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THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
- Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
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THURSDAY, JUNE 3,1999 iweixit nvt
VOLUME 26 NUMBER 22, _ , , - ' - ? _
shown left to right are Tammv Jones.StenhanieTvner.Susan Deese. Nancy Rifwhwton felicann. These
four young ladies are now Registered Nurses and employees by Southeastern Regional Medical Center
thanks to assistance by the Classroom Training Program at LRDA. (See Lumbee Spotlight on Page 3).
(Photo by Vinita Maynor-Clark)
end AJC School of Science and Math
Mcrri Ashlcigh Huggins lias been
accepted to attend the North Carolina
School of Science and Mathematics in
Durham. N.C. Merri was inducted
into National Honor Society of Secondary
School based on scholarship,
leadership, service and character. She
recently was awarded the Student of
Excellence Award by the Pembroke
Chamber of Commerce. Merri will be
attending Clarkson University in
Potsdam. New York this summer for
four weeks participating in the Mathematics
and Engineering Program.
She is daughter of Deborah I Jacobs
of Pembroke and James Wesley
Huggins of Pillsboro N.C
Photo Caption Mcrri Ashlcigh
Huggins
Hugglns
GNAA to hold
community
meeting
Guilford Native American Association.
a United Way Agency , will
hold its annual Community Meeting/
Board Elections - Saturday. June 5,
1999.
Please come and support the day's
scheduled events
1100 am ? 4:00 pm
* Car Wash and Bake Sale
* I.umbce Tribal Enrollment
4:00 ? -fvOOpm
Community Meeting/Board Elections
* Honoring Ceremony/Community
Dinner
m UKU
Signs Partnership with A,merican
Indian Science and Engineering Societv
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, March
29,1999 ? A memorandum of cooperation
(MOC) to create a partnership
among American Indian Science and
Engineering Society (AISES). the
Department of Encrgv. and Lockheed
Martin Energy Systems to enhance
educational, scientific and technological
endeavors was held Tuesdav.
March 23. at 10099 Commerce Park
Participating in the signing were
Sandra Bcgav -Campbell, executive
director of AISES. Steve Richardson,
acting manager of DOE's Oak Ridge
Operations: and Bob Van Hook, president
of Lockheed Martin Encrgv Systems
(LMES)
Bcgav -Campbell, who visited Oak
Ridge from AISES headquarters in
Albuquerque N.M . said the partnership
will strengthen AISES in the
near term bv making internship and
apprenticeship opportunities for its
professional members and additional
opportunities at a liable to American
Indian student
In the long term, she said the
partnership will allow AISES to expand
its professional chapter support
bv helping provide opportunities foi
its professional members and additional
opportunities lot AISES members
to be role model- for students "I
have a very good feeling about this
partnership," she said
Richardson said the partnership
allows the Department of Energy to
continue its commitment to diversity
and provide opportunities for intcrnships
to Native Americans and minorities.
Van 1 look said the partnership is a
good one and will strengthen LMES
with div ersity of thinking and problem-solving
skills "It allows us to tap
into a valuable resource to help fill a
need for internships and apprenticeships
in skills the company is going to
need in the future to continue its national
security missions This partnership
is a path to the future." he
said The new partnership will provide
the following
* Increasing opportunities for technology
exchange between the parlies
* Involving faculty and students
from AISF.S member institutions in
available internships and co-op programs
across the Oak Ridge Complex
* Matching capabilities of AISF.S
member institutions-with capabilities
inOak Ridge to support joint research
opportunities
* Identifying collaborative research
and development opportunities
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* Pursuing opportunities that arc
mutual!) beneficial to all parties
The agreement, a memorandum of
cooperation, is an initiative under the
LMES Advanced Technology Programs
Minority Educational Institutions
(ME1) Technology Partnerships
Program The program's mission is tc'
cultivate long-term, mutually beneficial
strategic partnerships and allianccsw
ith minority educational institutions
(MEIS) The program has
formed partnerships with several
MEI's that have resulted in cooperative
research educational, and economic
ventures.
A1SE.S is a national, non-profit
organization that nurtures the building
of the Native American Indian
community by bridging science and
technology with traditional Native
American Indians and Native Alaskan*
to pursue studies in science, engineering.
business and other academic
areas AISF.Shas 150 member
colleges and universities nationwide
li builds p,ulueiships with lubes,
member institutions private industry.
governuient and other nonprofit
organizations
More information about AISES is
available on its vvebsile at http://
ww w aiscs.org
Pictured at the sinning are Sandra Hepay-t umphell, Executive Diret tar
of A1SES, and Tom H'ynn. ORO's Native American Indian Prouram
Manf-er. Mr. Wynnisu l.umhee, andxoh ajthe late t hief W\nn and/ ummie
June IVynn of the Saddletree community.
