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Volume 27 Number 42 Thursday, October 11, 2000 25*
Pembroke Mayor Milton Hunt
files for Tribal Chairman \
Milton R. Hunt. Mayorofthc Town
of Pembroke, has entered the race for
Lumbee Tribal Chairman. Hunt has
served for seventeen years as Mayor.
He came into the position of Mayor of
Pembroke after eight years of service
as Pembroke Town Councilman.
Mayor Hunt released the following
statement:
"For the past thirty years 1 have
been at the forefront of the Indian
political movement in Robeson
County. The changes that have occurred
either as a direct or indirect
result of the political movement are
evident. We now have an Indian Sheriff.
Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds,
two District Court Judges and a Superior
Court Judge, all elected
county-wide. This is monumental
growth and positive change, not only
for the Lumbee. but the county as
well. I am proud to have been a part of
the elections of all these men and
women.
"My political accomplishments are
a matter of history for the town of
Pembroke as demonstrated by my
twenty-five years of elected service to
the citizens ofthe town. Pembroke has
grown and prospered as a result of the
fine leadership of our town council. 1
am confident that this growth and
development will continue. I have
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played a major part in this growth.
"In addition to my affiliation with
the tow n of Pembroke. I have served
lite county of Robeson ill vaiious positions
of leadership. I ant serving my
second consecutive term as Chairman
of the Robeson County Democratic
Party. I am the only person to hold this
position for two consecutive terms in
the last forty years.
"I am also a member of the Board
of the Robeson County Department of
Social Services. I was appointed to
this position by Governor Jim Hunt. I
am the Treasurer for the Pembroke
Civic Club (formerly the Pembroke
Jaycees) . In 1984 and 1991 fire destroyed
the Pembroke Jaycec
Clubhouse. I served as Chairman of
the Committee that rebuilt that facility.
I am a former member of the
Board of Trustees of Robeson Community
College. I served on that body
for 7 and I '2 years and served as vice
chairman for the last two years of my
tenure. I am the founder and president
. for the Big Buck Hunting Club and
have served in that capacity for twenty five
years.
"Other leadership positions I have
held include serving on the Lumber
River Council of Governments. Cardinal
Health Agency Board. Precinct
Chair for both Pembroke Precincts.
UNCP Centennial Celebration Committee.
two terms on the State
Nominating Committee for the NC
League of Municipalities which selects
Officers for the State
Organization, Southeastern Development
Commission for two years.
"Currently I am serving as a Board
member on the Commerce and Technology
Center. Inc. Our plans are for
a Technology Park to be builtjust East
of Pembroke. When this park is developed,
it will help to provide more
hi-tech jobs for the county.
"As demonstrated above, this
shows that I have been and continue to
be involved in the economic, social,
health, political and educational aspects
of Robeson County. 1 desire to
put my experience and knowledge t*
work lor the l.umbee tribe. I made this
decision after much meditation an<^
encouragement from tribal members.
"On November 7 Lunibee voters
will elect a 23 member board, along
with a Chairman. Also on the ballot
will be the question: "do you want a
Constitution. Depending upon the response
of the voters, the body elected
will write a Constitution, or some
other form of governing document.
The body that is elected, along with
the chairman w ill be charged with the
responsibility of establishing a tribal
form of government. This is an important
responsibility. The writing of the
governing document will determine
The form of government, the procedures
for future elections and other
pertinent electoral questions. The
chairman will have no more authority
or power than is given to him by tribal
members. I believe I have the leadership
experience to help guide us in the
establishment of our tribal government.,
I want to be a part of this
historical movement.
"I have many friends and associates
on the state and national level that
1 believe could be very important to us
as we continue our fight for federal
recognition. This should remain our
main goal, federal recognition. 1 believe
that with the right leadership and
the proper circumstances federal recognition
can be achieved in a few
years.
"The Chairmanship of the Lumbee
Tribe is a very important position.
That person should present themselves
and the tribe in the very best light. It
should be a person who is concerned
with all Lumbees, no matter where
they reside. It is important to involve
all tribal members in the adoption of a
tribal document. We must listen to the
voice of the people, and have their
input into the creation of our tribal
governing document.
