WEBVTT 00:00.233 --> 00:09.333 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:09.333 --> 00:15.600 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5% ♪ 00:18.000 --> 00:21.300 align:left position:10% line:59% size:80% >> Hi, and welcome to this edition of "Connections." I'm P.A. Bennett. 00:21.300 --> 00:24.900 align:left position:10% line:59% size:80% They were here before many of our ancestors, and they remain. 00:24.900 --> 00:27.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Still, who they are as a people is shrouded in misconception 00:27.833 --> 00:29.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and misunderstanding. 00:29.833 --> 00:32.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The only image most of us have of the Native American 00:32.966 --> 00:34.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is that of the warrior savage 00:34.800 --> 00:38.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we've seen depicted in old TV and movie Westerns. 00:38.700 --> 00:41.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There are thousands of Native Americans in South Carolina. 00:41.633 --> 00:44.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Many of them proudly claim membership 00:44.166 --> 00:47.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in a particular tribal group. 00:47.166 --> 00:49.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> We're not exactly White. 00:49.333 --> 00:50.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're not exactly Black. 00:50.700 --> 00:52.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're somewhere in between. 00:52.366 --> 00:53.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Okay, now, the termother 00:53.700 --> 00:55.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% kind of bothers me tremendously, 00:55.133 --> 00:57.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% okay, because we're notother. 00:57.333 --> 01:01.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Other would be like an alien. 01:01.266 --> 01:04.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're just a unique, individual people, 01:04.966 --> 01:07.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and most everyone here around us, 01:07.100 --> 01:09.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% they'll tell you the same thing in honesty. 01:09.366 --> 01:12.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We beat to a different drummer. 01:12.966 --> 01:17.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I'm Keith "Little Bear" Brown, Catawba Indian Nation. 01:17.700 --> 01:19.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I'm Chief Anthony Davidson. 01:19.433 --> 01:21.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I'm from Ridgeville, South Carolina. 01:21.900 --> 01:25.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% My tribe is Edisto Natchez-Kusso. 01:25.966 --> 01:28.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I'm Chief Jan Lewindowsky. 01:28.633 --> 01:32.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% We're from the Sumter area. 01:32.633 --> 01:37.866 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Our tribe is the Sumter Cheraw Indians. 01:37.866 --> 01:39.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I am Louis Chavis. 01:39.533 --> 01:42.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I am the chief of the state-recognized Beaver Creek Indians. 01:42.966 --> 01:46.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I am with the Edisto Indian Tribe 01:46.466 --> 01:49.100 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% from Ridgeville, South Carolina. 01:49.100 --> 01:53.400 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% >> P.A.: Native Americans from throughout the region came together for this powwow. 01:53.400 --> 01:56.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's an event that serves many purposes. 01:56.400 --> 01:58.033 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> It's a celebration. 01:58.033 --> 02:00.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% It's a time to get together and just enjoy being together 02:00.900 --> 02:02.000 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% with one another. 02:02.000 --> 02:04.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% You make a lot of friends. You see old friends. 02:04.700 --> 02:06.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You get to talk about 02:06.600 --> 02:07.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% what's going on 02:07.700 --> 02:10.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in our individual communities. 02:10.300 --> 02:12.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A powwow is a celebration. 02:12.133 --> 02:15.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It has some spiritual qualities too. 02:15.633 --> 02:17.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You noticed the smudging, 02:17.066 --> 02:19.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the purification of the circle. 02:19.500 --> 02:21.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% When you enter the sacred circle, 02:21.066 --> 02:22.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that is a reverence 02:22.233 --> 02:24.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that you must adhere to. 02:24.700 --> 02:26.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It is like a form of worship. 02:26.400 --> 02:29.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Davidson: A powwow is like a homecoming. 02:29.433 --> 02:32.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We come together to see one another we ain't seen 02:32.366 --> 02:36.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in months or years, to celebrate our culture together, 02:36.433 --> 02:38.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and share it with the public. 02:38.133 --> 02:39.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We can come dance and laugh. 02:39.700 --> 02:40.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You'll see after awhile 02:40.866 --> 02:41.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% they'll probably have 02:41.633 --> 02:42.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a friendship dance maybe, 02:42.766 --> 02:44.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we'll dance close to one another, 02:44.466 --> 02:45.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and some of these young people 02:45.733 --> 02:47.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% will pass one another. 02:47.000 --> 02:48.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% A boy and a girl will pass one another 02:48.833 --> 02:50.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% for the first time and meet. 02:50.433 --> 02:51.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And once they meet, 02:51.933 --> 02:53.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% they may start dating. 02:53.400 --> 02:56.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% That might be another relationship come together. 02:56.400 --> 02:59.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But a powwow is just a big homecoming for us, 02:59.200 --> 03:01.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but to share our culture with the public. 03:01.800 --> 03:04.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% >> P.A.: You've met many of the chiefs that attended this powwow. 03:04.933 --> 03:07.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Chiefs have a really big job. 03:07.866 --> 03:10.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> It's like being the mayor of a small town, 03:10.266 --> 03:11.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% except we have to worry about 03:11.533 --> 03:12.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who's got electricity and who don't, 03:12.833 --> 03:15.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and who has food and who don't, 03:15.333 --> 03:18.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who gets an education and who don't, that sort of stuff. 03:18.833 --> 03:19.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And we don't get paid. 03:19.933 --> 03:21.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% None of the chiefs I know of, except the Catawbas, 03:21.666 --> 03:23.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in this state get paid for what they do, 03:23.566 --> 03:25.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and they usually buy their own gas, 03:25.333 --> 03:28.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% pay their own motel bills and all that when they go someplace. 