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Dealing With Political Differences
ky R.D. Ladder*
Two weeks no Mike Mc Inly re
announced thai he would challenge
Rep Charlie Rose for ha U.S. House
seat. Both are while A couple of days
later Or Donald Bonner announced
thai he would challenge Rep Frances
Cummings Tor her N.C. House seal.
Both arc black Last week four
incumbents on LREMC's board
defeated four challenger* for their board
seats All incumbents and challengers
were Indians
Political difference exists between
the races Political differences exists
within the races While historical racial
minorities base long accepted the
political differences between the races,
these racial minorities in Robeson
Counts are struggling with how to
handle the very resl political difference
within themselves as their political
influence grows
Last year October was a period of
intense political activity and discord in
Robeson County Rep Cummings. the
Democratic Party ? nominee was openly
supporting Republicans for Robeson
County Sheriff and U S Congress
When Donald Bonner attended Glenn
May nor s major fundraiser at Purncll
Sweu High School, he was urged by
many attending to run against Rep
Frances Cummings in 1996 Bonner
only indicated it was something worth
thinking about since he dtsapprov ed of
her open support of Republican
candidates in the general election
Robeson County s Mack voters are
overwhelmingly registered Democratic
-97% A black Democratic elected
official openly supporting Republican
candidates was an undeniable,
substantial political difference in the
black community Last October,
however. Dr Bonner was clearly
struggling with how to handle the
challenge Rep FraitccsCuiiimingsdid
Of Bonner a big favor when she
switched to the Republican Parti after
he general electron
Ten years ago I was working as a
tuff consultant for the Durham
Business an Professional Chain, a
member of the National Urban League
Over 30 years ago during the summer
teat ofthe civil rights struggle. Whitney
young, president of the National Urban
League, spoke about the very real
fcflcrcoces that existed w ithin the civil
rights community
Young said. "While intelligence,
natuntv and strategy dictate -that as
avil rights agencies we use different
methods, we are all united as never
icfore on the goal of first class
auienship for all Americans no "
I have known Dr Bonner since the
1970s and Rep Cummings since the
IvgOs Both remain. I believe,
romnutlcd to first class ciu/enstup for
ill Americans Their campaigns w ill
* about the best methods to achieve the
goal
First class ctuicnship can have
liffereni elements for different
individuals and groups For Indian
groups in theU.S. first dassciu/enslup
ncludes federal government
recognition as true Native Americans
I was first exposed 10 the American
Indian Movement! AIM)in lv7o while
in Iowa Since then I have fell
comfortable defending mv Indian
heritage and denying thai white
bureaucrats in the U S> Bureau of
Indian Affairs had the nglu to decide
who was an Indian
The AIM members I met didu t
locus only oil the reservations They
were also concerned about Indians in
cities like Los Angclesand Minneapolis
and the rural areas on the East Coast
They understood reservations were the
result of Indians losing wars and were
not (he basis for determining Indian
idenuix
Sul). I would like to tee a Lumbo
Recognition bill past Congress
Supporters of LRDA want this
Supporters of the tribal council wan
this Manx detractors of both LRD/
and the tribal council want this
Last w eefc ? s LREMC board eleclMM
cxolxed for mam LREMC member!
into a contest between LRDA supporter
and tribal council supporters Articles
editorials and letters to the editoi
referred to the control ers> in the lndiar
communiix Real political difference!
exists
While some max plead for an end tc
toniroxcrsx within the Indian
commuiutx. I don l think it will happen
I don't think it can happen don'tihink
it should happen
In the spirit of Whitncx Young's
tiuqking. I beliexc intelligence, pohucal
niaturitx and suatcgx dictate that the
xarious groups within Robeson
Counix s historical racial minorities
use different methods to adxancc our
count) Instead of asking how do we
end our differences, we must begin to
ask how do xxc deal u uh our differences
that arc going to increase oxer ume
Ai present, ncgatixe approaches
scent to donunate how we are dealing
with our differences All opponents are
cxil Lee Atxxatcr managed President
Bush's successful IVKX presidential
campaign Facing death, he decided
this xxas the ume for coming to terms
with the less x inuous acts in m> life."