"1 humbly ask for your vote and
support on November 7,200.1 pledge
to work with all Lumbees."
Haliwa-Saponi Tribe
Plans Cultural Exchanae
The Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe,
Inc. celebration of Native American
History Month, will sponsora cultural
exchange at the I laliwa Indian School
in Hollister, NC on November 7,2000
from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. New
demonstrations and performances
have been added for the enjoyment of
students and teachers. School attending
will be ab e to see and participate
in the follow ing:
Native American dancing provided
by the Tribe's Red Earth Cultural
Dance T roupe;T ecumseh, a live 2,000
pound Buffalo; Demonstrations of
basket making, beadwork and stone
carving; face painting proved by tribal
members (cost is SI); storytelling/
legends by ! Richardson of the
Coharie Tr iecial pottery demonstration
' tor Lunch, Haliwa
Saponi (sei les of her work on
the Warre nty Arts Council
Website).
New at . i>ns include Hoop
Dance by Gn > reen; areal, live Eagle
(Beanza), and hagle facts buy John
Barkas (American Wildlife Refuge);
Native American Herbal Display by
Lori Fendell; a com grinding station.
In addition to all of the above,
teachers and students will be able to
interact with presenters and partici
pate in the dance part of the program.
Arts and crafts vendors will be set up
so that teachers and students may buy
souvenirs such a as turquoise jewelry,
pottery, beadwork, baskets, rugs, etc.
Teachers and students may bring lunch
or purchase lunch items (fry bread,
Indian tacos, hot dogs, etc.) from
Tribal food vendors. Most items cost
between $1-4.00.
The cost of this event is $5 per
person. This admission includes a
special "Make-It-Take-It" gift foreach
student. We allow one teacher/chaperone
free entry per ten students. Bus
drivers are admitted free.
Due to the timing of Spring Break,
we will not have a similar event before
our annual Pow wow in April, 2000.
Teachers should call to make reservations
at once (call Pat Richardson at
252- 586-4017. Checks should be sent
one week in advance of the event.
Make all checks payable to the HaliwaSaponi
Indian Tribe and send all
checks to the tribe at PO Box 99,
Hollister, NC 27844. Teachers should
specify which presentation they would
like to attend (9:30, 10:30 or 11:30).
There will only be 600 students for
each session.
This event is made possible, in
part, by the IMC Arts Council and the
Halifax Country Arts Council.
Political Consultant James
Carville To Visit UNC-Pembroke
Pembroke - Renowned political
consultant James Carville is making
a stop at The University of North
Carolina at Pembroke just in time for
elections.
The campaign manager, bestknown
for hoisting President Bill
Clinton to the top of the polls in 1992,
is speaking to the university Thursday,
Oct 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Givens
Performing Arts Center as part of the
UNCP Distinguished Speakers Series.
The cost is $5.
James Carville has managed more
political campaigns than anyone in
U.S. History, showing a knack for
steering overlooked campaigns to
unexpected landslides and remaking
political underdogs into winners.
Carville exposed the political vulnerability
of George Bush in 1991,
following the Gulf War. Having
wounded the sitting president,
Carville finished the job when he
guided William Jefferson Clinton to
the Presidency in 1992.
fn 1993, Carville was honored as
Campaign Manager of the Year by
the American Association of Political
Consultants for his leadership of
Clinton's Little Rock campaign headquarters,
dubbed the "War Room."
This role made him the focus, along
with George Stephanopoulos, of the
featured-length and Academy-Ward
nominated documentary, "The War
Room." In 1999, Carville led Ehud
Barak to victory in Israel, defeating
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhahu.
When not consulting, Carville
freelances as an author and
speechwriter. With his wife. Mary
Matalin, who was the deputy campaign
manager of George Bush's 1992
campaign, Carville wrote "All's Fair:
Love. War. and Running for President,
which peaked at No. 4 and
spent eight weeks on The New York
Times bestseller list. His second
book. "We're Right, They're Wrong:
A Handbook for Spirited Progressive,"
became a No. 1 bestseller.
Another book, "Stickin'," a book about
loyalty and defense of the President
was released in January of 2000.
