HELLO! WELCOME TO MY WEB SITE. MY NAME IS ROBERT AND I LIVE IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. I AM 41 YEARS OLD AND A NATIVE LUMBEE INDIAN. MY WIFE MARY AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 13 YEARS. THIS SITE IS A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND A LOT ABOUT MY FAVORITE SPECTATOR SPORT....NASCAR!! THE PICTURE YOU SEE OF ME ABOVE WAS TAKEN AT THE CHESAPEAKE JUBILEE IN MAY OF 2000. HOPE YOU ENJOY MY WEB SITE.
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF HIS RACING CAREER, DALE EARNHARDT COMPETED WITH AN INTENSITY AND DEDICATION THAT ENDEARED HIM TO A MULTITUDE OF RACE FANS AND MADE HIM A LEGEND IN MOTORSPORTS.
JIMMIE JOHNSON CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
BORN: SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
BIRTHPLACE: EL CAJON, CA
CURRENT RESIDENT: MORRESVILLE, NC
2002 - IN HIS FIRST QUALIFYING ATTEMPT OF HIS FIRST FULL SEASON WITH HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS, JIMMIE TOOK THE POLE FOR THE DAYTONA 500
2001 - QUALIFIED 30TH AND FINISHED 25TH ON THE LEAD LAP OF THE PENNZOIL FREEDOM 400 AT HOMESTEAD SPEEDWAY ON NOVEMBER 11. QUALIFIED 15TH AND FINISHED 39TH IN THE UAW-GM QUALITY 500 ON OCTOBER 7 AT LOWES MOTOR SPEEDWAY - HIS FIRST NASCAR WINSTON CUP SERIES APPEARANCE. POSTED HIS FIRST CAREER NASCAR BUSCH SERIES WIN AT THE INAUGURAL HILLS BROTHERS COFFEE 300 AT CHICAGOLAND SPEEDWAY
2000 - FINISHED 10TH IN THE BUSCH SERIES POINT STANDINGS AND THIRD IN THE BATTLE FOR THE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. BEST FINISH OF 6TH (3 TIMES) AT SOUTH BOSTON SPEEDWAY (6/10), MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY (8/15) AND HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY (11/11) RECORDED BEST BUSCH SERIES START (FOURTH) AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY (9/2)
1999 - RAN FIVE BUSCH SERIES RACES - THE MILWAUKEE MILE, NORTH CAROLINA SPEEDWAY, MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK, PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, AND HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY. EARNED A 7TH PLACE FINISH IN THE FIRST BUSCH SERIES START AT THE MILWAUKEE MILE. FINISHED 3RD IN THE AMERICAN SPEED ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT RACE. CAPTURED ASA WINS AT MEMPHIS MOTORSPORTS PARK AND ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY.
1998 - RAN 3 BUSCH SERIES RACES - INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK, GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL AND HOMESTEAD MIAMI SPEEDWAY. FINISHED 4TH IN THE ASA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT RACE DURING HIS FIRST FULL SEASON. NAMES ASA PAT SCHAUER MEMORIAL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LUMBEE INDIANS
A CHERAW COMMUNITY WAS FIRST OBSERVED ON DROWNING CREEK (LUMBEE RIVER) IN PRESENT DAY ROBESON COUNTY IN 1724. ALMOST 300 YEARS LATER THE LUMBEE INDIANS STILL CONTINUE TO LIVE ALONG THE LUMBEE RIVER. THE LUMBEES ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AS A TRIBE IN 1885. WITH THIS RECOGNITION THE STATE PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SERVICES THAT WERE NOT PRIEVIOUSLY AVAILABLE TO LUMBEE INDIANS.
ALTHOUGH RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS AMERICAN INDIANS THE LUMBEES ARE EXCLUDED FROM MOST SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. BECAUSE OF THE STATUS AS A STATE RECOGNIZED TRIBE, THE LUMBEE RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES.
THE LUMBEE HOLD NO TREATY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1956 PASSED THE LUMBEE ACT WHICH OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE NATIVES OF ROBESON COUNTY AND ADJOINING COUNTIES. THIS BILL CONTAINED LANGUAGE THAT MADE LUMBEE INELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AND PROGRAM SERVICES ADMINISTERED BY THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE MY FAVORITE NATIVE AMERICAN PICTURES:
