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HE CAROLINA INDIAN VOMRH] 1 g s "5 'ublished each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, I >VOLUM jj{j 135 THURSDAY, AUGUST 3?, 199S 25 CENTS i Questi ^ c jj Hbal leadership could &! led bv Courts bc*& p Dr. Dalton " of theLumbseTritx yet Tribal Council hi le rior Court of Robcauut-uunty against Lumbec Regional Development Asso ciation The Chairman and the Council are ? asking the Court to: "Declare and de cree that the Constitution of the Lum bee Tribeof Cheraw Indians is the duly adopted organic document of the Lum bee Tribe and the officers elected there under are the duly authrozied repre sentatives of the Lumbee Tribe, with the exclusive right and responsibility "of representing the Lumbee Tribe: "2. Permanently enjoin Defendant LRDA from holding itself out as the Lumbee tribe, the governing body of the Lumbee Tribe, or the authorized representative of the Lumbee Tribe, *3. Order Defendant LRD A lo trans fer to Plaintiffs any and all funding, programs, and assets, including but not limited to tribal enrollment records, that it obtained and/or currently holds in the name of the Lumbec Tribe." or that it received or generated due to its misrepresentation that it represents the Lumbee Tribe and/ or cosi&metes the governing body of the Lumbee Tribe; "4. Award Plaintiffs attorneys fees and cost of this action." Attorney Arlinda Locklear of Maryland and Marvin Schiller of Ra leigh are serving as attorneys for the Council and Chairman Attorney Locklear stated that the government felt they had no alterna tive but to file suit lo bhng about a resolution of the question of tribal representation for the Lumbee Tribe Judiciary branch of tribal government to be sworn in Dr. Dalton Brooks. Chairman of the Lumbce Tribe. will swear-in mem bers of the Judiciary as required b> the Lumbee Constitution on Saturday morning. September 2. at 9 a.m. in Old Main on the PSU campus The Lumbee Constitution requires fixe members of the Judicial They are nominated by the Chairman and ap pointed by the tribal council Ap pointed from District 1 is Attorney Greg Bell. Representing District 2 will be Larry Sampson District 3 has not vet been appointed attorney Jeff Moore will represent District 4 and Michael Dial will be representing Dis trict 5 According to the Lumbee Con the function of the Judiciary will be much the same as the Supreme Court of the United States Tribal members are encouraged to attend the ceremony. Maxton and South Robeson clinics extend hours Maxton Medical Services has begun lull service evening clinics Hours open are 5;30-8:0<) p.m Tuesday Appointments and walk ins are accepted X-ray and labora tory services are available Call 844-5253 to schedule South Robeson Medical Clinic has begun full service evening clin ics evening hours open will be 5 304MW p m Thnrsdayr Ap pointments and walk-ins are ac cepted X-ray and laboratory ser vices are available call 628-671 to schedule Buff aloe receives special training in martial arts Kenny Buff aloe,the official North Carolina Representative of Kyokuthin Koi Karate, recently received special training under Mr. Y. Shickinoko, the currant Japanese Heavyweight Karate champion. Mr. Shichinohe and two other Japanese Kyokushin Kaifighters travelledfrom Tokyo, Japan to New York Ctty. The two-Joy, 5 1/2 hour seminar was restricted only for top Black Belts in the USA. Buffeloe was selected and the treuUngJeatured heavy tnspha hi o?? ha fir tach mirffirfl ing r fighting techniques und cotnbinations, andjuU-coniact, knockdown spat' kyokushin-Kai Karate is very different from other steles. It is a practical, no-nonsense, street fighting type of martial art The main emphasis is the development of power and a strongfighting spirit. This leads to the cultivation of a steadfast character. Pembroke Kiwanis Report The monthly business meeting was hcid Tue^^evro^ju thcTownand and Oredy Hunt sharing the presiding duties Bob Lowiy presented Ll Gov. David Lcin and niswiie, Lynn, tram the Cape r?jil>rHTiw?ifrTi>mfcarpfr ^tia days when Bob Lowry's father. Ber nard Lowiy, the only Pembroke Lt governor we have ever had. The Cape Fear Clab has 70 mem bers. We need to me the month of August to help bring up our enroll ment. Kiwanis is community oriented It's work depends on community in terested people. Our club in Pembroke is urging interested citizens to join Kiwtnis. President Grady Hunt explained the work of Duck's Unlimited. Its chief goal is to tench gun safety to young people. So on Saturday. September 30th, at the NC Cultural Center, a safety gun clinic will be held at 8:30 a m Inert win be shooting practice for age groups 8-10. using BB's. 10-14 with parental consent will shoot shot tuns over 14 will be skeet shooting Lunch will also be served Ammuni tionand guns will be furnished kiwarns will help finance the clinic. 