03:28.333 --> 03:30.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's no authority, 03:30.100 --> 03:32.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but a lot of responsibility. 03:32.366 --> 03:35.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: And another big challenge that chiefs often lead 03:35.133 --> 03:36.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is gaining official recognition 03:36.400 --> 03:39.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as an Indian tribe. 03:39.333 --> 03:40.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> In South Carolina, 03:40.833 --> 03:43.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I've been asked many times why Indians want to be recognized, 03:43.233 --> 03:45.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% why they want to stand apart. 03:45.233 --> 03:47.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But it's not that we want to stand apart. 03:47.200 --> 03:48.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's that we cannot enjoy 03:48.266 --> 03:50.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the rights of common people 03:50.600 --> 03:52.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and American citizens 03:52.466 --> 03:53.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% without having recognition. 03:53.833 --> 03:55.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% For example, a lot of my people 03:55.733 --> 03:57.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% like to have a hawk feather 03:57.033 --> 03:59.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or an eagle feather to bury with their dead. 03:59.633 --> 04:00.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's an ancient and traditional 04:00.833 --> 04:03.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Indian religious rite. 04:03.866 --> 04:05.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Can't do it in this state. 04:05.366 --> 04:08.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Can't do it unless you're federally recognized, 04:08.166 --> 04:09.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which puts the federal government in charge 04:09.666 --> 04:11.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of religious freedoms, 04:11.000 --> 04:13.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is against the Constitution in this country. 04:13.600 --> 04:15.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, you know, we've got to fight these issues, 04:15.533 --> 04:18.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the only way to do it is to get folks, ETV, 04:18.100 --> 04:20.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and other chiefs together 04:20.300 --> 04:21.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and make an issue and fight, 04:21.966 --> 04:24.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and that's what we do. 04:24.033 --> 04:26.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Davidson: You got kids could go to college. 04:26.733 --> 04:28.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We would have better homes. 04:28.633 --> 04:31.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Somehow people live in low-poverty homes. 04:31.700 --> 04:34.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I went in a girl's house just the other day, 04:34.233 --> 04:35.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and she's standing at the sink, 04:35.700 --> 04:37.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and she could fall through her floor. 04:37.666 --> 04:40.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I got to go in there and try to repair that for her, 04:40.266 --> 04:41.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because she's up there in age. 04:41.900 --> 04:44.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I got one lady, her house was condemned. 04:44.833 --> 04:47.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% She was raising her grandkids there. 04:47.333 --> 04:48.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But if we get federally recognized, 04:48.633 --> 04:51.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% there's funds that you can help tap in to help 04:51.300 --> 04:54.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% get them in decent homes. 04:54.000 --> 04:55.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It was in the '90s, 04:55.333 --> 04:58.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% like '96, '98, when my uncle 04:58.466 --> 05:01.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% had his bathroom put in. 05:01.166 --> 05:02.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You see what I'm sayin'? 05:02.266 --> 05:05.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Indian people always was in low poverty 05:05.166 --> 05:07.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and always treated bad, 05:07.033 --> 05:09.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% like we had some kind of bad disease kicking off 05:09.033 --> 05:11.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from us or something. 05:11.166 --> 05:13.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I remember when the schools, 05:13.100 --> 05:16.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% when the Black and the Indian had to march to get in schools. 05:16.566 --> 05:19.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I was one of the children that helped march to get in school 05:19.566 --> 05:23.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in Ridgeville, South Carolina. 05:23.333 --> 05:24.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We got in school, 05:24.466 --> 05:27.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the teachers taught the Black kids. 05:27.000 --> 05:28.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% They didn't teach us like 05:28.000 --> 05:29.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% we were supposed to get taught, 05:29.933 --> 05:31.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and I know why now, 05:31.433 --> 05:33.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in the position I'm in. 05:33.400 --> 05:35.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% If we were to get the education we needed, 05:35.333 --> 05:37.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% right now we'd have had lawyers and judges 05:37.000 --> 05:39.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in the position. 05:39.133 --> 05:41.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We could have easy did research and proved the point 05:41.766 --> 05:44.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that we were Indian people. 05:44.166 --> 05:46.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Native Americans throughout the country 05:46.033 --> 05:50.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and here in South Carolina deal with several critical concerns, 05:50.533 --> 05:54.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% including health and education issues. 05:54.400 --> 05:55.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> The Indian dropout rate 05:55.533 --> 05:57.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is almost five times as high 05:57.166 --> 05:58.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as the Black or the White, 05:58.400 --> 06:01.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is kind of surprising to me, but it's true. 06:01.133 --> 06:02.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But then again, 06:02.133 --> 06:05.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Indians with a college degree 06:05.366 --> 06:07.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is almost five times as high 06:07.100 --> 06:08.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as Blacks or Whites. 06:08.633 --> 06:12.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I don't know how that works out, but it's true. 06:12.933 --> 06:14.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Our poverty level is about five times as high 06:14.866 --> 06:16.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as the White people, but it's 06:16.166 --> 06:18.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% about the same as the Black. 06:18.400 --> 06:20.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So for most cases, 06:20.466 --> 06:23.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the Black and Indian run along arm and arm in South Carolina. 06:23.433 --> 06:27.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I don't know about outside of South Carolina. 06:27.166 --> 06:29.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, yes, there's a lot of economic issues, 06:29.566 --> 06:31.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we need to do more in that area, 06:31.466 --> 06:35.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but the problem with the Indian kids that drop out of school, 06:35.700 --> 06:37.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% for example, they have kids, 06:37.433 --> 06:38.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and the kids will end up 06:38.866 --> 06:39.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% dropping out of school. 06:39.933 --> 06:42.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It's kind of like a circle they get into. 06:42.900 --> 06:45.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And then a lot of the illnesses are common. 06:45.933 --> 06:50.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% High blood pressure is very common, diabetes. 06:50.300 --> 06:53.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Most all people my age that are Indians have both. 06:53.166 --> 06:54.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I don't. 06:54.233 --> 06:55.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Well, I've got high blood pressure, 06:55.433 --> 06:58.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but I don't have diabetes. 06:58.666 --> 07:01.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But that's pretty, pretty common, and there's got to be 07:01.200 --> 07:02.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% something that's-- 07:02.466 --> 07:04.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think Black people have a lot of high blood pressure too. 07:04.933 --> 07:07.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There's got to be something about that that we could look 07:07.200 --> 07:08.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% into and maybe find a solution 07:08.433 --> 07:10.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to that at some point. 07:10.933 --> 07:14.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Davidson: We have drugs in the area, like anybody else. 07:14.200 --> 07:17.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We have a lot of alcohol going on. 07:17.900 --> 07:20.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% People hard to find jobs now. 07:20.166 --> 07:22.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We've got a lot of people that will work, 07:22.000 --> 07:24.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but they're not gonna work for nothing. 07:24.266 --> 07:25.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% You've got to pay 'em decent, 07:25.533 --> 07:28.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% or they'd rather go fishing. 07:28.100 --> 07:29.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But education, our kids 07:29.733 --> 07:31.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% will get in the school and get 07:31.633 --> 07:33.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% up to the 10th, 11th grade, 07:33.300 --> 07:35.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and drop out because 07:35.333 --> 07:37.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of what people say in school. 07:37.833 --> 07:41.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They still talk bad about the Indian people, Indian children. 07:41.166 --> 07:43.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I'm gonna try to get something set up 07:43.900 --> 07:46.133 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% like where the family can come in to a meeting 07:46.133 --> 07:48.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% one quarter of a month, 07:48.100 --> 07:49.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you know, every quarter. 07:49.133 --> 07:50.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% If they come in and talk 07:50.700 --> 07:52.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% about what that child is going through in school, 07:52.566 --> 07:53.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% maybe we could find something 07:53.633 --> 07:56.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to keep 'em interested in going to school. 07:56.800 --> 07:59.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Many Native Americans believe the laws actually 07:59.200 --> 08:02.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% prohibit them from being who they are as artists 08:02.833 --> 08:04.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and as a people. 08:04.633 --> 08:06.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> My sister... 08:06.766 --> 08:10.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% my sister does pottery like it was done 600 or 700 years ago. 08:10.600 --> 08:12.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But she was barred up until 2005 08:12.700 --> 08:14.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from claiming her pottery is 08:14.500 --> 08:16.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Native American Indian pottery 08:16.466 --> 08:18.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because of Public Law 101644, 08:18.633 --> 08:20.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% which is a federal law that says 08:20.000 --> 08:21.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you cannot claim your art 08:21.800 --> 08:25.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is Indian art unless you're a member of a recognized tribe. 08:25.733 --> 08:26.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Indians are the only people 08:26.966 --> 08:28.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that's restricted like that, 08:28.300 --> 08:31.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the only people in this country that have those restrictions. 08:31.366 --> 08:35.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Well, we just last year got two laws changed in the state. 08:35.600 --> 08:40.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% One of 'em, the law in South Carolina concerning marriages, 08:40.933 --> 08:44.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for example, says that only ministers of the Gospel, 08:44.933 --> 08:47.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% select Jewish rabbis, 08:47.266 --> 08:51.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and notaries public may perform a marriage ceremony. 08:51.833 --> 08:53.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Now, I'm not Christian, 08:53.066 --> 08:54.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and I'm not Jewish. 08:54.133 --> 08:55.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Why would I have to get 08:55.800 --> 08:58.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a Christian or a Jewish rabbi 08:58.433 --> 09:01.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to do my marriage ceremony? 09:01.333 --> 09:02.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'm of the ancient faith, 09:02.900 --> 09:06.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I believe an Indian should be able to engage in a Hunka 09:06.033 --> 09:08.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% or relative-by-choice marriage, 09:08.600 --> 09:10.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% whatever you want to call it, 09:10.733 --> 09:12.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% through a religion that they believe in. 09:12.833 --> 09:14.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And so we fought that, 09:14.066 --> 09:16.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and we won it, and it changed. 09:16.033 --> 09:17.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% That's one of them. 09:17.133 --> 09:18.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's a lot of issues, though. 09:18.833 --> 09:20.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Brown: Well, you know, 09:20.033 --> 09:22.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% our Creator made this earth, 09:22.000 --> 09:24.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and he took the native people, 09:24.666 --> 09:25.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the American Indians 09:25.800 --> 09:28.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as we've become known, 09:28.133 --> 09:31.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as his favorite people and put us on this beautiful continent 09:31.033 --> 09:33.