NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1024

SENATE BILL 83

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION OF THE OUTDOOR DRAMA "STRIKE AT THE WIND".

 

Whereas, the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina have a wide, interesting and exciting history; and

Whereas, as a result of the fight and struggle against the political injustices forced on the Lumbee Indians during this time in history said Lumbee Indians were led in the late 1800's by Henry Berry Lowry; and

Whereas, Lowry was declared an "Indian Robin Hood" by the Indians and an outlaw by the white folks of North Carolina; and

Whereas, the outdoor drama "Strike at the Wind", which is produced by the Robeson Historical Drama, Inc., tells the story of these people in Robeson County, North Carolina; and

Whereas, the drama, "Strike at the Wind", is entering its fourth season, attracting tourists from other states and nations, and in its premiere season was billed the "greatest outdoor drama" in America; and

Whereas, the producers of this drama need financial assistance from the State in order to continue production of same; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources the sum of forty thousand dollars ($40,000) for the 1981-82 fiscal year to be used for the continued production of the outdoor drama "Strike at the Wind", produced by Robeson Historical Drama, Inc.

Sec. 2. The sums appropriated in Section 1 of this act shall become a part of the continuation budget for the Department of Cultural Resources.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.