To paraphrase the incomparable Paul McCartney, entering the Pioneer Theater in downtown Manteo took you back to yesteryear, when all our troubles seemed so far away.
Marilyn Berry Morrison, an outspoken advocate for the Roanoke-Hatteras Tribe of the Algonquian Indians of North Carolina, has led the effort for official state recognition of the tribe she calls "keepers of the land" and is still represented here on the Outer Banks.