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and this beautiful land, 09:33.466 --> 09:36.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we've got to recognize the things that the Creator made. 09:36.266 --> 09:37.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're still here. 09:37.466 --> 09:39.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're still a blessed people. 09:39.266 --> 09:42.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're still here, and we have many things to offer 09:42.066 --> 09:43.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as far as our teachings 09:43.866 --> 09:45.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that are connected very much 09:45.166 --> 09:46.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to Mother Earth 09:46.533 --> 09:48.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and to the spirit of everything. 09:48.800 --> 09:51.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: A powwow is a festive event. 09:51.700 --> 09:53.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Recently I visited a powwow 09:53.333 --> 09:55.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that was a wedding too. 09:55.566 --> 10:09.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% [chanting] 10:09.666 --> 10:14.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> My name is Susan "White Lilley" Little. 10:14.533 --> 10:18.166 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I am of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans. 10:18.166 --> 10:19.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> P.A.: And your new husband? 10:19.500 --> 10:21.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >> I am David "Cloud Walker" Little, 10:21.533 --> 10:26.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and I'm also of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. 10:26.066 --> 10:29.000 align:left position:10% line:65% size:80% >> P.A.: Susan and David were joined in marriage 10:29.000 --> 10:33.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% by a man with a very famous father. 10:33.633 --> 10:36.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> This is indeed a great pleasure for me, 10:36.700 --> 10:39.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I thank you all for coming out here today to celebrate 10:39.800 --> 10:41.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% this wedding with us. 10:41.800 --> 10:43.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It is a celebration today, 10:43.900 --> 10:45.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and today we will go home 10:45.266 --> 10:50.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% knowing that we have been blessed by the Great Spirit, 10:50.666 --> 10:53.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% by the Great Mystery. 10:53.700 --> 10:55.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I'm Chief Steve Silverheels, 10:55.633 --> 11:00.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% Seneca Mohawk Indian from the Iroquois Nation. 11:00.266 --> 11:01.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% My dad was Jay Silverheels, 11:01.866 --> 11:04.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who played the part of Tonto on "The Lone Ranger." 11:04.100 --> 11:05.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Steve Silverheels is a minister, 11:05.733 --> 11:07.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and Susan and David's wedding 11:07.133 --> 11:08.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% was composed of Native American 11:08.266 --> 11:10.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and Christian elements. 11:10.633 --> 11:11.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Susan: As Native Americans, 11:11.800 --> 11:13.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we have to live both in the White man's world 11:13.966 --> 11:17.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and in the Native American culture. 11:17.033 --> 11:23.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So as Christians and worshipping God, and our Creator is God-- 11:23.233 --> 11:25.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% God created the heavens, the earth-- 11:25.700 --> 11:31.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so we incorporate the Christian ways into-- 11:31.100 --> 11:33.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% so people understand 11:33.566 --> 11:36.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that our God is the same God as everybody else's. 11:36.433 --> 11:38.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Silverheels: Well, the headdress is a war bonnet. 11:38.700 --> 11:42.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Because I'm a preacher, I'm at war with the devil. 11:42.266 --> 11:43.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% That's a Native American-- 11:43.733 --> 11:45.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% this is a war bonnet. 11:45.600 --> 11:47.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're against evil, 11:47.033 --> 11:49.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and we're for good. 11:49.133 --> 11:52.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Now, this outfit was made by a dear, dear friend of mine. 11:52.200 --> 11:58.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He made all the stars' outfits in Hollywood, California. 11:58.133 --> 12:00.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Nudie made this outfit, 12:00.066 --> 12:01.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Nudie Rodeo Tailors. 12:01.933 --> 12:02.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But I designed it, 12:02.966 --> 12:04.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and he put it all together. 12:04.833 --> 12:06.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It has the crosses on it 12:06.966 --> 12:09.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because I'm a preacher 12:09.033 --> 12:12.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the eagle because of strength that the Lord gives us. 12:12.733 --> 12:15.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Everything has a purpose for it. 12:15.400 --> 12:18.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Of course not all Native Americans are Christian, 12:18.133 --> 12:20.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but Chief Silverheels says 12:20.133 --> 12:21.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% his great uncle's conversion 12:21.766 --> 12:24.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% was a miraculous event. 12:24.733 --> 12:26.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Silverheels: He was an alcoholic. 12:26.133 --> 12:28.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He was a chief, but he was an alcoholic, 12:28.000 --> 12:29.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% on the reservation in New York. 12:29.733 --> 12:31.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% He died, was put in the grave, 12:31.966 --> 12:34.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and as they were getting ready to bury him, 12:34.200 --> 12:36.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% he arose from the grave. 12:36.333 --> 12:37.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's in your history books. 12:37.800 --> 12:41.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% If you look inside, his name was Chief Handsome Lake, 12:41.766 --> 12:43.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a Seneca war chief. 12:43.700 --> 12:46.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% If you look him up in the library, in your libraries, 12:46.966 --> 12:49.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you'll find Chief Handsome Lake. 12:49.000 --> 12:52.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% He died, and he stood up in the grave, came out of it, 12:52.633 --> 12:56.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and then started the first Christian Indian church 12:56.033 --> 13:00.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in the United States of America. 13:00.300 --> 13:03.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I was an alcoholic and on skid row, 13:03.233 --> 13:05.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but God delivered me from all of that and drugs, 13:05.200 --> 13:07.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and He gave me a new purpose in life, 13:07.900 --> 13:12.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that's to reach out to touch people's lives with the Gospel. 