Pr vious I
b c fired b us th y
minimally enforced, . d Diane
Yupe, a S hOD Bannock an­
thropologist.
Yupe id hertri I
have disappeared
its culture.
"TIlE E too many
luxuri , too many ocietal influ­
ences affecting Indian ," she
said. "We can never exist in the
old ays. In that case, it' impor­
tant to maintain and p erve
our culture within ourselves to
know who we are."
It could mean the return of
millions of American Indian ar­
tif ct I human remains and
ceremonial items.
Virtually every tribe in the
country has been affected by
. grave looting _ imates range
from 150,000 to 2 million dis­
turbed gra , according to the
By TODD BURROUGHS
(Part I of IV)
Some point out that he
was many things to many
people: a traditional
American patriot; a fiery
racial demagogue, an irre-
ponsible philanderer, and
a tireless public servant.
For African Americans,
it w clear who the late
, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
(1908-1972) was, and what
he wasn't. Powell is most
remembered by Blacks for
his militan stance on Be­
curing rights for hi people,
whether in the streets of
his beloved Harlem or in
the halls of Congress.
But, the man who served
as the representative of
"the capital of Black Amer­
ica" in the House of Repre­
sentative is not better
rem m red by Blacks -
by the Black Press - for
one of hi greatest contri­
butions. It was a weekly
Harlem tabloid, called The
People's Voice.
Granted, the n wsp per
didn't survive a full decade.
It was born in 19.12 during
the throes of World War II
and di d about five years
later. But, it is n outstanding
example of what Black journal­
ism did accomplish during the
1940s.
hav
arti­
to their rightful pla . But
they fear the effect of th I on
cientific tudy, id Richard
Holmer, ISU anthropo ogy d
partment chairman.
Admittedly, gra robbing is
wrong, b said, but th I of
Indian bon would riou Iy
hamper reb t tim when
it i leaping ahead.
, Through genetics and carbon
dating, scientists can tell their
sex, foods they ate and where
they originated.
"That kind of information
could benefit all mankind," Hol­
mer said. "But if there are no
bones to study, what good will
the technology be?"
Scientists and tribes will have
to compromise, suggests Skip'
Lohse, curator of the ISU mu­
seum's anthropology section.
s
w
,
women to meet
Annie M. Daniels of St.
James Bapti t Church will host
the February 21st meetingofthe
Busines and Professional
Women of the Wolverine State
Baptist Convention at 6:30 p.m.
Vernice �ark is chairperson;
Gloria Morris is correspondent
secretary and Dr. Essie Bailey is
president of the State Women's
Auxiliary. '
o
e oe
a
POWELL, HE A young
Harl m community a ivist nd
assis nt pastor at his father'
Aby inian Baptist Church, got
his first taste Of journalism in
1935 That w when The New
York P t (th n cru ding lib­
eral voi ) ked him to wri e
seri of eomm ntari for th
newsp raft r b Ilion took
place in Harl m that summer.
Th following pring, he b -
cam a contrib ting column'
to Th N w York Amsterdam
N ws, a H rlem Black weekly.
Powell' commentary, call d
"Th 0 p x." furth r t -
his
s rv as
or-in-chi .
ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR.
open Communists or sympathiz­
ers) led to its monitoring by the
Federal Bureau of Investiga­
tion.
Powell unquestionably used
the Voice to further his political
ambitions. But his brand of edi­
torializing was needed to arouse
a community that had never had
its concerns addressed through
the political process, or placed
on the national a nda.
Using his brand of ial ac-
tivism and his new paper, Pow­
ell solved both th e problems
for Harlem. His example of jour­
nalistic cru ding n to be
looked at gain.
Todd 8urroug�, who has recently
completed tudi Ii r a master's degree in
tb: ollel.Je of Journal, m, Uniu rsuy o]
Maryland at oll 'g Par • uxsuld I,k to
publicly thank • �t leur Bourne of n k
lyn. and Marv I Coo of llarlem-:-- two
form r P 'Pi ' Vo eduon for allo
'n/.! him to tnt rut w Own ubi ut The
People'. VOl
d
OBITUARY
C AGPRA could brin our
pl om," id. t
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iter -in-law:
Arlington, VA;
Mabel Jon, t St. Louis, IL;
Martha Gladn y, Memphi ,and
Robbie McCoy, Detroit, MI; two
brother -in-Iaw : Booker T.
Smith, East St. Loui; nd
Johni W. Smith, Los An I ,
CA; grandchildren, great-grand­
children, ni ,nephews, piri­
tual children and other relati
and friends.
Swan on funeral directors
were in charge with intennent
at Mt. Hope, Cemetery, Livonia,
MI.
M·nisters pr
store for - g ..........
tor Ken Sehested wrote " .. the
easy availability of handguns
dramatically increases the po­
tential for destruction. There are
over 270,000 registered gun
dealers in the U.S., more gun
dealers than we have gas sta­
tions. Your company's decision is
a step in the right direction."
A copy of the 1 ter w . also
sept to K-Mart Corporation urg­
ing his company to follow suit.
According to North America Fel­
lowship, the two companies are
believed to be the largest sellers
of firearms in the U nited States.
oeived elevation to doctor of di­
vinity.
R v. Smith' urvivo in-
clude her husb nd, Rev. Chari
L. Smith; two on: Albert
W ms, Chicago and Samuel
Earl Smith; one daughter: Er­
n tine Montgomery, both of
Detroit; two i ters: Blanche
Mitchell and Leola Stephenson,
both of Columbus, MS; th
brother : Abraham Nance,
Maryland; Leroy Nance, Ar­
lington, VA, and Walter Nanoe
Jr., Washington, D. C.
Also, two daughters-in-laws:
Jacqueline Smith; and Georgia
MEMPHIS - A group which
includes members of 12 Baptist
conventions has praised the
Wal-Mart Corporation for its de­
cision to stop selling handguns
in its stores.
The Baptist Fellowship of
North America, founded in 1984,
as a network linking Baptists
involved in j tice nd peace i -
sues and based in Memphis,
. wrote Wal-Mart's president and
has urged Baptists to send let­
ters to Wal-Mart's president.
Baptist Peace Fellowship of
North America executive direc-
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By ROBBIE CRU P- cCOY
Sm'" to the Ich'lI!n Cltlan
Rev. Dr. Dorothy Smith w
funeralized turday, Jan. 26 at
th Bibleway Temple for Better
Living Church with Rev. Char­
I B. Ransom, tor, officiat­
ing.
Rev. Dr. Smith w a motiva­
tor for youth and brought them
into her home to. ught and
spiritually cultured. She wa
trickened at her home late
January 2S and was dead on ar- .
rival at Ford Hospital.
She was the eo-founder of He­
bron Temple Church with her
husband, Rev. CharI L. Smith,
and served in that capacity since
1964. One of the youth she coun­
selled and helped on the way has
been a musician at Hebron
Church for 15 years, Emanuel
Johnson, who has appeared in
Hollywood and abroad.
Rev. Dr. Smith was born in
Columbus, MS, moved to East
St. Louis, IL 56 years ago. After
the death of her first husband,
Willie Weems, she met and mar­
ried Smith.
A RETIRED BEAUTI-
• C , . Dr. mi h n her
spiritual studies under Dr. Gar­
rison at St. Eleanor's Temple,
and she was ordained in 1964
into the ministry by the Colored
National Spiritual Organization
of America. In 1982, she re-
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