? ? CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
:L; ^ t' - ublished each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOL UME 22 NUMBER 4 THURSOAV IAN1IARV M IW5 W?"8"
New Book, " A Life of
Discrimination " Released"
A banquet and autograph party
was held on Friday, January 20 at 7
p m at Mt. Elim Baptist church
Friends and well wishers gathered to
honor the Rev Etias Rogers and to
buy autographed copies of his new
book "A Life of Discrimination "
The event was sponsored by the Hoke
County Native American Club
"A Life of Discrimination" is the
life story of Rev. Rogers. It recounts
his struggle to become the first Native
American to serve on a rural coopera
tive board of directors in the nation
Rev Rogers was elected to the Lum
bee River Electric Membership
Corporation's Board ofDirectors and
after legal action was finally seated by
a federal judge The books give a
detailed account of that historical
event
Other interesting chapters include
the arrest and acquittal ofRev Rogers
in the famed Bl A case. Native Ameri
cans gathered in Washington, D C
and took over the Bureau of Indian
Affairs Rogers was one of the per
sons arrested in as a result of that
incident
The book includes stories of dis
crimination from the birth of Rogers
until 1994.
Serving as Mistress of Ceremo
nies was Delia Maynor, Hoke
County's Register erf Deeds. Enter
tainment was by Russell Walker of
Fayetteville Richard Locklear of the
Hoke County Native American Club '
presented a "Warrior Award" to Rev
Rogers on behalf of the club. Bruce
Barton gave the keynote speech and
testimonials were heard from the au
dience Among those speaking in
honor of Rev Rogers were Madie R.
Locklear and James A Hunt, both
members of the LREMC Board of
Directors; and Barry Nakell, attorney
for Rev Rogers in EMC litigation
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Rev. Elias Rogers
Bruce Burton
Kfynt Deest
Shown are Richard Locklear oj the Hoke County Native American C tub,
presenting the "Warrior Award" to Rev. Elias Rogers.
C & R Pawn Shop, Pembroke,
houses Kylnt Deese Sales
Many of us take so many things for
granted Like getting up in the morn
ings, getting to work, all those simple
things we do to begin the day. we take
them for granted. For KJynt Deese of
Pembroke, these are not simple func
tions It takes a great deal of effort for
him personalhjust to prepare for the
day Deese suffers from paralysis on
his left side and is constantly strug
gling with headaches While these
medical problems could be discour
aging for some people, Deese
remains very optimistic and does not
dwell overly much on his physical
condition. If you ask. he will tell you
his story
When he was twelve years old (he
is now 45) in 1962, his sixth grade
class was traveling to White Lake
The teacher carried his students to
White Lake at the end of the school
year to enjoy the beginning of sum
mer vacation Unfortunately, on this
trip, the car and a mule and wagon
collided There was a plow on the
wagon and the impact resulted in the
tip of the plow going into the right
side of Deesc's head He remained in
a coma for two months and under
went several operations Deese now
walks with great difficulty because of
paralysis and nerve damage
Residing alone on Ruth Dial Street
in Pembroke, Deese has been busy
operating a small business out of the
CAR Pawn Shop in Pembroke
Deese sells tapes, custom made, tape
players, C.D. players and C.D.'s, ra
dios, tape players, and other elec
tronic equipment The Pawn Shop is
located just across the railroad track :
on West Third Street Deese encour- |
ages his friends to visit him there i
The hours arc 10 til 5 every week- I
day except Wednesday
n > ^ f .
rsu s Lummings zeiecieu u* political Leaders nip tellow
Raymond Cummin gs. Director ot
Student Activities at Pembroke State
University, has been selected as a
recipient of' 'The North Carolina In
stitute of Pobbcal Leadership (IOPL)
fellows program The Institute is a
bipartisan, non-profit, research and
educational institution formed to im
prove the overall quality of political
and governmental leadership to North
Carolina at the state and local levels
On November 10,1994 m Raleigh the
board met and aeiected 20 Fellows
from acroee North Carolina for its
Sprmg. 1995 Lcadentnp Program
The purpose of the institute is to
draw out those North Carolina citi
^en^ who have the potential to be the
stale's Allure political leaden
The goals of the program are to find
these potential leaden and to bring
them together mto a forum to
I education ana train mem in current
policy issues and modem campaign
technology, examine with them the
ethical consequences involved in
negative campaigns and situations
which arise wnen holding public of
fice, foster communications and the
exchange of ideas in a politically, cul
turally, and philosophically diverse
climate, socialize them into a group of
political leaders with whom they will
interact throughout their entire ca
reers; facilitate direct access to and
interaction with current political lead
ers; and follow their careen as politi
cal and governmental leaden
The Board of Doeclon identifies,
interviews, and selects men and
women with leadership potential and
appoints them aa Fellows in the
Institute s Leadership Program
The IOPL Fellows Program is leader
snip training ui practical politics crver
ten altentale weekends. Fellows par
ticipate in a series of SO seminars and
hands-on training activities Five of
the weekends are in Research Tri
angle Pork, four ire m Wilmington,
and one is in Greensboro
The sessions are divided into three
general categories personal style and
comniimcatioq. governing and pub
lic policy issues, campaigning
The guest lecturer in the rellowi
program would make up a "Who's
Who list of National md State level
political leaders " Tan Alumni now
serve in the North Carolina Owssral
Assembly More than SO other padu
sies hold local elected office counn
^commissioner, mayor, city council
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C*iCULUS MADE EASY-Dr. Frtdm PorUr-LockUar, m post-doctoral ftUow im <*? UNC-CH mm* d+Hmm*,
exptoins the concept of finding stuns to hot beginning coicttbii do tt Pofter-Lockieor, o Ltunhee ImSm*. wMh*
featuredkt aPBS-Tv documentary, ''Breakthrough: People of Color im Americam Sciemce," tekadmltdtaair maut
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Dr. Freda Porter-Locklear serves as role model
for minorities seeking science careers
CktptlHM-Dr Freda Porter-Locklear
enjoys being a role model far young
people, especially young minorities
and women interested ui science ca
inMft?nt
people naucuwida as part of a six-part
PBS-TVdocumentarysenes TheLum
bee Indian and postooetoral fellow at
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill is one of 15 people being
profiled in "Breakthrough People of
Color in American Science ."
Blackside Inc., a Boston-based film
and television production company,
surveyed people for the documen
tary. Porter-Locklear was first con
tacted for the series at a national con
ference of the American Indian Sci
ence and Engineenng Society in 1991
Marc Perry, associate producer ai
Blackside, said he and colleagues
looked deliberately to find the right
people for the program. They spent
about four days with Porter-Locklear
before finally deciding to include her
in the series
"We did two months of research
looking for very compelling individu
als of color doing really cutting-edge
work in math and computer science,''
he said
"Breakthrough 's" aim is to highlight
people of color who are doing re
search in various fields of science
Porter-Locklear said the show also
tried to capture some personal as
pects of its subjects
"They did some cultural scenes,"
she said "I've been involved with the
American Indian Science and Engi
neering Society, which sponsors a
Dow wow during Lumbee Homecom
ing (in Pembroke) Thev filmed that
during the Fourth of July celebra
tion "
Not only has Porter-Locklear been
involved with the society, she founded
the chapter at Pembroke State U m ver
iity, where she graduated magna cum
laude with a bachelor of science in
applied mathematics degree in 1978
_ She received a master's degree in
? applied mathematics with a minor in
2 computer science from N C State in
" 1981 and a doctoral degree in applied
Z mathematics from Duke in 1991
Perry said one of "Breakthrough a'
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strong motivational forces was in
spire young minorities to enter sci
ence fields He said the focus was two
fold
i itfa?iwiHitn
stories and could serve as role mod
els.