13:12.300 --> 13:15.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% >> P.A.: So what is the status of Native Americans in South Carolina? 13:15.800 --> 13:17.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% For example, how many are there? 13:17.066 --> 13:20.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% For answers to that question and more, 13:20.266 --> 13:22.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I talked with Marcy Hayden. 13:22.033 --> 13:24.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% She is the Native American coordinator 13:24.533 --> 13:28.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs. 13:32.033 --> 13:35.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>> Miss Hayden, I had the fun of going to a couple of powwows 13:35.000 --> 13:39.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% in recent months and talking with Native Americans from around the state. 13:39.866 --> 13:41.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Let's get some stats here, 13:41.233 --> 13:43.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because I talked with several chiefs and everything. 13:43.666 --> 13:45.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% How many actual numbers, 13:45.900 --> 13:51.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% how many people are we talking about in South Carolina who are Native American? 13:51.133 --> 13:52.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Well, according to the American Community Survey 13:52.866 --> 13:58.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in the 2000 Census, we have approximately 13,800 individuals 13:58.633 --> 14:01.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% that identify themselves solely as Native American. 14:01.133 --> 14:02.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% In addition to that, 14:02.433 --> 14:05.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% we have 30,000-plus individuals that identify themselves 14:05.933 --> 14:08.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as Native American and one other race. 14:08.466 --> 14:11.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So we're looking at a large number of folks here, 14:11.766 --> 14:14.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% approximately 45,000 people, 14:14.466 --> 14:15.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that have been documented on the Census. 14:15.900 --> 14:18.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Now, as far as South Carolina is concerned, 14:18.300 --> 14:20.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% we have a great undercount in our state, 14:20.966 --> 14:22.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% especially in the minority populations, 14:22.600 --> 14:26.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and so our office is estimating that Native American population 14:26.033 --> 14:27.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as closer to about 60,000. 14:27.800 --> 14:32.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% >> P.A.: About 60,000. Let's talk about how is it determined whether or not 14:32.433 --> 14:34.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% you're Native American? 14:34.033 --> 14:35.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: In South Carolina, we're a little different 14:35.933 --> 14:37.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% from some of the states out West 14:37.400 --> 14:39.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that have a lot of the federally recognized tribes 14:39.233 --> 14:42.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that are in reservations and more well organized. 14:42.566 --> 14:45.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% In South Carolina, we use the federal definition 14:45.733 --> 14:46.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that the Census uses, 14:46.900 --> 14:48.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is any individual that identifies themselves 14:48.733 --> 14:49.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as Native American. 14:49.766 --> 14:51.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It goes on self-identification. 14:51.833 --> 14:53.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And as far as we're concerned, 14:53.466 --> 14:56.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with the state-recognized tribes that we have in South Carolina, 14:56.733 --> 15:00.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we ask them to go back and prove a lineage chart 15:00.000 --> 15:02.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to show that they have a common ancestor 15:02.766 --> 15:05.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that is identified as Native American 15:05.033 --> 15:08.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or is assumed to be Native American. 15:08.533 --> 15:13.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% So we go on genealogy and on self-identification in this state. 15:13.533 --> 15:16.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: So self-identification and actually finding that person 15:16.700 --> 15:19.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in your lineage that is actually Native American, 15:19.133 --> 15:21.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that's something that an individual can do themselves 15:21.466 --> 15:22.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% or would do themselves? 15:22.566 --> 15:23.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Hayden: Oh, yes, definitely. 15:23.833 --> 15:25.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And there's also ways through our office that we can assist 15:25.866 --> 15:28.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% an individual in looking for their Native American heritage, 15:28.866 --> 15:31.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and there's also genealogists, paid genealogists. 15:31.833 --> 15:34.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Historical societies love to do this type of work, 15:34.400 --> 15:36.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the State Archives has been very helpful 15:36.933 --> 15:38.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% for a lot of individuals. 15:38.133 --> 15:39.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Let's talk about tribes. 15:39.600 --> 15:41.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I talked with several people from several different tribes. 15:41.800 --> 15:44.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% How many tribes in South Carolina? 15:44.266 --> 15:47.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: Currently we have one federally recognized tribe, 15:47.433 --> 15:48.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is the Catawba Indian Nation. 15:48.733 --> 15:51.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% After that, we have five state-recognized tribes, 15:51.633 --> 15:53.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% six state-recognized groups, 15:53.466 --> 15:55.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% one special interest organization 15:55.500 --> 15:56.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that is state-recognized, 15:56.866 --> 16:01.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and all total we have 30-plus entities in South Carolina. 16:01.866 --> 16:03.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Not all of those folks are state-recognized, 16:03.800 --> 16:05.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but some of them are in the process of that. 16:05.700 --> 16:10.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: So 30-plus entities that say they are tribes? 16:10.766 --> 16:12.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: Yes, yes... organized, 16:12.133 --> 16:13.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% doing work in their community, 16:13.866 --> 16:15.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% having culture events, 16:15.166 --> 16:18.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% very active organizations. 16:18.500 --> 16:21.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: For several decades now, we've been hearing 16:21.700 --> 16:24.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% about Native Americans coming together, 16:24.700 --> 16:27.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% reclaiming their heritage, if you will. 16:27.533 --> 16:30.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We hear all about the casinos 16:30.800 --> 16:32.