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CHERAW ACRES
"OPEN HOUSE"
The Lumbee Tribe Homeownership Department will be hosting an open house in Hoke County at the Cheraw Acres subdivision on Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. until noon.
Within the next two years the Homeownership Department will be building 14 homes in the subdivision. The development is located near Hawkeye Elementary, a traditional Indian school, and the Hawkeye Lumbee Boys & Girls Club.
Cheraw Acres was established in 2005 to expand the availability of affordable housing in the county. Whereas, in 2004 a report conducted by North Carolina’s Rural Prosperity Task Force stated that affordable housing for families living and working in rural counties was a critical need due to 2,775 of low-income renter and owner households in Hoke County paid more than 30% of income for housing.
Housing staff will be on site to assist any individuals that may have questions or concerns about taking advantage of this quality housing opportunity. For more information on Tribal Housing programs please contact, Heather Oxendine at (910) 522-5478.
Watch Some Interviews Done with Cheraw Acres Residents
Lumbee Celebrate Veterans at Stand Down
(November 2009) Veterans from across the tribal territory were recognized for their services Saturday, November 7, 2009 during the 2009 Veterans Stand Down event at Pembroke Middle School.
“I was in Vietnam in 1968 and I was standing in the halls at the VA hospital in the year of 2000— this lady came up to me and said ‘welcome home,’ that was the first time, as a Vietnam Veteran, anyone had even said thank you. At that time I had kind of realized we had put our veterans to the side,” recollected Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins(below right). The Stand Down is a grass roots, community based intervention program designed to help the nation’s veterans. Including those approximately 400,000 who are homeless, regardless of race, ethnicity, heritage, or sex. “We want to give you the honor and respect that you truly deserve. And it doesn’t matter to us what color you are, a veteran is a veteran. Thank God for the American Veteran,” concluded Chairman Goins. COMPLETE STORY
"Lumbee Trail Singers" flirt with stardom at Buckhead Powwow
Chris Clark, Neika Leviner, Brandon Locklear, Chadon Locklear, Ethen Locklear, Noa Locklear, O'Brien Locklear and Yona Locklear made their first unplanned official appearance as Lumbee Trail when they performed in the non-competitive category of tiny tots at the Buckhead Powwow on October 16-17, 2009.
The group ranges from 5-year-olds to 10-year-olds and they are all apart of the Pembroke Lumbee Boys & Girls Club. Lumbee Trail also had the opportunity to perform on the Graham Dolce Fiberglass float in the parade during the weekend of festivities. Watch as they pour their hearts into singing around the drum and beam with pride while representing their Lumbee people. MORE LUMBEE NEWS
"Movin on Up" at Red Hill
Friday, October 23, 2009 the Lumbee Tribe had a ribbon cutting and blessing ceremony for the new administrative building at Red Hill apartments in Maxton, NC.
“We look forward to using this building for what it’s for, so the residents can come and won’t have to be outside anymore; now they have a building they can use and when people ride by they will know this is ours,” commented Site Housing Manager Jimmy Hunt. “Hopefully the next thing we can do is find some playground equipment for the kids,” expressed Tribal District 5 Counselor Kernice Locklear.
Tribe works to invest locally
The Lumbee Tribe recently joined the contractor and sub-contractors who are working on the Tribal Housing Complex located on Hwy 711. The tribe is proud to announce that the subcontractors are local companies and employees.
“I am extremely proud to see, every time I visit this site, that local people are out here working,” states Chairman Jimmy Goins. ”It’s about keeping our workers employed, so people can put food on the table, or pay the light bill and mortgage, and keeping these jobs local is an investment in ourselves and our communities,” further states Chairman Jimmy Goins.
While keeping the jobs local is a priority,Chairman Jimmy Goins says he knows many of our contractors are just working to pay bills, and not a profit, because our local contractors have consistently given the Tribe the most responsible bid. “I want the membership, and our friends to know that when we release these jobs under public notices for bids, we get responses all the way from California; companies looking for work,” says Chairman Jimmy Goins.
Chairman Jimmy Goins also told the crowd in attendance, that he believed having locals on the job, meant the employees and the company would take greater pride in the tribal projects, because it’s for our community. The communities we all share. “I have heard many of our subcontractors express gratitude for the opportunity not only to work here at home, and not two hours away,” said Chairman Jimmy Goins, “but also express appreciation for working on this particular project, the Tribal Housing Complex.”
According to the general contractor the project has provided employment approximately 220 people and 20 local subcontractors. “A number of those subcontractors have used dozens of people to complete the work,” said Metcon project manager Samantha Locklear. “It took about 55 people just to put up all the sheetrock in this building.”
ELECTION RESULTS
Unofficial tally shows Swett new chairman of Lumbee Tribe
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
If you have seen Kent Jacobs, contact:
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at (910) 323-1500
or (toll free) Cue Center for MISSING PERSONS at (877) 838-7852
or Crimestoppers at (910) 483-TIPS
Call for Artists
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina requests Lumbee artists to submit works for consideration for the annual federal recognition print. The Federal Recognition Committee of the Tribal Council of the Lumbee Tribe produces a print each year that is reproduced and sold with proceeds going to help defray the cost of federal recognition activities.
COMPLETE STORY & MORE INFORMATION
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Heritage Group Tribal Elder’s Travel to DC for Obama Administration
From Monday, September 28, 2009 Tribal Elders from each Heritage group traveled to Washington, DC and gifted the Obama administration with a pinecone patchwork quilt in which each group came together to make. “Each group has their own way of designing the pinecone patchwork,” stated Americorp VISTA Volunteer Amanda Strickland, “because of that they decided each group would quilt together a piece unique to their group making one big quilt, so when you look at it no two pieces are alike.” On Wednesday, September 30, 2009 the Elders presented their gift to Congressman Mike McIntyre and a member of Obama’s staff. COMPLETE STORY
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Tribe receives $5 million funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is proud to announce that the professional development team of Tammy Maynor, Interim Tribal Administrator of the Lumbee Tribe, and Mitchell "Bosco" Locklear, Tribal Housing Director, received $5 million in competitive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for a Low Income Housing Tax Credits worth $7.5 million project.
The tax credits will be used to build 50 new homes that will be leased to qualified households that can not afford a traditional mortgage. This leadership team of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, under the guidance of Tribal Chairman Jimmy Goins, has landed over $13.7 million in federal stimulus money to the southeastern region of North Carolina, with more than $9.7 million in competitive grant funding, and another $3.8 million in private funding for a major capital construction project, bringing in a total surpassing $16 million in construction projects over the last quarter.
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