He described his attacks on Michael
Dukakis as "naked crucltx." In his
search for wisdom and understanding
Atwalcr came to regret that. "I had
treated cxcrxonc xxho wasn't with me
as against me "
In the face of death. Lee Atwater
learned the best wax to deal with
political differences Robeson Count)
xx ill xx in if xxc do
Celebrate Columbus Day
With Native American Dishes
by Tom Xfiier
Being a Nam c American t am
prcll) much a non-ccicbrant when
il comet 10 Columbus Dm I am
not as radical as tome of iny Indian
friends who actually wear Mack,
arm bands and protest ( oiuAhis
Dm aclh Hies I guess I w ill go so
far as lo wear rm stun lhat asks
realist icallt. How Could Colum
bus Hate Discovered The New
World When Nalrvc Americans
Were AI reach Here"1 ' I am of
fended al how some people, in
cluding certain teachers talk of
how. ' Columbus landed on our
shores blah, blah blah Indi
ins and Nativ e Americans do not
get to write histor> books and his
tory ha< never pon rat odour plight
accurately
The reality is thai Columbus
w ho is called Crisloforo Columbo
in Italy and Cnstobal Colon in
Spain never act foot on am soil
lhat is considered American by the
average an /en oflhc United States
The closest Columbus ever got lo
the what is now the United States
is the northern coast of modern day
Cuba, and at the time he thought
he was in India' Later voyages
took him lo present day Honduras
Panama. Venezuela and the island
of Hiapantola Please educators
?top teaching about his arrival on
"our shores . It did not happen
Native Americans consider na
tive people of North. Central, and
South America all lo be Native
Americans, though we tend lo con
cern rate moallv on I hose peoples
from North America in thinking
talking and writing While people
of European descent the group
referred to at' the dominant cul
ture' by sociologists and aiuhro
poloyiisis. tend to paint all Native
Americans w ilh the same brush It
simply can't be done We are loo
diverse1
You can't do that Indians in
various parts of the country did not
wear the same clothes speak the
same language and dialects, snd
certainly id not cat the same food
One food that is considered essen
tial at all Native American Pow
Wowstodav is Indian Fry Bread II
is not a (radiitonal native dish, but
has become a staple at onr gal her
2 cup* all purpose flour
1 teaspoon* baVinu soda
1 teaspoon nih
V4 cup milk
Sift louct her flour, sail and bak
ing powder Sur m milk addmg
more if nooeaaary to make a smooth
dough when formed into a ball
Dt\ itk into small balls aad roll
ontiutos 1/2lark Hue* round Cm
eacfc into quarters and drop imo a
ooupto of inches of hoi tm ia a can
iron skidd Fr> until goMenbrawn..
turning ance The> will puff tm
medidcK if the ml ia hot enough
Praia on paper bag or towels and
serve hot Spnnkk with confec
tion sugar, n dadiud or dru/Jc
wuh hones
?
f
Iii sonic places oilier ingredi
ents arc added such as herbs maple
sugar grannies ground cavcnnc
pepper or whatever \on like Tor
flavor This is a gooi feeipe foqfl
nuking wuhkids became Indian
* much Min lo cat '
Von can iMc ort instead offal isvon
like bnl lard has become as Tra
ditional" as the fr\ bread The
Pigglv Wigglv in Pembroke sells
lard iii * gallon buckds' One of niv
( herokee uncles used lo cai lard
sandw ichcs for his stomach ul
cers-a rcsuli of loo much while
man s alcohol'
I has c alrcads (old \on\anons
Indian tribes do not cat the same
thing While Indians in (he Pacific
Northwest would be harvesting
salmon Navajo sandHopisinlhc
Southwest would be prcpiiring a
million stew Florida s Scminoles
would be roasting alligator. Plains
Indians might be callng migraling
ducks and geese and I he Chcro
kocs. Lumbces Choctawsandothcr
Southeastern Indians would be
caiing some scmion dish Here is
an often wasted portion of deer
meal used in a modern recipe
/V*r l.ivcr with Onion %
I venison liver sliced
1/4 lea spoon ground pepper
1 cups boiling water
4 tablespoons bacon fal
4 tablespoons (lour
2 cups sliced (wild) onions
1/2 teaspoon sail
I can mushroom soup
1/2 cup dn red wine
I can water
Trim and wash liver Slice
Ihinh Pour half (he boding water
over the liver drain and pal dn
Repeal Mis Hour with sail and
pepper and dredge liver through it
Heal bacon fal on high' mud rt
smokes a lt?Uc Lqper heal Add
liver and brown on both sides
Remove and set aside Addon tons
to pan Cook until golden brown
taking cnrcnolloburn Add mush
room soup and water and return
liver lo pan Cover and simmer on
low heal about I 5 hours, adding
water if necessary *dd wine jmflA
m before sen nig siiHtWg vvcjl inl^l
gravy*- *?