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in some parts of the country. 16:32.133 --> 16:36.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% What are the pluses of being recognized as a Native American 16:36.866 --> 16:38.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% or as a Native American tribe 16:38.633 --> 16:40.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in South Carolina? 16:40.566 --> 16:43.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: In South Carolina, we have the one 16:43.033 --> 16:44.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% federally recognized tribe, 16:44.466 --> 16:46.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the Catawba Indian Nation. 16:46.033 --> 16:47.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And being that South Carolina 16:47.966 --> 16:49.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is a state that doesn't allow gambling, 16:49.933 --> 16:51.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% they are not allowed to have a casino 16:51.800 --> 16:53.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% here in South Carolina. 16:53.033 --> 16:54.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So they find other means 16:54.233 --> 16:56.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to create economic development 16:56.500 --> 16:58.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and community development in their tribe, 16:58.566 --> 17:00.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I'm not gonna speak to the Catawba 17:00.266 --> 17:03.166 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5% because they have their own relationship with the government. 17:03.166 --> 17:05.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They don't have to go though the state for that relationship. 17:05.200 --> 17:07.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But as far as the state-recognized tribes, 17:07.200 --> 17:08.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the five that we work with do 17:08.900 --> 17:11.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% have a few special entitlements 17:11.400 --> 17:13.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that they get through the state, 17:13.233 --> 17:16.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% one of those being the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. 17:16.566 --> 17:18.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% They are allowed to actually 17:18.166 --> 17:19.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% create and sell their artwork 17:19.966 --> 17:22.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as Native American-made artwork, 17:22.233 --> 17:24.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that's one of the few entitlements they do have. 17:24.966 --> 17:30.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know, people have seen on gas stations and all that 17:30.500 --> 17:33.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% where they have dream catchers and Indian blankets 17:33.466 --> 17:35.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and different types of things like those. 17:35.500 --> 17:38.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They're not allowed to say that they are Indian-made 17:38.266 --> 17:39.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because that would be a fraudulent claim. 17:39.733 --> 17:42.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So what this act entitles them to do is actually say, 17:42.800 --> 17:44.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "This is Native American-made. 17:44.633 --> 17:47.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It is made by the Santee Indian Tribe of South Carolina, 17:47.966 --> 17:49.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or Santee Indian Organization of South Carolina." 17:49.766 --> 17:54.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Or "It's made by the Beaver Creek Indian Tribe of South Carolina." 17:54.766 --> 17:57.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: I was talking with one of the chiefs, 17:57.033 --> 17:58.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and he was saying that that was important 17:58.966 --> 18:03.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because there are certain birds, for example, 18:03.333 --> 18:06.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that they use their feathers and they can't use them, 18:06.333 --> 18:08.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% even though that's a part of their heritage, 18:08.766 --> 18:10.533 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% if they don't have some kind of sanction. 18:10.533 --> 18:13.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Is that a problem for Native Americans in the arts? 18:13.733 --> 18:14.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Hayden: Yes, it is. 18:14.766 --> 18:16.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% In some cases, it is. 18:16.300 --> 18:18.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% A lot of the federally recognized tribes are allowed 18:18.666 --> 18:21.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to use eagle feathers and hawk feathers, birds of prey, 18:21.000 --> 18:25.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and certain other animals like deer and bear and buffalo 18:25.366 --> 18:26.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and other animals like that. 18:26.700 --> 18:28.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% As far as South Carolina is concerned, 18:28.366 --> 18:30.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we did pass a law this past year, 18:30.400 --> 18:31.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the legislators passed this law, 18:31.833 --> 18:35.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that allows for Native American tribes in South Carolina 18:35.100 --> 18:36.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to sell wild turkey feathers in their art, 18:36.833 --> 18:39.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so that's an improvement for them. 18:39.000 --> 18:41.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And the good thing about the Artist Act 18:41.333 --> 18:44.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is it allows for these cottage industries 18:44.433 --> 18:45.966 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to be created in different communities 18:45.966 --> 18:47.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and allow for small business to be engaged. 18:47.666 --> 18:50.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think that's very helpful for the Native American communities 18:50.166 --> 18:53.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 'cause most of them are in rural areas, and so this act 18:53.033 --> 18:54.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% allows for them to have 18:54.500 --> 18:55.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% a legitimate business 18:55.733 --> 18:57.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so they can sell on a national level 18:57.766 --> 18:59.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and be legitimately recognized 18:59.633 --> 19:01.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as Native American artists. 19:01.366 --> 19:04.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The other good thing that we have in South Carolina 19:04.000 --> 19:06.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is that we have a marriage bill that passed, 19:06.000 --> 19:07.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and this marriage bill allows 19:07.733 --> 19:09.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% for any state-recognized chief 19:09.933 --> 19:12.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or spiritual leader-- and state-recognized 19:12.200 --> 19:14.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% being that they are a member of an organization that has been recognized 19:14.633 --> 19:16.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% through the Commission for Minority Affairs, 19:16.566 --> 19:19.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that would be the five tribes, six groups, 19:19.333 --> 19:21.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and one special interest organization-- 19:21.000 --> 19:22.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to perform marriage ceremonies, 19:22.766 --> 19:24.