1 : I CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE blished each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC VOLUME 2. THURSDA Y, OCTOBER 3, 1996 _ - TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Governor James B. Hunt Visits Pemborke Governor James B. Hunt visited the town ofPembroke on Friday, September 20, 1996. He attended a fund raising event at the home of Dr. Jeff and Sybil Collins in Pembroke. It was a historic occasion for the town to have the Governor at a social gathering. The mayor of the Town. Milton R. Hunt, took advantage of the historic significance of the visit and presented the Governor with a print depicting the Centennial Celebration of the Town ofPembroke The print was local artist, Delora Cummings Mayor Hunt acknowledged that the Governor's visit coincided with the Centennial Year of the incorporation of the Town of Pembroke Pembroke is recognized as the center of the Lumbec Indian Community, and is home for the Lumbce Bank, the first Indian-owned bank, as well as the University ofNorlh Carolina at Pembroke, originally founded as a college for 'Indians. There were more than 200 people in attendance at the function. LREMC Incumbents Returned to Board New Officers Elected to Executive Committee Lumbce River EMC held its annual meeting of members Tuesday night with less than 500 members participating. Four incumbents were re-elected. They were: Robert Strickland. Conrad Oxcndine. James Albert Hunt, and Herbert Clark. Oxcndine was the only director with opposition. He was challenged by Elarbara Collins Goins and retained his scat with 24.1 votes to Goins 167. Following the business meeting and -the election, the board held a brief meeting to elect officers. Long time president Lacy Cummings was replaced by Proctor Locklear with James Albert Hunt elected vice president, replacing Jim Dial; Madie Rae Locklear. the only one on the 12 member board retained her position as secretary to the board; and Robert P. Locklear Madie Locklear 'antes A. HunA I Strickland]j NC Commission of Indian affairs Director Elected Vice President of Interstate Indian Council Gregory A. Richardson, executive director of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, was elected vice president of the Governor's Interstate Indian Council (GIIC) during the 47th annual GIIC conference Aug. 22 in Oklahoma City. The GIIC is one of the oldest national organisations concerned with Indian affairs in the United States. Richardson was also appointed chairman of the conference's Resolutions Committee and presented 10 resolutions on the floor for debate. Eight were adoptfld by the conference. including resolutionstoprotcct Indian environment and natural resources. to include the word "nation" in GIIC business matters, to increase collaboration and participation in GIIC conference activities, to support repatriation efforts nationally. tko support block grants for Indian tribes, and to support Indian people being appointed to policymaking positions. Speakers at the conference, hosted by thicOklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. included Oklahoma Governor Prank Keating; Tim Tall Chief, chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission; E. Kelly Hancy. Oklahoma state senator: and Arvo Mikkanen. assistant U.S. attorney who is special assistant for tribal relations. U.S. Department of Justice, Western District of Oklahoma. The GLIC was the brainchild of Minnesota Gov. Luther Youngdahl who. in'1947j)rcscutcd his ideals to the National Governor's Conference (now the National Governor's Association) who passed a resolution that the G1IC be conocrncd witAfiwmajor _ issues: * Bringing about equitable settlement of Indian treaties; * Encouraging social and economic self-sufficiency; * Improving eduction and training opportunities for Indian people; * Encouraging Indian people to preserve, as individuals, their best traditions, values and cultures: add * Bringing aboik an early end to federal wardship arid taking the federal government odt of local Indian afTairs. The N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs was created by the N.C. General Assembly in 1971 to represent the interest and advocate for the rights and needs of the state's Indian population. Richardson, a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, has led the commission since February of 1995 Indian Physicians and Medical Student I Attend Annual Meeting and Pow Wow The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) held its 2 5th Annual Meeting and Pow Wow on August 2-7 at the Ridpath Hotel in Spokane. Washington. In conjunction with the AAIP Conference was : the annual meeting for the Associa: tion of Native American Medical Students The theme of this year's meeting "Preserving Indian Health : Care-Thc Next 500 Years: Of the ; Indian People, By the Indian People. For the Indian People" reflects the concern of the Association regarding the future of health care for Indian and Alaskan Native communities. Attending the conference were Dr Joseph Bell, his daughter Victoria Bell, and John Brooks Second year medical student Christina Hardin (tumbec). third year medical students James West (Lumbcc). and Kristy Woods (Lurnbee) were also in attendance at the conference ' Their time at the conference was piled with sessions ranging Bom topics 9uch as "Success on the Wgrds"*) "Traditional Indian Medicine andModcrn Western Medicine: I s there a role for collaboration in the care of Indian patients?" Also included in the conference were oppor ? tunitics to learn more about the Internet (Medline, email); National BonoMarrow Donor Program; Trcatment of Diabetes; and American Indian Elder Care Issues. Apart from the many educational sessions offered were the traditional events of the conference. These events included a Sweat Ceremony held Saturday on the Cocur d'Alcnc reservation in Idaho