Carville gives lectures about political
consulting at numerous colleges
and universities, including Harvard,
Princeton, Stanford and Yale.
He is founder of the international
consulting firm of Gould, Grecnberg,
Carville/NOP. The firm offers polling.
strategy and communication
advice to modernizing campaigns,
institutions and companies seeking
to succeed in a new era of change.
Carville is also a founding member
of GCS, a political and corporate
consulting firm in Israel.
Harding Receives Statewide Award
The Public Schools of Robeson County has received notification of the
selection of PSRC Superintendent Dr Rarrv Hardinjj as the outstanding
"Friend of the Arts Administrator" for the entire state for the 2000-2001
academic year. The North Carolina Art Education Association is honoring Dr.
Harding for his commitment to promoting high quality arts education. He is
being commended for not permitting arts teaching positions to be used for other
purposes, for his strong allocations of dollars for the purchase of equipment
and for new programs, for his consistent attendance at arts education performances
and exhibitions, and for his continued support of arts education as a
key factor in student achievement.
The North Carolina Art Education Association will make this award to Dr.
Harding at its annual conference in Charlotte on October 20. More than 1.000
teachers and administrators will be in attendance.
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Mclntyre Receives
Education Endorsement
Lumberton. NC- The nation's most
influential education organization has
endorsed U.S. Representative Mike
Mclntyre in his bid for re-election ti
the United States Congress.
The National Education Association
Fund for Children and Pubic
Education represents 4, 810 NF.A
member-educators who reside in the
Seventh Congressional District in
southeastern North Carolina.
In announcing the endorsement.
Bob Chase. Chairman of the NEA
Fund, stated that Rep.McIntrye is
receiving the educators' support because
of his positions that include"
strenghtening public education in
America, ensuring children's health
and safety, maximizing student learning
and respecting school employees."
Congressman Mclntyre, who is a
member of an education task force on
Capitol Hill, has been a volunteer in
the schools for the last nineteen years.
Shaping The Future OfNCICC
The North Carolina Indian Cultural
Center (NCICC) is truly a facility
for everyone to enjoy American Indian
history, culture, arts .crafts and
recreation. This will clearly be delineated
in our "Shaping the Future
of the NCICC" proposal to funding
constituents due to be submitted in
November 2000.
We are in the third month of our
ambitious" enterprise initiative" and
I am please to report the momentum
has been steadily building. The
NCICC Board of Directors knew
going in that we could not accomplish
our goals alone, and we have
said all along that we would need
more than just a local commitment.
Although that local commitment has
been proven over and again by local
Indian citizens. LRDA and others,
we need a commitment from all North
Carolina Indian Tribes and organizations,
including our lawmakers at
the State and Federal levels. That is
why we built into the initiative opportunities
for very localized
approaches in addressing the mission
of the Center, focusing not only
on Indian history . culture and recreation.
but youth development and
programs for our elderly. According
to Henry Ford and other well known
chief executive officers, "working
together breeds success."
The Center is continuing programs
for youth and elderly. On
Tuesday's,Native American dance
classes have resumed at the Center
for all ages. Participation is impressive
(30 in the first week and 40 in the
second .) Further, we are now offering
adult potter classes on Thursdays.
Gospel singing on Friday nights continues
ti be highly participatory. All
these activities arc conducted in the
Intra-Tribal Longhouse (Community
Building). Later this fall, we will be
working with 350 youth from Robeson
County's enterprise communities
to enhance their knowledge in culture
diversity, race . ethnicity,
language and social class. As they
pursue secondary and higher education.
these youths will be highly
knowledgeable in workforce diversity
as well as cultural competence
issues. We will also establish a "Golf
Academy" for about 50 of these
youths. We are working our partners.
the Council of Governments
and UNC Pembroke, in targeting
resources for conducting these programs.
The upcoming Lumbee Tribe's
Fall PowWow at the Center should
be a magnificent occasion. The
NCICC Board is delighted that LRDA
selected the Center for this event,
including the kickoff of Indian Heritage
Month. You will hear interesting
American Indian commentary during
this three-day event. Our annual
Wild Game Festival will be conducted
at the Center on November 15
-81. Many schools from the region
are scheduled to bring students.