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% much akin to how a minister 19:24.700 --> 19:26.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% would perform a marriage ceremony 19:26.000 --> 19:27.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or any other public official or notary. 19:27.666 --> 19:29.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >> P.A.: I don't want to put you on the spot here, 19:29.966 --> 19:35.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but can you name the--you named the federally sanctioned. 19:35.233 --> 19:38.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% What about the tribes that are sanctioned by the state here in South Carolina? 19:38.500 --> 19:39.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Hayden: Oh, yes, ma'am. 19:39.533 --> 19:43.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We have the Santee Indian Organization, 19:43.200 --> 19:45.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the Beaver Creek Indian Tribe, 19:45.700 --> 19:51.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the Pee Dee Tribe of South Carolina, 19:51.566 --> 19:57.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the Pee Dee Nation of South Carolina, and, um... I went blank. 19:57.266 --> 19:58.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> P.A.: It'll come to you. 19:58.966 --> 20:00.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: Oh, the Waccamaw Tribe. 20:00.266 --> 20:01.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'm so sorry. The Waccamaw Tribe. 20:01.400 --> 20:02.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I was thinking of going along this corridor, 20:02.900 --> 20:05.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I always kind of try to remember them going down 95 20:05.666 --> 20:07.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% 'cause a lot of them are located on that, 20:07.466 --> 20:09.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the Waccamaw are off towards Myrtle Beach. 20:09.300 --> 20:11.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Okay, so the Waccamaw. >> Hayden: Yes. 20:11.500 --> 20:15.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Now, you've mentioned two of the pluses 20:15.900 --> 20:20.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or the benefits of being sanctioned Native American 20:20.033 --> 20:21.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in South Carolina. 20:21.166 --> 20:23.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Are there other benefits? 20:23.333 --> 20:25.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Education, health, any other? 20:25.366 --> 20:27.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: Well, right now we're working on a lot of that 20:27.666 --> 20:28.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% through our agency. 20:28.833 --> 20:31.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% One of the focuses of our agency is to work on poverty 20:31.400 --> 20:34.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and deprivation and to improve the life 20:34.066 --> 20:36.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of Native American people in South Carolina, 20:36.533 --> 20:38.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as well as other minorities in South Carolina. 20:38.433 --> 20:42.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Part of our work with the agency is to touch on those issues 20:42.233 --> 20:47.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of health and job creation, education, 20:47.066 --> 20:48.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and those different areas. 20:48.300 --> 20:49.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% At this point in time, 20:49.933 --> 20:51.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the Native American Advisory Committee, 20:51.833 --> 20:54.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% which is all the leaders of the state-recognized tribes 20:54.600 --> 20:57.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and a few other individuals that have a vested interest 20:57.133 --> 21:00.066 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% in the Indian affairs of South Carolina, 21:00.066 --> 21:01.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% have decided that education 21:01.900 --> 21:03.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is the most important issue 21:03.166 --> 21:05.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and have been focusing a lot on education, 21:05.366 --> 21:10.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as far as improving early programs 21:10.866 --> 21:13.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for reading and those sorts of things in schools, 21:13.766 --> 21:16.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to continue with dropout prevention 21:16.200 --> 21:18.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for Native American students, continuing education, 21:18.766 --> 21:20.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and higher education. 21:20.366 --> 21:23.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% One of the big issues that we have right now 21:23.533 --> 21:26.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is to actually amend the South Carolina curriculum 21:26.033 --> 21:28.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to improve our history that we're teaching 21:28.833 --> 21:31.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% all South Carolinian youths in school. 21:31.933 --> 21:34.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Right now when you open a history book, 21:34.033 --> 21:35.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% it's usually two or three sentences: 21:35.800 --> 21:37.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Native Americans were here; 21:37.100 --> 21:39.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% they fought with the Europeans; they're dead. 21:39.833 --> 21:42.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And that's kind of our history that we have in South Carolina, 21:42.000 --> 21:44.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% so the leaders have been working very hard 21:44.633 --> 21:48.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to improve those issues and to bring awareness, 21:48.433 --> 21:50.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that's something that our agency does as well. 21:50.966 --> 21:54.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So that's kind of what we're working on 21:54.366 --> 21:55.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with the state-recognized tribes. 21:55.700 --> 21:58.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% As far as privileges, right now there is none, 21:58.833 --> 22:01.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% besides actually getting your birthright and saying, 22:01.266 --> 22:03.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "I'm Native American." 22:03.566 --> 22:05.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's no free scholarship. 22:05.366 --> 22:06.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% There's no check. 22:06.366 --> 22:08.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There's no casino money or anything like that 22:08.600 --> 22:10.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% for South Carolina Native Americans. 22:10.333 --> 22:13.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're just able to be part of that artist bill 22:13.700 --> 22:15.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and to perform marriage ceremonies 22:15.833 --> 22:18.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and to claim that birthright and be able to say, 22:18.833 --> 22:21.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "I'm the state-recognized tribe. I'm Native American. 22:21.033 --> 22:24.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The state finally recognizes us as being here." 22:24.100 --> 22:26.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: You're Native American. >> Hayden: Yes, I am. 22:26.333 --> 22:29.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> P.A.: And so, personally, 22:29.033 --> 22:30.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% why is it so important that 22:30.900 --> 22:33.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the story about Native Americans 22:33.400 --> 22:36.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% in South Carolina be told? 22:36.033 --> 22:38.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: That's a good question. 22:38.166 --> 22:41.