73-100 youngsters are expected So gun safety is the main purpose of Ducks Unlim ited. Program t-shirts wiU be awarded President Grady Hunt will enter tain members and families in a cook out on September 12 at his home at President's Annual Night Song leader-Ed Teeu. Prayer- Clay Maynoc Reporter- Ken Johnson Native son elected to the Field Trail Hall of Fame . . . Gary Lockee by Coionei Archie S. Locket, USAFRet The Field Trial hall of Fame elec tion committee has just announced , that Captain GarctteErtel Lockee. has been selected for entry into the Field Trial Hall of Fame Special induction ceremonies will be conducted at the Field Trial Hall of Fame in Grand Junction. Tennessee on 23 September 1995. The election committee consist of some 40 dedicated men who are thor oughly qualified in all aspects of die sport of field tnaling It is the respon sibility of this committee to select from nomination two deserving dogs which no longer live and two worthy persons, living or dead who have made signifi cant contributions to the field trial sport Two dogs and two persons may be selected yearly for entry into the Field Trial Hall of Fame. Captain Lockee (known to his friends as Gary) was born in Pem broke. NC on IS August 1922 After completing the tenth grade in Pem broke. Gary moved to Camden. SC where he lived with his grandfather. Dr . A S . Lockee. DD Gary graduated from high school in Camden and went on to attend the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He enrolled in the first class of the Naval ROTC unit atthe university and graduated in 1943. receiving both his degree and a com mission in the US Navy as an Ensign He received his masters degree while still in the Navy attending the Indus trial War College Immediately after graduation and commissioning. Gary went in combat in the pacific theater saving as gun nery control offkxr on a destroyer He served in that theater of operations until the end of WWII and continued on in the Navy for over 30 years, attaining the rank of Captain He distinguished himselfin many areas of the Navy He commanded several ships, the last of which was the USS Wainw right. DLG 28. a missile frig ate. He commanded the Wainu right through two vears of action in the Viet Nam War. 1967-68 Gary grew up on a farm in Pem broke. NC He was the oldest of three sons of Archie and Lula Lockee Gary began his love for hunting and bird dogs at an early age while following his father afield in and around Pem broke After his retirement from the US Navy. Gary's primary interest con sisted of hunting, raising great bird dogs and field tnaling He attended lus first field trial in 1947 while sull serv ing in the Navy . He ow ned and ran one of the all-ume great dogs. Jerry 's Runaway Banbdit Bandit, as she was know, was an eleven time Field Trial Champion and was voted into the Hall of Fame in 1994 Gary has never forgotten or stray ed too far away from the rigid parental up-bnnging he experienced as a young boy in Pembroke. He served as a deacon, and later as Chairman of the Deacon Board of one of the largest Baptist Churches in Washington. DC. He and both of his brothers. Dr. Otto A Lockee of Charlotte. NC and Colonel Archie S Lockee. USAF. Ret. of Lin coln. Nebraska continue to financially support one of tharboy-hood churches. Burnt Swamp Baptist church near Lumberton. NC. Captain Lockee lived in Fredericksburg. VA when he really became dedicated to the idea of erect ing a home for the Field Trial Hall of Fame and the National Bird Dog Mu seum Grand Junction. Tennessee was chosen as the location for several rea sons The main reason was probably the fact that the National Bird Dog Field Trial is held yearly at the Amers Plantation in Grand Junction. This site would also attract more attention of field trial lovers and be more conve nient for them to visit this most pres tigious facility While Gary received assistance and encouragement from many field trial enthusiasts, he was the primary drtv ing force behind toe whole idea of preparing a fashionable building to house the Hall of Fame and the Na tional Bird Dog Museum. In 