Do not like liver"' It is ofcer""
season again, bows now and guns
next week, so there is plciilv of
oilier meal to lr>
< herokee Hunter's Stew
2 pounds deer meal
t stalks celery
2 tablespoons beef suet
< medium onions
1/2 teaspoons caeli salt pepper
2 large potatoes
6 carrots and/or parsnips
2 cups slewed tomatoes
Cul meat in chunks Season and
cover with water Simmer until
meal is tender Add vegetables and
simmer until tender >
About this tunc of year cfcn -
body might be eating some dishes
of beans corn, squash These al
most universal Native American
v cgctables hav e come to be known
as the "three sisters' in legoids
thuige Style ( orn Puiltling
1 do/cn cars corn
2 tablespoons flour
I tablespoon sugar
I tablespoons butler
I quart milk
1 eggs
Grate corn and mix into milk
Rub well to separate hulls and rub
through fine sieve or colander to
remove hulls Work flour and but
ter into a cream and beat with
sugar and beaten egg v oiks Fold in
beaten egg whiles and add all to
corn, mil* mixture salting to taste
Bake at 125-194) degrees about I
hour until thickened and serve hot
or later with cream and sugar
The European people who came
behind Columbus discov crcd a v a
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Along the Robeson Trail
by Dr. Stan Knick, Director
5 PSU Native American Resource Center
Some of (hem had never even heard
of a Lumhee. Some had heard the
word somewhere, but did ma know
anything about it. A few of them knew
more, but only enough to give them
an incomplete, and in some cases
incorrect, picture of who the Lumhec
people are. They all looked a little
curious when we spoke of the
Lumhee Nation. '
last week in New Orleans a few
hundred museum professionals from
Virginia to Florida to Texas met for
the annual Southeastern Museum
Conference. Among the many topics
treated by panelists and presenters
was one which sought to bring
images of the I .umbee Nation to life in
"The Big Easy" (one of the nicknames
, for New Orleans). The specific
occasion was a panel discussion of
the recent collaborative effort
involving The Mint Museum (in
Charlotte), the Lumhee community and
the Native American Resource
Center, which produced the
wonderful photographic exhibit
Recollections: Lumhee Heritane.
Since the heart of the
Recollections exhibit was
photographic images of the Luinbee
community in the past and present,
we decided to let slides of the
photographs carry some of the
message for us. The speakers were:
Lumhee writer and storyteller Ms.
Barbara Braveboy-Locklear (who
collected oral histories and wrote
descriptive panels Tor the exhibit);
The Mint's Special Events
Coordinator Ms. Roxanne Lippard
(also a Lumhee. who coordinated the
festive opening of the exhibit in
Charlotte); The Mint's superb
photographer Robert West (whose
photographic work made the exhibit
as good as it was); and yours truly.
We told them about the process of
building the exhibit ? the early
discussions with various Luinbce and
non-Lumbcc people; the call that went
out for photographs from the
community; the days of copying
photographs here in The Center; the
almost overwhelming but delightful
duly of selecting forty photographs
from among three hundred for the
exhibit. We tokl them about the great
response from the Lumhee
community, as Lumbcc folks brought
in their family photographs to he
copied and in the obvious joy at seeing
the exhibit come to fruition. We told
them about how delicately and proudly
the people handled their old
photographs of Granpaw and Uncle
Jesse and Old Grandmother.
