. TH CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
j ed each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOL UME 23 NUMi THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1996 ^ \ TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
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Lumb n A ttorney Mike Mclntyre
Wins Congressional Seat
Robeson County kept pace with
the rest of the nation on Tuesday,
November 5, 1996. The majority
voted the Democratic ticket. Lumberton
Attorney Mike Mclntyre was
elected to replace retiring Congressman
Charlie Rose in the seventh
District. Mclntyre took Robeson
County with an overwhelming victory,
defeating Republican challenger
' Bill Caster by 13,443 votes. UnofTicialvotingtallicsrcpoit:
17,552 votes
for Mclntyre in Robeson with Caster
receiving 4,079. Mclntyre carried
the District with 52 percent of the
votes.
Vickie Locklcar easily overcame
a challenge by Republican Terry
Stewart for the Register of Deeds of
post with over 70 percent of the vote.
Mclntyre thanked his supporters
?
T ucsday night and stated that "We've
proved in small-town USA, right
here, staring in Lumberton over a
year ago, that when every day people
have a common concern to better the
future for our families, we can do it."
Robeson County has not elected a
Republican to a local or District position
in over 100 years, and that did
not change Tuesday. Donald Bonner
defeated incumbent Frances Cummings
in a bid for the 87th District in
the House ofReprescntatives. Bonner
won with more than 70 percent of the
votes. Rep. Doug Yongue overcame
a challenge by Republican Jonathan
Brccdcn with over 50 percent of the
vote. Rep. represents House District
16. Rep. Ron Sutton, District 85, had
no opposition
David Weinstien also had no Republican
opposition as he becomes
Senator of the 30th District, replacing
retiring Senator David Parncll.
While the Republicans in the
House of Representatives lost Rep.
Cummings, they maintain control of
the House of Representatives. Republican
David Funderburk was the
only other incumbent in the House of
Representatives who was defeated
Tuesday. He was beaten former State I
Superintendent Bob Etheridge. This I
race was in District 2 which includes I
Harnett, Lee, and part of Moore I
County from the Cape Fear region. I
In the County Commissioner's!
race, Dr. E.B. Turner easily over-l
came a challenge by Republican Steve
Stone. Dr. Turner won nearly 80% of
the vote in that district.
Mike Mclntyre, newly elected
Congressman for the Seventh
District
Bladen 2,428 1,280 14 " . 7
Brunswick 11,339 10,271 242 68
Columbus 7,998 - 3.467 46 15
Cumberland 22,603 19,884 262 _ 147
New Hanover 18,147 28,487 710 176
Onslow 4,197 5,283 145 75
" Pender 1,272 2,121 38 7
Robeson 17,552 4,079 77 51
Totals 85,536 74,872 1,534 546
Pembroke Police Department
Makes Drug Arrest in
Housing Development
PEMBROKE-Thc Pembroke Police
Department executed a search
warrant at Strickland Heights Apartment
779-B on Halloween night.
October 31. 1996. On hand were
several officers. Police Chief, Larry
T. Roberts: Lemark Harris. Executive
Director; and Mitchell "Bosco"
Locklcar, Pembroke Housing Drug
Elimination Coordinator. The search
produced a large amount of marijuana
and crack cocaine. Two motor
vehicles were confiscated during the
drug raid. Arrested were Nicholas
Locklcar and Sarah E. Hunt. Both
were charged with maintaining a
drug dwelling, possession with intent
to sell and deliver crack cocaine,
possession with intent to sell and
deliver marijuana, possession with
the intent to manufacture, sell and
deliver crack cocaine, possession
with intent to manufacture, sell and
deliver marijuana. Both were taken
to Robeson County Jail and placed
under a $ 19.000.00 unsecured bond
each.
the investigation was initiated by
numerous complaints received front
residents by Pembroke Housing Officer
Patricia Lambert and Detective
Rodney Dcntcry. The Robeson
County Drug Task Force also assisted
with the investigation.
"We would like to commend
Chief Roberts and his officers for
their prompt attention to such a matter
of extreme importance to the
safety of our neighborhoods. The
officers exhibited an outstanding
show of skill and professionalism
during the execution of the search
warrant", says Mitchell "Bosco"
Locklear, Pembroke Housing Drug
Elimination Coordinator.
Rep. Ron Sutton, right, is shown at the recent Democratic
Rally held at the BillSapp Recreation Center. Rep. Sutton?was
re-elected to the 85th District with no Republican opposition.
