Enrolled Tribal Member Lumbee-Cheraw

Born August 6, 1948 in Wagrum, North Carolina

Haverhill High - School Haverhill, Massachusetts 1966

U.S Army January 1968 - November 1969 (Honorable Discharge)

• Vietnam 68-69, One year in Infantry 3/21st 196 LIB
• Americal Division (Chu Lai), 1 1/2 months LOH Observer
• Shot down twice, Wounded three times. 

Northern Essex Community College 1970-71

Pembroke State University 1972-73

Dartmouth College - Hanover, New Hampshire 1971-75

Currently employed with U. S. Navy Military Sealift Command - Atlantic Headquarters (26 years)

• Headquarters Unit - Operations Division Norfolk Naval Base Norfolk, Virginia

Accomplishments:

• Lettered in High School Athletics in Football, Basketball, Track and Cross Country
• Kiwanis Key Club
• Assisted in Establishing First Incorporated Drug Rehabilitation Program in Haverhill, Massachusetts
• Lettered in College Athletics in Basketball
• 1989 Established "The Spike", The Original Newsletter On East Coast American Indian Events
• Proclamation by Governor of Pennsylvania as a Role Model for American Indian Youth
• Numerous Positions as Master of Ceremonies, Coordinator and Arena Director at American Indian Powwows
• Interviewed by New York Times (Article carried 1993)
• Numerous Commendations and Awards from U.S. Army Military Service and U.S. Navy Employment
• Life Member Military Order of the Purple Heart
• Life Member Disabled American Veterans

Current Information:

• Resides in Chesapeake, Virginia (Previous Residences in New Hampshire - 4, Massachusetts - 2, South Carolina - 1, North Carolina - 4, New Jersey - 3
• Enjoys motorcycle riding, building websites, camping, publishing The Spike, playing XBOX, cooking oriental style, surfing the web, good powwows, audio and technophile and reading.
• States or Countries Visited but not Residing: Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Maryland, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Illinois, Tenneesee, Kentucky, Missouri, California, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Honduras, Japan, Cuba, Vietnam