonkwin neighbors That loo was so easy that, almost like magic, the HoChunk became a liter ate People within just a few days There were and arc many such alphabets some using English, Ro man really, letters Some use other sy mbols. Just became systems using Roman letters are easier to put into computer programs, that does not mean they arc better But they arc easier to use for developing new. com puter baaed language protects Using the old 11pliabct adopted by ihc HoChunk well over I (X) years ago I've written a whole Mute of lale graicd programs for IBM compatible PCs Bendes simple word hats. I've made sentence generators that can make X22,26l,i72 grammatically correct HoChunk sentences They do not yet have sound incorporated, bat I've other programs that reed some ? words and sentences All these pro gramscanworf for other languages Just a little work can com en these programs for doach related lan guages such as Iowa (Jtoc. Miindan. Dakota. Lakota. Pom a and Omaha More work would be needed for more distantly related languages Preserv ing and strengthening our languages is so important that any tribal group wanting these programs for language preservation can get them very reasonably, contact me for further information But back to IPA Pan of its lure for some is but a manifestation of what s been called the Out of Rgypf Sndromc (ORS) Recall the legend the ancient Israeli Oighl out of Rgypt and the 40 year crossing of Sinai Is Sinai thai big that il took 40 years just lo cross U? Nope It took 40 years because, it is said, that is how long it look Moses to knock the slave mentality out of his people sAcr 400 yean of slavery 400 years of nund colonization is not all that different from 400 years of slavery. both lead to slave mental ly Let us. I say. leave the interna tional PhormaJdehyde Alphabet in the language museum where it be longs with ether preservatives of thinttidcad mm our own fyctentt of ssssismw smwwsi ss^wsrws SFVVM ?? umrssfu sn writing, and thus sey with a strong voice to those who would keep m Lo. "UET MY PEOPLE OOT Chuck UassMB, M.A, MM NM Kmrnm** Am. NrUhvilU, *7 S44H> - 1 '

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