Heisshoivn with Rep. Dan Blue, former Speaker of the House;
and Robeson County Commissioner Noah Woods of Pembroke:
(John R: Brayboy photo) ""
Yard & Bake Sale _
Lumbcc River EMC's Volunteer
Committee will sponsor a Yard and
Bake Sale on Saturday, November 9,
1996 from8a.m. until 12noonatthc
LREMC's front, parking lot, REd
Springs, NC. The proceeds will go to
EMC's Energy Assistance Program,
"Help a Needy Friend."
Retiring Senator David Parnell, right, is shown with Senator-elect
David Weinstien at a recent Democratic Rally. The
event was held prior to the election to rally Democrats and to
honor retiring Senator David ParnelL Sen. Parnell served the
30 state senatorial district for 24 years. David Weinstien was
elected to that post official Tuesday, having no Republican
opposition. (Photo by John R. Brayboy)
Little Miss Lumbee
Entertains at
Scotland Memorial
Angelica Marie Chavis, Little
Miss Lumbee recently entertained
some of-the patients- at Scotland
Memorial Hospital. The event was
sponsored by bis. Sherrie
Brewington an employee, in recognition
of her patients.
Angelica Ls the grand daughter
of Robert and Jane Chavis of Pembroke.
She is a second grader in Mr
Halle Torockio's class at Unior
Chape! School.
A Native Son 's Cultural Spirit Awakens
by Barbara Braveboy-Locklear
Special to the CAROLINA
INDIAN VOICE
Karl Anthony Hunt gave the U.S.
Navy two years and two months scr|
.vice before being granted a general
discharge. The exit from the military
brought him back to his native Robeson
County where he enrolled in
Pembroke State University (now
University of North Carolina at Pembroke).
While a student there, Hunt dis<
covers more than academics. He falls
victim to the temptation of drug usage
and is ultimately arrested for
marijuana possession.
The incident and subsequent drug
conviction and 9-month incarceration
launches the beginning of an
intriguing quest for self-discovery
for the young adult Lumbcc-Chcraw
Indian. He pulls his time in minimal
security institutions in Lillington
and Lumbcrton, NC.
Upon his release from prison, for
18 months. Hunt works in the construction
industry in and around
Charlotte, honing his skills in hanging
and finishing wallboard, also
known as "sheetrock."
i Hunt leaves his native country
'' and travels with his oldest brother to
Saudi Arabia where they work in
^construction. Once there, 23-ycarold
Hunt leads a team of 25 men in
hanging and finishing wallboard on
a hospital project.
"The time I spent in Saudia Arabia
was among ihc most rewarding periods
in my life in terms of gaining
knowledge of other cultures," Hunt
says of the six months stay. "I didn't
have a bit of trouble adapting to the
people . .and them to me. They didn't
bother me, because 1 looked a lot like
them," he laughs. Hunt says he is
very proud of the fact that he taught
others in the foreign country the art
of hanging and finishing shcetrock.
"It's an art just like painting is," he
say of the craft. "It involves design
and aesthetics just like creating art
docs. And it's become somewhat recognized
as a Lumbcc Indian trade,"
he says of drywall construction..
Hunt, possessing an ever-curious
mind, spent many-an-hour studying
in the religions of the area, particularly
Islam while working in the
foreign country. The experience gave
him a greater understanding and
appreciation for the religions of other
peoples. He says it also invoked in
nini the need to search and examine
his own religious faith.
Alter returning to North Carolina
from Snudia Arabia in the early 80's,
Hunt drifted from job to job. Place to
place. He worked on fishing and
shrimp boats off the North Carolina
coast.
Hunt's spirit drifted, too.
Into sleep.
"When 1 got arrested again for
drugs, I fell a sense of relief," Hunt
say of his cocaine trafficking charge.
"I knew the drug route was not tnc
way of my ancestors. When I got
away from my American Indian heritage
and traditional values, that's
when I started having problems,"
Hunt says of his addiction to drugs,
including alcohol.
M1 don't think you can kill the
spirit, but you can put it to sleep." he
explains.
Between 1988 and 1995 when
Hunt was an inmate at Butler, a
federal prison in North Carolina, he
spearheaded a move to bring about
religious rights for fellow inmates.
For thee years he wrote hundreds
of correspondences to Indian organizations
nationwide in an effort to
educate himself on Indian religious
rights and policy. He lobbied the
Federal Bureau of Prisons to grant
the American Indian population at
the correctional institution the right
to practice their religious faith.