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"Strike at the Wind" has a
new generation of performers
by Vinita Maynor-Clark
The stage is set and the roles
have been cast for the return of the
outdoor drama "Strike at the
Wind!" to the North Carolina Indian
Cultural Center. Once again
Henry Berr> Lowrie and his gang
will travel through the land of the
Lumbee Indians. See the Home
Guard chase Henry and his men
through the swamps of Robeson
County. There was nojail that could
hold him. A bullet never grazed his
skin and one time when they tried
to hang him. the rope broke.
Rehearsals for the reviving of
the drama began on May 31.1999
at the Adolph L. Dial Amphitheater
with over 60 cast members
ready and eager to go to work.
Henry Berry Lowrie is being
portrayed by Micah Sampson this
season. He met his sweetheart
Rhoda Strong who is being portrayed
by Faline Locklear for the
first time Monday night.
After the formal introductions
and welcomes by David Carter.
Chairman of Robeson Historical
Drama Association and Mr. Ken
Freeman, Board Member of the
North Carolina Indian Cultural
Center. David Oxendine took the
helm for his 10th year as Director
and everyone got down to the business
at hand.
Many of the new cast members
had seoihe show prior to the clos
ing in 1995. While taking their
photographs for the program booklet.
I asked many of them why they
were there. Several ofthem said'* I
have always wanted to to this."
One young lady said "I am here
because I believe, if I was here for
the money I would be stay ing at
home."
"This is a matter of principle, if
it ever came back 1 wanted to be in
it." another young man said.
Only two of the original cast
members from 1976 are returning.
Robert Bryant and Stephen Pate.
Both stated that they thank God
for letting us be hereto do this one
more time.
One of the cast members from
the 1977 season is so dedicated
that he is the Director. The other
one is writing this article. Corbin
Eddings along w+ttr his father
Randolph make an interesting combination
this summer. Both have
been a part of the drama before.
This season Corbin is Steve Lowry
and his father is Donahue.
" I wanted to play Henry but
I am not old enough yet." Corbin
says with a smile. Some folks from
the other years who are extremely
dedicated are Bobby Oxendine Jr.
and his mother Carolyn, Edwina
Chambers. Delores Steen, Edith
Ward, Margaret Freeman. Kelvin
Lowry. Al Emeola.LaDonnaLock
lear. Carolyn Oxendine Davita
Caner and to top it all off. there is
Bruce Barton who even brought
his daughter and her boyfriend
with him. Sometimes 1 hear Bruce
say "I thought I said that I would
never be in this again but here I
am" To which I reply " didn't sou
tell me that if I was in it that sou
were going to be in it?" and' he
always says "yes."
For those of you who do not
understand what drives the cast
members to be in the drama year
after year w hether they get paid or
not it really all boils down to one
thing: "this is a story that has to be
told."
The cast and crew of "Strike at
the Wind!" cordially invite you
and your family or your group to
come and see us during the month
of July each Friday and Saturday
night. Come and say that you saw
the drama before we begin the year
2000. Watch this new generation
take a shape and a form that you
will not forget.
" *' Strike at the Wind!" is written
by Randolph Umberger and will be
performed on Friday and Saturday
nights during the month of July at
the Adolph L. Dial Amphitheater
located at the beautiful North Carolina
Indian Cultural Center on the
outskirts of Pembroke. North C arolina.
Native American Cultural Center
Sets Example for Sustain-abilitv
* PnHibrako, N.C. ? A non-profit
organization representing about
80,000 Native Americans in North
Carolina hats embarked on an ambitious
mission to preserve and celebrate
the arc's Indian Culture, but
with a twist that could influence other
tribes around the countrj.
Whereas ntanv Native American
groups have turned to casino gambling
as an expedient vva> to finance
their community development objectives
and other projects, the North
Carolina Indian Cultural Center
(NCICC) has chosen a path that is at
once more conventional and vet more
daring. The group has decided to
invest in a propcrlv development
project near Interstate 95 as it trav crscs
southeast North Carolina. It has developed
prcliminarv plans for a $53
million, multi-purpose site neat the
intersection of 1-95 and US 74. which
soon will be expanded to a four-lane
highwav
Thc facililv as envisioned will include
a major resort hotel roadside
services such as a diner and convenience
store, a trading post for Native
American art. cultural demonstration
areas, as well as other retail
outlets If the project can be developed
as planned, it is expected to
generate more than 300 jibs and sup
port a wide array of.cultural, scientific
and historic undertakings. The
group's standing priority is to elevate
its existing Cultural Center on a 400acrc
site near Pembroke to a worldclass
center of intellectual, as well as
recreational activity. That facility,
held under a long-term agreement
with the State of North Carolina,
comprises a 60-acrc lake, campgrounds.
a swim facility, nature trailsceremonial
grounds and the 1.500
scat Adolph Dial Amphitheater.