Your financial support and ambassadorship
to the Center is greatly
appreciated. The Center is nonprofit
organization and your donation is
tax exempt. Thank you for what you
do now and in the future for the
Center. Please call (910) 521-2433
or FAX (910)5210394 for business
with the NCICC.
W
Economic Development Summit
Planned in Pembroke
RALEIGH-Leaders of Indian organizations,
government agencies,
business and non-profit foundations
will gather in Pembroke on Oct. 20
for an Indian Economic Development
Summit to promote strategies
for generating economic growth in
Indian communities across the state.
The leaders will discuss strategies
for the recruitment, establishment arret
growth of business and jobs in those
communities. The summit, to be held
at UNC-Pembroke. is being sponsored
by the university, Lumbee Bank and
the N.C.Commission of Indian Affairs.
"There is no more pressing need
in Indian Country than to secure
economic security for our
people."said Greg Richardson, the
commission's executive director. "We
will bring the best minds together to
continue our effort to extend prosperity
to all Indian communities".
In September 1999, the Commission
of Indian Affairs adopted a
resolution calling for a new publicprivate
partnership in economic development
to benefit Indians
throughout the state. The resolution
was part of a comprehensive strategic
plan, developed with funding from
the Z.Smith Reynolds Foundation.
The plan benefit of Indians, similar to
the way it has drawn on the public
sector the last 30 years.
The centerpiece of the economic
development strategy is the creation
of a statewide community development
corporation (CDC) that will serve
all
Indian communities with funding
assistance, technical assistance and
program development services. The
statewide CDC will generate resources
and provide a model for local
initia' es and strengthen accountabi
litfor Indian economic
development projects at the local
level.
CDC groundwork will be laid by
a task force identified following the
summit. The task force will function
under the Economic Development
Committee of the N.C. Commission
of Indian Affairs.
For more information about the
summit, contact Kim Hammonds
with the N.C. Commission of Indians
Affairs, (919)733-5998.
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The puhir is invited to the Ninth Annual Statewide AIDS Sunday F.vent
which will take on October 29,2000 at 3:30 P.M., at Second Missionary Baptist
Church, Located at 522 Wilmington Road, in Fayetteville. The year's Keynote
speaker is Rev. Eddie L. White, the Senior Pastor of the Mount Sinai Church
in Thomasville. North Carolina. AIDS Sunday is a large annual event which
brings together people of a diverse ethnic, racial, and spiritual backgrounds to
develop compassion for people with AIDS and educate North Carolinians
about the disease. This year's event will also feature testimonies from women
and children living with disease. For more information about this important
event, contact the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action at 910483-9177.
Robeson County Honor Guard hold
annua! Steak/Chicken Dinner & Gospel Sing
LUMBF.RTON-The Robeson County Honor Guard will hold its annual Steak/
Chicken Dinner & Gospel Sing fund-raiser October 21 from 4 p.m. - 10 p.m. at
Lumberton Senior High School. Food will be s rved from 4 - 6:45 p.m. with the
program and gospel sing from 6:45 p.m. - 10 m. Special guests include the
Pierce Family, Sycamore Singers. Liberty Trie ocklear Brothers & New Covenant.
Tickets are $25 per couple. $13 for ,t single. The tickets can be purchased
from any member of the Robeson County Honor Guard or call Edwin
Matchett at (910) 843-5040.
Native American Dance classes at NCICC
RF,D BANKS-Native American Dance classes at the North Carolina Indian
Cultural Center community building begins anew Tuesdays from 7 p.m. until 9
p.m. All ages are welcome, however, younger children must be accompanied
by an adult. For more information, contact N.C. Indian Cultural Center at (910)
521-2433.
Committee Members
Meeing for Class of 1966
"Pembroke Ijigh School Class of 1966 will meet at ShefTs Seafood
Restaurant on Nov. 3 and every first (I st) Friday night at 7:00 pm, for fun,
good food and family fellowship. All class members are encouraged to
attend. Call 521-0648, by each first Thursday, to make reservations and
the number of family members attending."
Thank you for helping us to make this gathering happen!
Committcc members for class of 1966.