The struggle to win religious rights
for his fellow Indian inmates drove
Hunt to reclaim his own culture.
"The more I worked on this movement,
the more I had to walk in the
right way.
"I was drawn to the spiral center,"
he says of the experience.
Suddenly his spi rit which had slept
for almost two decades, awoke. ,
So did the spirits of the dozens of
American Indians for whom he
worked so tirelessly. Hunt won more
than religious rights while in prison.
He won a deep respect from both
inmates and staff at the institution.
Though he was paroled in 1995,
Hunt's interest and concern in the
religious rights program he helped
build at Butler Correctional Center
take him back from time to time to
check on the friends left behind "They
have a sweat lodge at the
institution...one of the nicest sweat
lodges in the country. And now they
have a cedar building to store their
religious items in," he reports.
While in prison at Butler, Hunt
gained more than religious rights for
himself and his friends. He gained a
renewed love for painting art.
Fascinated by the artistic talent of
an inmate. Hunt studied his methods
of drawing. Not longaftcrwardsHunt
bought himself some brushes and
oils and began in earnest to pain. He
concentrated on drawing and painting
portraits. His first drawing and
painting inside was of an Indian
chief.
Then and there, the LunibccChcraw
Indian reclaimed the talent
he'd given up to a house fire 20 years
earlier in Robeson County.
Hunt often lay in his prison bunk
bed and dreamed of one day becoming
an award-winning artist.
He didn't have to dream long
Dr. Stan Knick. director of the
Native American Resource Center at
UNC-Pembroke introduced Hunt's
work years before the artist's release
from prison. Hunt'sportraiturc works
were displayed in the university's
center in the early 90's. They were
also shown during a North Carolina
Native American Art Show held a
the Robeson County Museum in Lunibcrton
in 1992.
But the artist says the biggest
break in his professional art career
came when he was tapped as featured
artist at a juried fine art show sponsored
by North Carolina United Indian
Tribes The event, part of the
NC Indian Unity Conference, was
held last spring in Raleigh.
His work. Indian portraiture, won
"Best in Show" at the event
With the recognition has come
demands for his art and. his work
schedule has not been the same since
the night of the award
His work won "First Place" this
year in the Spring Juried American
Indian Arts Festival sponsored by the
Powhatan Rcnapc Nation in
Rancocas. New Jersey. Alsoa master
potter. Hunt's clay work won "First
Place" at the Eagle Mount Indian
Arts Festival in Hunt. New York this
year.
Hunt was selected by the NC
Commission for Indian Affairs and
United Tribes of NC to design the
1996 "Indian Heritage Month" poster
The proof of Hunt's talent was
again publicly acknowledged this
summer when Robeson Historical
Drama Association. Inc. commissioned
him tocrcatc an original pai nl ingforitsannual"Slrikcal
tire Wind!"
art auction The result was a piece
featuring the late Adotph L. Dial and
symbols of his life: a stage, a bank, a
church. Old Main at Pembroke Slate
University, the North Carolina legislative
building and others
"Mr. Adolph spent so much of his
life trying to keep "Strike at the
Wind!" alive. I thought it was impor
lanl to do my part," Hunt says of his
Dial painting
In addition to his art. Hunt finds
time to donate service to his cultural
community. He has become an active
member of the local Indian F.ldcrs
Council where he works with the
group in their ongoing efforts to
teach and preserve the cultural and
spiritual traditions of American Indian
people His participation incullural
tradition mirrors practices he
now subscribes to in his private life
"My brain and mind arc no longer
impaired by drugs I've come to apprccialcand
participate in the beauty
of my own culture, and this has given
me immense peace of mind and
heart." Hunt comments
"Indian people, youth in particular.
should get in tunc with their
heritage Don't argue your identity
Be true to your own unique spirit." he
cries He cautions young people to
stay on the path of the old ways. And
warns that when one leaves it. the
journey becomes difficult
Karl Anthony Hunt. 40. is coming
full circle He is practicing the traditional
Indian ways taught him by his
great-grandpa 'Nanny'l.ocklcar And
he will forever remember with gratitude
the Christian values given him
by his beloved grandparents, the
Reverend Alex Benjamin and Lena
Jacobs and draws on them when lie is
weak
Hunt's life stands as a reminder to
the Indian community and the world
that the Indian spirit can be put to
sleep, but it cannot be easily killed
Karl Anthony Hunt