To
any and all people who can still take time to care.
There
are Indian people, in fact an entire Nation of people that are in need
of the help of "any and all people who care".
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Please take just a minute
to read this and at least famiarize yourself with the unjust treatment
these people are recieving from the government
. They are recognized by the State of
North Carolina so why is it that Washington cant recognize these people
as Lumbee Indians?
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The
following is a passage from my website
I dedicate this
website and weblink to my Lumbee Indian
wife Phyllis A. Peterson/Hunt-Birthplace Fairmont,N.C.
I think that it is time for Native American Indians from all across this
land to do what they can do to support the recognition of the Lumbee Indians
in their
quest to be given the rights that all other Natives are receiving from
the federal government. They have suffered in more ways than just
the loss of their land. Their heritage was taken away from them.
They did not choose to be forgotten. They choose not to forget who they
are and continue their fight to be recognized and they are a proud people
that are Indian and choose to remain so. They nor their elders should be
left in this state. Should all Native
Americans combine their support and lend it to the Lumbee Indians on their
hard fought journey to be given full recognition and benefits by our federal
government. Haven't they been hurt long enough, I ask? Talk about endangered
species... they will not allow themselves to disappear. Now, I am not a
spokesman for them nor am I a lawyer or politician but I am a person that
believes
that there time has come to be a whole part of the Indian community of
these united states. The Lumbees are not wannabees. There is proud Native
American blood flowing thru their veins and hearts. They are as much an
Indian as the Cherokees, Navajo, Apache,Huron, Lakota, Cheyenne,
Soiux,Choctaw,Iroquois,Chickasaw,Lenape,Ute,Shoshone,Cree,must I go on?
I recently read about the Illiniwek Nation. These tribes of Native
American
Indians numbered over 20,000 in the late Seventeenth Century. Nowhere now
does a single full-blood Illinois Indian exist. Your Lumbee brothers and
sisters need your help! Just as the great chiefs fought together
for their people to preserve their heritage and land in the Battle of the
Greasy Grass ("Custer's Last Stand" to others), I urge the Chiefs of today
to join together along with all their people and help your brothers and
sisters of the Lumbee Tribe to gain back their equality with Native Americans
throughout the land. Please contact the Lumbee Indians and please HELP!
Maybe there are leaders amongst the many Indian Nations,Tribes, Bands,etc.
that could rally for their own March to show what they believe in. Whom
are willing to come together and show the Spirit of what the REAL Americans
are about in celebration of their great great heritage. A POW WOW but one
of such magnitude never seen before! A march of celebration...Not a "Trail
of Tears". This land has seen one too many of them. Stand up and be counted!
If this ever comes to be during my lifetime, I and my Lumbee wife and Son
will be there to lend our support, I promise. This land is your land...
your home...your legacy!!!
Not long ago here in Philadelphia I saw the coming together of almost one
million African American women marching for their cause. I was personally
part of the millions that fought against the Agent Orange issue which I
was affected by. I do know that if all band together and bring this issue
of the Lumbee Indians to the forefront then you will force the government
to giving these proud Lumbee people....your brothers and sisters the full
recognition that they are rightfully due. Let the Congressmen, Senators,
and the President know that the Native American Indians can show great
strength and pride. Do not foresake these Lumbee people. What would
your elders have done if faced with this issue...? Who are the present
day Chiefs?? Which of them cares enough?? It is for them to decide!!Full
Blooded aren't the only Indians...there are many Half- Breeded whom are
INDIANS also!
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You can learn still more about the Lumbee Indians
by visiting their Homepage. Click Here
Or contact:
Mr. James Hardin
Lumbee Regional Development Assoc. Inc.
P.O. Box 68
Pembroke, N.C. 28372
(910)521-8602
If you should want to contact them to let them know
your opinion, here is a list of the North Carolina State Senators.