The NC1CC has maintained and
made modest improvements to the
site but it has even greater ambitions
for a major museum of North Carolina
Native Americans, with a role in
advancing anthropological, artistic,
cultural and environmental disciplines
The estimated cost of such a
facility has been so prohibitive, both
the Center's Board and the State,
which financially supports the group
have searched for alternativ e sources
of funding
In IWX NCICC prepared a project
analysis lor a multi-purpose facility
located near the emerging highway
hub in Robeson County. Since then,
the oigani/ation has moved steadily
toward acquiring a suitable site and
establishing relationships with dc
vclopmcnt partners. NC1CC also has
stepped up its campaign to secure
state, federal and private foundation
support to make its plan a reality.
Clearly the most significant aspect
of the overall strategy is that it
would create a commercially viable
rcsorl/commcrcial operation on one
ofthccount rx "s busiest interstate highways
At (he same time, it w ill expose
travelers to the reality that Indian art.
history and culture arc alive and well
in the southeastern United Stales.
Initial designs for the development
emphasize genuine Native American
themes and w ill include facilities to
attract either casual interest among
motorists who simply stop to re-fuel
or to motivated "cultural tourism"
enthusiasts
Although the l-t)5 site will not
include a formal museum, it will accommodate
a trading post/exhibition
center, where visitors may see local
Native American artists producing
their wares and purchase items that
arc unique to artisans of the area The
planned 150-room hotel and conference
center also w i 11 be complemented
by a niulti-usc arena where cultural
theatrical or musical events may be
staged
For more information contact
krneslmc tiulifant. 910-521-24.V3
Janice C. Oxen dine Selected
as Hoke Executive Director
Janice C. Oxendinc. County Operation
Trainee. has been selected as
the Count) Executive Director Tor
Hoke County in Racford. N.C.. effective
April 25. 1999.
She has one son. Frankic Christopher
(Chris) Oxendinc a daughter
in-law. Tabitha. and two step grandchildren.
Dcsirac. nine >ears old and
Trakcyshn seven years old She just
lo\ cs pla> i ng the role of grand mother
Ms. Oxendinc was born and educated
in Robeson County. She began
working for the Robeson County
Agency in 1965. formerly Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Sen ice (ASCS). soon after graduating
from Magnolia High School, located
near l.utnbcnon North Carolina
Since her first job as a Planimctcr
Operator. MS Oxendinc has held
numerous positions including Program
Assistant for Compliance and
Tobacco. Feed Grains/Wheat and
Counter Clerk/Conservation Programs.
During her tenure with the
agency, she also worked in the capacity
of Chief Program Assistant, and
temporarily served as Program Assistant
in Charge of the Robeson/
Scotland County FSA Office.
In April 1998. Ms. Oxendinc was
selected to participate in the Agency 's
County Operations Trainee Program
(COT). The extensive six months
training gave her the opportunity to
travel to Farm Service Agencies across
the State of North Carolina to observe
FSA programs and management operations
She has successfully completed
the program and was certified
as eligible to be a County Executive
Director in November 1998
She is a member of Pincy Grove
Baptist Church, a member of Robeson
County Wide Mass Choir, she
loves to sing, a member of the Lumbcc
River Electric Membership Corporation
(I.RF.MOF.Icclionand Credential
Committee. 1988-1998. She
has served as secretary for several of
those years She is a member of
Woodmen of the World Court# 1119.
and has served as treasurer in the past
years She was a member of the Title
IV Indian Education Parent Committee
for eleven years, w ith the Robeson
County School System Shcisa member
NASCOE Ms Oxcndinc holds
the distinction of being the first Native
American to be named as a local
Farm Service Agency County Executive
Director She is a mcthber of the
Lumbcc Tribe of Robeson County.
North Carolina
Janice is really glad to be a part of
Hoke County and vveknow she will do
an outstanding job for Hoke County
farmers.
Janice C. Oxendinre
Groundbreaking for
the Dr. A. J. Robinson
Medical Clinic
Groundbreaking ceremonies for
theDr A J. Robinson Medical Clinic
will be held on Sunday, June 6 at 3:00
p.m At the proposed building site of
the clinic. Southeastern Regional
Medical Center plans to construct the
5.000-squarc-fool facility at the corner
of Dr. ML. King. Jr. Drive (Highway
41 South) and Holly Street near
Turner Terrace
The public is cordially invited to
attend the event.
The clinic will be named in honor
of Dr Arthur! Robinson, who practiced
family medicine in the south
Lumbcrton area from 1951 until his
retirement in 1986 Dr Robinson and
his family plan to attend the vent.
The clinic will house si\ to seven
exam rooms, a laboratory, an x-rayroom
and consultation offices. Construction
is expected to get underway
in July. '