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From: HARRY LOCKLEAR 01/10/2004
Date: 10 Jan 2004
Time: 13:46:57 -0500
Remote Name: 66.83.235.54
HI THERE........NICE TO KNOW I AM NOT JUST WRITING FOR MYSELF. ALSO, IT IS NICE TO ELICIT SOME FORM OF RESPONSE, EVEN IT IS CRITICISM! THAT, TOO, IS OKAY. AT LEAST YOU HAVE AN OPINION. BUT PLEASE ALLOW ME TO ASK YOU A QUESTION....HAVE YOU TRAVELED TO PEMBROKE AND MET DOCTOR WOODS? HAVE YOU EVEN BOTHERED TO SPEAK WITH HER, LOOK INTO HER EYES, AND TRY TO ASCERTAIN JUST WHERE SHE IS COMING FROM, AND WHAT HER MOTIVES REALLY ARE? DO YOU KNOW DR. WOODS? DO YOU KNOW WHOM HER PARENTS WERE? DR. WOOD'S PARENTS LEFT A LEGACY IN ROBESON COUNTY THAT IS ALMOST UNEQUALED! IT IS NOT THE MONEY, FAME, FORTUNE, APPLAUSE AND ACCOLADES DOCTOR WOODS IS WORKING FOR. FAR FROM IT. DOCTOR WOODS IS WORKING ON HER OWN LEGACY, A LEGACY OF HONOR, DECENCY, CHRISTIAN LOVE, AND THE LUMBEE INDIAN TRAITS OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY! SHE IS TRYING TO LEAVE SOMETHING HERE ON THIS EARTH, EQUAL TO OR MAYBE EVEN GREATER THAN HER MOTHER AND FATHER'S CONTRIBUTIONS, WHICH, BELIEVE ME, WERE CONSIDERABLE! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. WE DO NEED LEADERS, AND WE DO NEED US ALL, EVEN US "OUT OF AREA" LUMBEE FOLKS TO BECOME INVOLVED. DO YOU CARE? REALLY? THEN GET INVOLVED. GO MEET DOCTOR WOODS, AND IF YOU STILL DO NOT LIKE HER, OR AGREE, THEN FIND SOMEONE ELSE TO FOLLOW. BUT, JUST GET INVOLVED. THE ONLY WAY IT WILL GET BETTER, GET A JUST ACCOUNTING FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE IS IF PEOPLE LIKE US, ALL OF US, GET INVOLVED! RAISED VOICES, CALLING FOR A FAIR ACCOUNTING FOR ALL LUMBEE PEOPLE. SO, DO YOU REALLY CARE? OR IS IT EASIER TO CRITICIZE GOOD PEOPLE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW? PLEASE, DON'T BE ANGRY WITH ME! BEING A LUMBEE, AND HAVING AN OPINION, I FEEL I AM ENTITLED TO AT LEAST ASK THE QUESTIONS! WE ALL WANT A FAIR ACCOUNTING OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR TRIBE. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IT IS NOT AS IT SHOULD BE, AND MAYBE EVEN GETTING WORSE! I DO NOT REALLY KNOW, ANY MORE THAN YOU DO, BUT DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD FIND OUT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH WANTING ANSWERS? WE ALL HAVE A RIGHT TO THE ANSWERS. THAT IS ALL DOCTOR WOODS IS ASKING FOR. ELECTIONS COME, AND ELECTIONS GO. WE WILL WIN NEXT TIME. RIGHT NOW, WE JUST WANT OPENNESS AND FAIRNESS. IT IS NOT ONLY NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR, WE ARE GOING TO DEMAND IT! YOU SHOULD TOO! YEAH, I LIVED IN CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND SOUTH CAROLINA. LEARNED TO GET ALONG IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD REALLY WELL AND SUCCESSFULLY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME FOR GOOD, SOMEDAY, AND LIVE IN PRIDE, AND PEACE, IN THE LUMBEE WORLD. YOU GONNA HELP ME ACCOMPLISH THAT? AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE SOMEDAY, YOU WILL WANT THE SAME THING! AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN BY JUST DREAMING ABOUT IT! GET INVOLVED! DISAGREE WITH ME IF YOU WANT! BUT DEEP DOWN INSIDE, I THINK YOU AND I DO NOT DISAGREE ON SO VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT ULTIMATELY, WE BOTH WANT THE SAME THINGS! IF WE GET THEM, DOESN'T MATTER IF WE AGREED! HARRY LOCKLEAR