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Kay Littleturtle delivers a stirring honor song during the tribe’s veteran’s memorial program Wednesday. About 120 people attended the program, featuring guest speaker Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Kay Littleturtle delivers a stirring honor song during the tribe’s veteran’s memorial program Wednesday. About 120 people attended the program, featuring guest speaker Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

Byron Jones, commander of the Pembroke VFW post, presents a $1,000 check as a donation to the new Indian memorial to Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Over was the guest speaker at a program the tribe hosted Wednesday at the Boys and Girls Club to discuss the new veteran’s monument. About 120 people, mostly veterans, attended the program.

Larry Townsend, the Rev. Gary Deese, and Furnie Lambert of the Lumbee Warriors Association pinned a Lumbee Warrior’s pin on Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. Gover was the guest speaker at a program Wednesday the tribe hosted at the Boys and Girls Club about the new Indian veteran’s memorial scheduled to be built in Washington D.C. in three years. About 120 people attended the program.

Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., presents Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin with the book “Warriors in uniform” after a program to announce the new Indian veteran’s memorial in our nation’s capital. Over was the guest speaker. About 120 people attended the program at the tribe’s Boys and Girls Club.

Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., with Lumbee World War II veteran Jesse Oxendine. He served in Europe in the war and helped to liberate Nazi concentration camps near the end of the war. A friend of Gover’ s served with Oxendine during the war. Gover was the guest speaker for a program the tribe hosted Wednesday about the new Indian veteran’s memorial in Washington D.C. About 120 people attended the program, featuring a 45-minute question and answer session.

Coharie Tribal Chief Gene Jacobs with 94-year-old World War II veteran, the Rev. W.L. Ammon, and Tribal Councilman Alex Brewington. The Coharie tribal members were among a crowd of about 120 people to attend a program the Lumbee Tribe hosted Wednesday about the new Indian veterans monument in Washington D.C. The program featured guest speaker Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

Lumbee Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin with Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C., and Coharie Tribal Chief Gene Jacobs of Clinton, N.C. Gover was the guest speaker for the Lumbee Tribe’s veteran’s memorial program Wednesday. He told the crowd the major project will take about three years to complete and will cost about $15 million. About 120 people attended the program. Many asked Gover for specifics about the project during a 45-minute question and answer session. There was much enthusiasm over the proposed monument to honor Indian veterans.

Two great articles: http://wbtw.com/2016/05/18/lumbee-community-offers-input-for-national-veterans-memorial/ http://robesonian.com/news/87870/indian-vets-get-memorial-input

Everyone is invited to come out tomorrow for our National Native American Veterans Memorial program at the Lumbee Tribe’s Boys and Girls Club from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The guest speaker will be Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. Congress has authorized the museum to create a memorial to honor the service of Native Americans who have served in the Armed forces. Please call James Locklear at (910) 536-3918 or Anne Priest at (910) 521-0549 for more information.

Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin congratulated these two talented, intelligent Lumbee sisters from Greensboro. At left is Elena Jacobs Polanco, a rising sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill, and Brianna Jacobs Polanco, a recent graduate of UNC Greensboro who will be a graduate student at UNC Pembroke in the spring. The tribal chairman encouraged the women to continue to do well in their studies and he congratulated them for representing Indian people so well, not only in Robeson County but all over the world. “We have some talented young people,” Godwin said. “It’s so refreshing to see them involved with their culture, learning their history and honoring their heritage. I commend these two young ladies here. We have a bright generation coming up behind us.”

New school and old school meet at the Tuscarora powwow on Saturday as young drummer/singer Kaya Littleturtle chats it up with Bobby “Chicken” Williamson minutes before grand entry. Littleturtle is with the drum group “Warpaint,” one of the featured drummers at the weekend powwow. Williamson, a veteran from Rennert, was one of the color bearers for grand entry. Littleturtle said it is always an honor to learn from his elders on the powwow circuit. Williamson said he enjoys sharing Indian culture and heritage with the younger generation and commended Littleturtle for his knowledge at such a young age. Thanks for all you guys do to educate our people.