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5 1 2021 as Native American Heritage Day this month and every month, and to honor the cultures 2 and contributions of Native Americans by committing to freedom, peace, and justice for all. 3 4 This 16th day of November 2021. 5 6 7 Ren6e A. Price, Chair 8 Orange County Board of Commissioners 9 10 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to 11 approve the proclamation recognizing November 2021 as Native American Heritage Month and 12 authorize the Chair to sign. 13 14 Roll call ensued 15 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 17 18 Tony Hayes said the Tribal Council and the entire Occaneechi Nation are very 19 appreciative of the support always given by Orange County and continued collaboration. He 20 said the Tribe is appreciative of the awareness, recognition and the work the county does in the 21 name of all diversity and including American Indians. He said he is honored to be here and to 22 be recognized by the commissioners. He said he looks forward to continued collaboration and 23 support from the county. 24 Beverly Payne thanked the commissioners for this recognition and said it has been a 25 pleasure to work with the commissioners on different boards and projects and hopes it has been 26 theirs as well. 27 Tammy Hayes-Hill thanked the commissioners for this recognition. She said she is a 28 tribal member and council member. She said she manages the website and currently has the 29 proclamations from the President and Governor Cooper on the website, and is proud to place 30 this proclamation there as well. 31 Chair Price asked Beverly Payne if she wanted to speak about the dedication coming up 32 next year. 33 Beverly Payne said the tribe is having a dedication of the reconstructed village in 34 Hillsborough on April 23, 2022. She said the hope is to make it at least a four-hour event with 35 re-enactors acting out the late 1600-1700 period, and there will also be tribal members acting in 36 the present day. She said this will be a "then and now" type of demonstration and everyone is 37 invited to attend. 38 Commissioner Fowler said she remembers when she was five years old, and someone 39 came by her house in Davie County and told her that her backyard was a Native American 40 graveyard. She said as she grew up she learned that all of the land here belonged to Native 41 Americans. She said she has always tried to learn more and hopes others will also make an 42 effort to understand that Native Americans were not only here first but continue to be here and 43 be strong and have communities that people do not learn about in history books. She said she 44 appreciates the effort the Tribal Council is making to educate everyone. 45 Commissioner Bedford said she remembers her son took AP U.S. History and then went 46 on to Appalachian State to study Recreation Management. She said preserving and enhancing 47 Native American lands and cultural artifacts came up in class and another student said, "let's 48 just have a treaty." She said due to growing up in Orange County her son was able to say that 49 every single treaty has been violated and that is not a solution. She said as more people learn 50 history and more is taught in schools, everyone will benefit. She said she will put the April 23,d 51 event on her calendar.