1988 Gary and his wife Sally realized that if this dream was to come to fruition they would have to move to Grand Junction where they could in sure the ball would keep rolling. They moved that year and became perma nent residents of Tennessee They moved into a beautiful home in an adjoining town of La Grange, about five miles west of Grand Junction. Since that time. Gary and a few other dedicated people put their shoul ders to the wheel and opened the new Field Trial Hall of Fame and National Bird Dog Museum on 14 February 1991 The first induction in the new facility took place in 1994 Earlier this year another building w as completed and construction of a third building will commence in Sep tember Plans are already in Gary's dreams to erect a fourth building Fi nally. these four building will be joined with a beautiful flower garden in the center Intheaebuildingwillbehouaed the Field Trial Hall of Fame. The National Bird Dog Museum, the Wild life Heritage Center, and the William F Brown Memorial Library Also included will be a small gift shop, a Conference room as well as a small kitchen and eating nook Gary's achievements in the area of field trialing have been many. He currently owns a Champion Pointer, Cherokee Frederick who will be run ning in the Nationals at Grand junc tion in February 1996 He has been an AFTCA trustee, region president and Vice-President, a field tnal judge, stake manager and field tribal reporter He is a strong supporter of our environ ment and is truly dedicated to the conservation of our wildlife habitat He is currently a member of the Top Shooting Dog Award Committee and president of the Bird Doc Foundation which supports financially the Hall of Fame and the National Bird Dog Mu Gary devoted night and day for several years to achieve his goals and the only compensations Gary recened was the joy of seeing his dreams come i true I Thanks Gaiv for a job well con-< cetved and well accomplished I NCAE president to attend Women's Conference Ros* Marie Laaay- Tmmttnd RaUigk-HCAE President Rose Marie Lowry-Townsend. a principal on-lea\e from the Robeson Counts Public School system is one of North Carolina' s leaders attending the United nations Fourth World Conference on Women m Beijing. China in Septem ber Townsend. currently serving her third term as president of the state's largest education association, is hon ored to be one of the estimated 33.000 women who will converge on Beijing for what is bang touted in the media as the largest U.N conference in history. ' 'I nave been able to serve in lead ership positions because women be fore me made strides and forged new ground.: said Townsend Trus con ference gives me the opportunity to take part in the advancement of girls and women's rights into the next cen tury . I can think of no better way to express ray sppreciation for those w ho w m m worked before me than to build on their accomplishments." Tow mend added. There u still much work to do in eliminating dis crimination against women and pro tecting ourselves and our families from povem and violence. All of these rel evant iswes will be discussed and suat egies for addressing them will be part of this historic conference Wchavea huge task, but it is worth the effort," Townsend is one of a mix of busi nesswomen state leaden, political activists and many others who are traveling to Bering for this oenturv s last UN conference on women. She said she looks forward to meeting women from many different countries and cultures, and is certain the experi ence will leave a significant and last ing impression A native of Pembroke. NC. Lowiy Townsend has served in NEA leader ship positions on the local, state and national level She received a B S in Elementary education from Pembroke Stale university , an M Ed from the University ofNortto Carolina at Greens boro. and a Ph D in education Admin istration from Campbell University Jacobs Honored for excellence by Dept of Administration Raleigh?C Darlcnc Jacobs of Garner, a native of Pembroke, re ceived from the N.C. Department of Administration's 1993 Award for Excellence, its highest honor, in ceremonies Wednesday. August 23. Ms Jacobs. 