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I was raised Native American. 22:41.166 --> 22:43.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% My dad had always taught us 22:43.066 --> 22:44.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% about our heritage and that 22:44.600 --> 22:45.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% his family was Cherokee. 22:45.966 --> 22:47.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And as I got older, 22:47.566 --> 22:50.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we found out that my mom's side was actually Native American, 22:50.933 --> 22:54.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that's the tribe that I belong to now, 22:54.200 --> 22:56.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is my mom's family's tribe. 22:56.233 --> 22:58.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And so growing up, 22:58.000 --> 23:00.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I always felt like I didn't fit. 23:00.300 --> 23:02.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There was always something a little off 23:02.133 --> 23:04.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% about where I fit into the world. 23:04.966 --> 23:07.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And I know a lot of kids go through that type of thing, 23:07.166 --> 23:09.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but this is very common for Native American children. 23:09.233 --> 23:12.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And once you belong to that heritage 23:12.500 --> 23:13.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and once you find where you fit 23:13.966 --> 23:17.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you're able to be part of your culture and to understand 23:17.266 --> 23:18.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% why your family does the things they do 23:18.933 --> 23:21.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and why you think the way you do 23:21.266 --> 23:23.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you kind of have this instilled mindset, 23:23.766 --> 23:25.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% it just opens this whole 23:25.466 --> 23:27.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% window of opportunity for you. 23:27.133 --> 23:29.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You really feel like a whole person at that point in time. 23:29.366 --> 23:31.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But then you also have to go through a lot of the struggles 23:31.433 --> 23:33.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of figuring out what to do with yourself 23:33.266 --> 23:35.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% when you become that point. 23:35.066 --> 23:37.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But it's so important for other Native Americans 23:37.166 --> 23:40.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in South Carolina to really start claiming their heritage 23:40.100 --> 23:42.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and bring that forward because 23:42.233 --> 23:43.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% we're losing our culture. 23:43.666 --> 23:46.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Our children are not interested in being part of it. 23:46.966 --> 23:48.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They're not interested in going to dances. 23:48.666 --> 23:50.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They're not interested in learning about medicines 23:50.500 --> 23:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or how to grow their crops or how to take care of the land. 23:54.100 --> 23:58.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They're interested in their iPods and MTV and the computer 23:58.666 --> 24:00.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the Internet and all these other things 24:00.266 --> 24:02.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and being part of the overall society. 24:02.833 --> 24:06.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Sometimes we say we have to walk in two worlds. 24:06.000 --> 24:09.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We have to kind of fit into this dominant society and also fit 24:09.333 --> 24:11.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% into our culture as well. 24:11.366 --> 24:15.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But it's important for us to understand because our people 24:15.800 --> 24:18.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% have lost just about everything 24:18.500 --> 24:20.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and we've had everything 24:20.600 --> 24:22.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% taken away from us. 24:22.133 --> 24:24.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And in South Carolina, our rivers--you know, 24:24.400 --> 24:27.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% most of our history is tied to Native American involvement. 24:27.333 --> 24:29.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We've had some great wars here in South Carolina. 24:29.533 --> 24:32.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% A Native American war is part of the Revolutionary. 24:32.066 --> 24:34.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% If it wasn't for Native Americans, 24:34.000 --> 24:36.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the Swamp Fox would have never succeeded. 24:36.166 --> 24:38.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And so this history needs to be told, 24:38.466 --> 24:39.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and it needs to be conclusive. 24:39.833 --> 24:41.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It needs to be together. 24:41.166 --> 24:43.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% As you tell the story of Francis Marion, 24:43.033 --> 24:45.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% tell the story of the Native American folks 24:45.066 --> 24:46.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that were in the community 24:46.133 --> 24:47.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and bring them together 24:47.533 --> 24:49.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and merge them as one history. 24:49.066 --> 24:50.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Miss Hayden, thank you so much. 24:50.566 --> 24:51.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Great information. I appreciate it. 24:51.866 --> 24:54.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Hayden: You're welcome. Thank you. 24:54.300 --> 24:56.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> P.A.: Please continue to nominate a successful, 24:56.466 --> 24:59.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% committed, involved young Black man from your area 24:59.133 --> 25:01.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to be profiled here on "Connections." 25:01.666 --> 25:03.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Send us their names and contact information, 25:03.833 --> 25:06.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as well as two or three people who will vouch for them 25:06.233 --> 25:08.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and be willing to appear on "Connections." 25:08.466 --> 25:10.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Also send us your digital video 25:10.366 --> 25:12.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% spotlighting interesting events and people 25:12.566 --> 25:15.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so that they can receive the recognition they deserve. 25:15.666 --> 25:17.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We really want to hear from you. 25:17.200 --> 25:19.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Our address is... 25:29.500 --> 25:31.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And for more information about how you can participate, 25:31.800 --> 25:39.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% go to the "Connections" website at www.scetv.org/connections. 25:39.200 --> 25:41.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Well, that's our show. 25:41.233 --> 25:43.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Thank you so much for joining us. 25:43.200 --> 25:44.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Remember, stay connected. 25:44.733 --> 25:46.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I'm P.A. 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