‘It’s still like a dream’: Parkton elects first-ever Native American mayor

ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. — A newly elected mayor is making history as the first Native American ever to lead his town.

Parkton, a small town in Robeson County that was incorporated back in 1901, has elected a Native American Mayor, Edward Lowery Jr.

“I never dreamed of becoming mayor of this town, and it’s still like a dream,” Lowery said in a one-on-one interview…

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