42. is community services project director in the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs Administration Secretary Katie G Dorseti made the presentation to Ms Jacobs and four other em ployees in recognition of their out standing and meritorious perfor mance They were nominated by fellow employees within the de partment "These employees have dem onstrated tltcir dedication and in spire all of us to do the very best jobs that we can do to serve the people of North Carolina.'' Secre tary Dorset I said Families, friends and co-work ers attended (he ceremony in the audiloriumof the Education Build ing MS Jacobs received a plaque and three days of vacation Her name has been engraved on a plaque permanently displayed in the Administration Building, join ing the names of previous recipi ents In nominating Ms Jacobs, a Lumbee Indian, for the award, co workers praised her for her devo lion to duty and iptnl of public service, particularly to the Indian community in North Carolina One of her accomplishments is coordi nating the annual NC Indian Se nior Citizens Conference She has also played a role in obtaining grant money to hind a needs as sessment of the Indian population of North Carolina A charter mem ber of the Triangle Native Ameri can Society, she recently served as president She has also been active In the Suite Employees Associa tion and N C Equity Ms Jacobs, a graduate of Pem broke Senior Hign School in Pem broke. has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Pembroke Stale University and a Master's degree in social research from the Univer sity of Oklahoma in Norman. OK She has been emplovcd by stale government since 1971 and by the Department of Administration since mi Ms Jacobs has a son. Drake. 23, of Rowland. She is the daugh ter of the Rev erend Steve trochlear and Gertrude Oxcndinc and the granddaughter of Mary Hullard. all of Pembroke The Awards for Excellence Pro gram was established in 19*6 to rccogni/r and reward employees ofthcN.C Department of Admin istration The a wards arc presented annually Evans presents Lowry Band, Indian guerrillas of Reconstruction at Cape Fear Museum On Friday. September 8 at 11 a m Cape Fear Museum will present To Die Came. The Story of the Lowry Band. Indian GuerrillasofRcconstnic tran'' delivered by Dr. William McK.ce Evans, a history professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic Univer sity. Pomona. Evans will examine the tumultuous period beginning with the final years of the Civil War through Reconstruction with emphasis on the I iimhec Indians of the cape Fear re gno The free, public program is the first in the series of Bit of History lectures for the 1995-96 year i I A native of St Pauls in Robeson ' County. Evans grew up hearing the | legend of HaaryBerry Lowry and hss | followers who led a pienlla war against j the KuKluxKlan and the white cstab- | lishaeat la the late-19th century As i trained historian. Evans, who attended | both Dsvideoa and UNC-Chapel Hill, t eked out historical truths behind the < legend The reeuh of his work is the < recently republished Tn Ow fimn GtftmJIa} e? Reconstruction Of the work Rev D.F. Lowry. nephew of Henry Beny Lowry. writes "Dr Evans has searched archives throughout the nation for facts and has written a most engrossi nj| history of the Lo?t> hand The book s title comes from Henry Berry Lowry. who said. "We mean to live as long as we can and at last, if we must die. to die game " During the Civil War Confederate troops kidnapped scores of Lumbee snd forced them into labor building the fortifications surrounding Wilmington and the mouth of the Capje Fear River Working beside slave laborers the Lumbee ware demoral ized and incensed Fleeing into famil iar swamps the Indians re-grouped md raided homes of planters Follow ng the war the Lowry Band pinned Ittir hopes on the Republican promise if a just future These hopes were lashed by harassment from the klan and the political establishment Pro tected by poor white* and joined by tlavea Evan* uy* of the conodc "In the midst of the racial atruc of Recon struction. the Lowry band started a movement which for a brief Umc drew support form all ) races " "Dr. Evans is making a special East Coast trip to speak at Cape Fear Museum It is wonderful a scholar of Evans' caliber is taking the opportu nity to be a Bit of History lecturer." says director Janet Scapker A book signing of both Xy Pit Gaug and low the program ^ Cape Fear Museum is located ai 814 Market Street. Wilmington. NC 28401 Open Tue-Sal 9 am-?pm. Sun 2-3 pen. Adults S2. children I 17. college students with valid ID. senior cituena S1. children under 3 or member of Cape Fear Museum Asso ciates free Free days the 1st day of each month and the 1st and the I rd Sundays
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