?to illustrate the fascinating nature
of acientific research through the work
of these individuals
"Dr. Porter-Locklear's segment of
the program started filming in May
and finished in October Besides the
Lumbee homecoming, scenes were
also shot of her interaction with the
community
' 'They did a scene of me at Pembroke
Hardware, which my husband's fam
ily owns, one Saturday," Porter -
Locklear said. "Many people in the
community go to the hardware store
on Saturday " The crew also filmed
her voting on the Lumbee constitu
tion
"It was really pretty, "she said "The
young man had to sign a release form
saying it was okay to use him m the
program "
For her postdoctoral work, Porter
Locklear is researching the problem of
the process of natural biodegradaUon
of contaminants, specifically jet fuel
Her topic is intrinsic bioremediation.
which she describes as a "risk man
agement tool that relies on natural
biological processes to contain the
spread of contamination from jet fuel
spills''
"I've been interested in the problem
for four years,'' Porter-1 ocklear said
"When I heard I was getting a post
doc. I picked it up again. It has to do
with water quality, and I 'm very inter
ested in water quality,"
So far, Porter-Locklear's research
has involved analyzing a mathemati
cal model and looking for a suitable
numerical algorithm that finds an ap
proximate solution to the model To
do this, she has been studying the
eouation that describes the transport
or jet fuel and the equation thai de
scribes the flow of water
A computer program is necessary
to solve the problem. Portcr-l>neklear
said, and the process cannot be com
pleted overnight
"One of the scenes we filmed dealt
with my father coming by for* visit at
my home," ihe said ' 'In the aoana 1
said, it's great you came by for a visit
I needed screak from this problem.'"
producers of "Breakthrough" ware
so interested in telling her story
"Her story is cloaely linked to bar
community," Peny and. "It's about
her love for her work and research, bar
love far her community and her krue
for her family. She believea
bioremedtabon la important to tba
Native American community, and dw
has a strong desire to give beck to bar
community
"The Native American experience
is a very unique one It plays itself out
in an individual's life. Or. Porter
toekJaar's situation really speaks to
that "
As for her actual research, Parry
said Porter-Locklear'a work la out
ting-edge
We had to do some research our
selves to understand what she was
doing," he said "We got in touoh
with some people from M I T. fMaa
sachusetts Institute of Technology)
There are maybe five other people in
the entire country who do what she
does "
In between her high-tech work,
Porter-Locklcar also teaches a begin
ning calculus class at UNC-CH, whioh
she thoroughly enjoys
"I definitely enjoy teaching," aha
said "I'm very sympathetic to young
people College students have so
many struggles that I fsel it is very
important to have an understanding
proles** I have found that a caring
individual can transcend cultural dif
ferences "
Through all her many activiuaa,
Porter-1 xicklear strives to be a good
role model
" There are so few American Indian
faculty role models that Indian educa
tion is severely affected It is my hope
that through mentoring and provid
ing a good support infrastructure,
more minority and women graduates
in science, engineering and mathemat
ics will be produced
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UNC-CH N?m Strict
Pow Wow Planned at School of Science and
Math, Durham, on February 25th
The Native American Club, i
Akwekon. at the North Carolina
School of Science and Mathematici
will be boating their fourth annual
pow wow on Saturday. February 25.
1995 There willbciinginganddanc
ing. as well as dispiayi of Indian art*
and craft* Grand entry for dancers
will be 2 00 p m and 100 pm The
building, the Phyaical Educational
Center, will open at 9 00 a m
Two outstanding Native Ameri
can young people will be head danc
er* Sallie Jacob* from Greensboro
will be Head Lady Dancer and Alex
Roaa from Pembroke will be Head i
Man Dancer Eddie Beaton Banal i
from the Lac Conrtc Ondles Reset- i
vatioa in northern Wiaconatn will be
the Muter of Ceremonies
The School of Science ud math it
? residential whoot foe eleventh and
twelfth trade students from through
jut North Carolina who ahow par
iicular talent and potential In the
ircMofactenceand math One of the
m?or purposes for the pow wow la to
mike the ichool better known in
North Carolina's Indian coounuai
ties The goal is to attract more Indian
Mudenu to apply to the school Onca
Native American studenta enroll In
the School of Science and Math they
mil And a supportive atmosphere at
well as other Indian students Inter
ested in the advancement of Indinn
people and their culture
u