Native American Club officers and sponsors at East Central Community College are shown with a bench the organization purchased in memory of the late Mississippi Band of Choctaws Chief Phillip Martin. Inscribed on the bench, prominently displayed on the Decatur campus, are the following words: “Before the road of education was paved with gold, it was all dirt and gravel, but with the vision of Chief Phillip Martin, now it is a better road to travel. Yakoki Chief Martin.” ECCC posthumously honored Chief Martin with a Lifetime Achievement Award during homecoming activities held Saturday, Oct. 2. Seated from left are Nigel Allen of Carthage, NAC president; Anistasia Nickey of Philadelphia, vice president; and Brennan Graves of Lena, chaplain. Standing from left are Leslie Hughes, director of library services and Native American Club sponsor; Monte Issac of Philadelphia, treasurer; Crystal Frazier of Conehatta, secretary; and Elizabeth Minter, librarian and Native American Club sponsor.