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Congratulations to Cheer Xcel Junior Dynasty, who are now National Champions! On Sunday, the cheer leading team walked away as the 2023 UCA Allstar National Champions and your 2023 Triple Crown Champions! Triple Crown required them to win 3 national titles in one season. They won Cheer Sport Nationals, NCA Nationals, and UCA International All-Star Championship. Cheer Xcel Purple Reign won Cheersport NCA and earned silver at UCA. The teams have competed in Charlotte, Atlanta, Raleigh, Tennessee, Florida and Texas this season. The members of Cheer Xcel are based in Robeson County, with their headquarters in Lumberton. The 16 elite athletes' range in ages from 11 to 19-years-old. The Cheer Gym is owned by Darlene Bell Scott and her daughters, Coach Chyna Tramel and Coach Harlie Scott. The team members include Junior Dynasty: Coach - Chyna Tramel - Skylar Jones Jayliah Biddick Chloe Chavis Alyssa Oxendine Shelby Roach KayleeAnah Deal Javeanah Deal Janna Oxendine Breana Leland Helena Fuller Peyton Hunt Aniston Lowery Purple Reign: Coach - Chyna Tramel - Harlie Scott -Darlene Scott KayleeAnah Deal Adrianne Chavis Peyton Hunt Vanna Fuller Skylar Jones Jordyn Cross Javeanah Deal Madelyn Wilkins Breana Leland #xl4e #ucanationals #triplecrownchampions

You are invited to the District 5 Community Meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 3 pm at Smithtown Church of God at 3832 McGirt Rd., Maxton, NC. The event is hosted by Council members Wendy Moore and Carrington Locklear. The event will include information about Potential Land Purchase, Homeownership and Elder sites.

Congratulations to Lumbee Tribe Supreme Court Justice Eric Freeman, who was sworn in at the March 2023 Lumbee Tribal Council Business Meeting. Freeman was sworn in by Chief Judge Mark Brooks. Justice Freeman is from the Prospect Community.

Congratulations to the Purnell Swett High School students who recently participated in the NC Beta Club State Convention. The students were recognized and received a standing ovation at the March Lumbee Tribal Council Business Meeting. A number of the students won awards at the state competition. 25 students went to the convention. Amaya Bullard - Jewelry and Photography Karina Oxendine - Photography Benjamin Brewington - Black and White Drawing Jori Jones - Painting Chloe Hammends - Digital Art Grace Oxendine - Photography Alexis Lowry - Recyclable Art, Mixed Media and Riley Miller - Mixed Media Kabrina Oxendine, De'Avalon Jacobs, and Summer Locklear - 2D Design Dahlia- Locklear, Sierra Oxendine and Chloe Hammonds - 3D Design Samuel Hunt, Brayden Bryant and Brice Chavis - Engineering Anna Hunt - Performing Arts, Vocalist Lekiah Freeman, Madison Epps, Jori Jones, Alexis Lowry, Christian Lowery, Christiana Hammonds and Camree Cummings- Living Literature Student volunteers - Emma Brewington, Timothy Brewington, and Jalyn Locklear The following students also placed and earned a chance to compete at the National Beta Convention in June: Alexis Lowry - Mixed Media/ 4t place and Recyclable Art/5th place Amaya Bullard - Jewelry / 1st place - Champion Anna Hunt - Performing Arts, Solo, Duo Trio Vocalists / 1st place - Champion. Anna also earned a Golden Ticket meaning she will be a part of the Premier Performers at the National Convention. Anna is also Teen Miss Lumbee Ms. Olivia Bird-Deese introduced the students.

Thank you to N.C. Department of Administration Secretary Pamela Brewington Cashwell for visiting and sharing important information for our tribal communities at the March Lumbee Tribal Council Business meeting. Secretary Cashwell is Lumbee and Coharie. She discussed the area of the state government which her office of the Department of Administration oversees. She talked jobs, certifications and how her office could help with information to assist our tribal members to seek state contracts. She also discussed the digital divide in our communities, the importance of Native families for the foster care system and much more. Secretary Cashwell also heard from Tribal council members and Chairman Lowery about the impact of MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women or MMIP - Murdered, Missing, Indigenous People on our communities. Greg Richardson and his staff and board members of the NC Commission of Indian Affairs joined Secretary Cashwell at the Lumbee Tribal Council Meeting.

The Lumbee Tribe Cultural Center staff is busy this week getting the gardens ready for spring. On Monday, our staff planted potatoes, onions and cabbage in the Lumbee Tribe Spring Moon Garden Patch. They will be harvested in the spring and used to provide vegetables for the elders living in the Lumbee Tribe Elder sites. The potatoes should be ready in April and May. Our tribal staff also has plans to can or preserve some Chow Chow in jars from the cabbage to go along with the vegetables. Once these vegetables are harvested, the staff plans to plant corn, butterbeans, peas, squash, okra, cucumbers and watermelons for the summer for our elders.

Great story! "WELL DONE" to Dr. Ashley Minner Jones as she represents all Native Peoples' well, but especially her Lumbee Family as a guest contributor on CBS Saturday morning. The segment focused on Keep America Beautiful donating the rights of a well known 1970's environmental PSA to the National Congress of American Indians. Ashley is a community-based visual artist and Assistant Curator for History and Culture at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in D.C. She is also an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe. Click here to see the full segment https://youtu.be/PfH72-SziMA #representationmatters #tellyourstory #authenticrepresentation #LumbeePride

Congratulations to the participants in the February Cultural Workshop Series, who wrapped up their baskets on Monday night. The baskets were beautiful! Thank you to Mrs. Cindy Locklear for sharing of her knowledge. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves in the dance and drum workshop as well.

Congratulations to our very own Kathy Locklear for making the cover of the Native Learning Center Anniversary Poster. She recently participated in a training at Native Learning Center in Florida. The center assist American Indian Tribes with housing training. The center is celebrating its 15 year anniversary. Locklear has also conducted training at the center and shared about the Lumbee Tribe Housing Program. Kathy Locklear is the Lumbee Tribe's Financial Education/Housing Manager. So if you need assistance with buying a new home, give her a call today at 910.522.5479.