NATIVE AMERICANS MORE HOPEFUL.(TRIAD/STATE) From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC) | Date: November 17, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 News & Record. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: LEE ROBERTS Star-News of Wilmington

WILMINGTON -- Native Americans say that books and movies are starting to offer a more realistic view of their lives.

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Priscilla Jacobs doesn't take long to topple myths and stereotypes about Native Americans. She is the chief of the Waccamaw-Siouan tribe in Columbus County. She lives next door to New Hope Baptist Church, which she attends regularly.

You never saw women as chiefs...