Those in attendance at the
conference saw images of vital
elements in the Lumbee community
They saw images of families, elders,
children, farmers, artists and
dreamers. As much as it is possible to
do, they saw the combined spirit of a
people. They beard about Lumbee
history and culture, hard working
Lumbee women and men, and
Lumbee spirituality. They heard
stories which show Lumbee
philosophy and traditional altitudes
They also heard about the birth of
an Indian Normal School which
developed into Pembroke Stale
University. They heard about historic
Old Main and its symbolic value in the
Lumbee community. And they heard
about the on-going struggle of the
Lumbee people to obtain their rightful
place at the table of national Indian
affairs. In the face of a young
traditional dancer they saw the future
of the Lumbee Nation. In the eyes of
an elder they saw the wisdom of the
old ways. And afterwards, they asked
a lot of questions.
It was good to see the Lumbee
community well represented at a
national level. For more information,
visit the Native American Resource
Center in Old Main Building, on the
campus of Pembroke State
University.
Reader says AIDS is a
disease, not a punishment
Dear t-dilor
AIDS is a disease ll is not a
punishnicm nor a reflect ion on the
life styles of indi\ iduals or thicr
xxorth AIDS must be rccogiii/cd
as a serious disease that affects
people who arc at the same time no
different form am one else, and arc
asABed and dif%icnt J0ur 4KB
i iricd^id tiilTcjH ?
I haxJWjjyTg xxsPV pPm
regards to dealing: effect ixclx with
HIV/AIDS I lie challenge that lies
just ahead of usis to bring out all
that has been learned through our
si niggles with this epidemic back
into the main stream HIV/AIDS is
onlx different in llie sense thai it is
different from cancer which is
different from polio which is dif
ferent from influenza
The people xx ho max stiller from
am of these or other maladies arc
not different in kind onlx in de
gree We arc different perhaps in
levels of education gender sexual
orientation race but xxc arc all
human beings lix ing on this planet
Do not forsake x our future because
of present circumstances
If existing scrxiecs. programs
educational facilities and medical
treatment arc expected lobe for all
of us. then xx hx can't (hex also bc
axailablc to people with HIV/
AIDS'After ail. people with HIV/
AIDS iscxcrybodx Thextsion for
the future is for us to realize Dial
I lie lundanicnini unii\ 01 nuinaii
kind must be csprcsscd in our so
ciety. and that what our socicls .
olTcrs musl be for everyone re
gardless of whether HIV has en
tered our bodies or not
If \ ou need inrormalion eonlacl
Brcndallunlal IhcTusearora Tribe
aH'JIO) 521 - l)U> I or Brcnda Jones
at (9IO| C?2K-f?X21 We utll ba
a\ a liable to answer questions or it
\ on arc in need of other assistance
Peace be with >ou
Uremia Jones,
I oiunteer for Two. antra
Tribe of North Carolina
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The Carolina
Indian Voice
riclv of Native American people
and learned to cnjo> cranberries,
pumpkins and mid rice TIk.\ also
' discovered an apartmeni com
plex in the Southwest that was not
matched until almost I9U) in New
York Cubans should be celebrat
ing Columbus Dav w hile we honor
our Native Americans who were
here Tor thousands of years when
Columbus came lolhis hemisphere
Words to Ponder '
by HrenJu Jones, V olunteer
for Tusearoru Tribe
1) One person can make a dif
ference bv using strategy
2) The greatest impact we can
have is lite word - Holy Bible
1) The biggest obstacle w e have
is doubt
4) A double nunded man is
unstable in all his ways
5) Prcpsirat ion lime is not wasted
tunc
6) Prix ate dev ol ion brings about
- public-promotion
7) Where there is frecdomof the
word, there is libcriv
X) Satan brings distraction for
reaction
')) Instead of impressing others,
(lie one we need to impress is God
10) Even one has a purpose a
God given gif) or talent
Robeson Community College
Part-Time Nurses Assistant 1/
Refresher Instructor
Associate Degree in Nursing and certified
as a Registered Nurse with current,
unencumbered license in NC. Must have at
least two (2) years of direct patient care
experience as an RN, and at least one (I)
year experience teaching groups of adult
learners. Home health care and or Long
Term Care Facility experience is a plus.
Part-time evening hours.
Position to be filled as soon as possible.
Further information contact: Mr. Rudy
Locklear; Robeson Community College,
Post Office Box 1420, Lumberton, NC
28359, telephone (910) 738-7101.
.AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER .
Re-Elect
MILTON R. HUNT
Mayor
Town of Pembroke
For
^ Continued Growth and
I Dedicated Leadership
111ESDAY, NOVEMIIER 7, 1995
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