Ray Cook, ICTMN Opinion Editor

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May 17, 2013
Ray Cook, ICTMN Opinion Editor

In the Northeast among the forests and along the shores of Iroquoia we have a dance called the Women’s Shuffle Dance, or the Women’s Dance. The men sing an ancient song meant to honor and recognize the role of women and the female spirit....

February 18, 2013
Ray Cook, Opinion Editor

I am trying to write this day without mentioning the lost European’s name. There are store sales in his honor. That’s a distinctly American thing; if you are a dead white man that did something spectacular, you would know because they create sales offers in your name....

October 08, 2012
Ray Cook, Opinion Editor

I remember looking through a book on Massena (Akwesasne Mohawk Territory) history, studying the pictures and seeing my uncle, Noah Cook. It was 1922. Uncle Noah had to have been 18 or so years old at the time....

September 24, 2012
Ray Cook, Opinion Editor

A while ago someone asked me if we should ask for an apology from Matt Lauer for his Indian-giver slight that occurred during one o...

September 14, 2012
Ray Cook

Senator Jon Kyl (R-Arizona) recently issued a statement after the passage of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, in which he argued that tribal governments (...

May 08, 2012
Ray Cook, Opinion Editor

When I sat down to write this column, I wanted to tell you about how well ICTMN is doing in promoting our (Indigenous) interpretation of the world through presenting our view of news, events and thoughts....

April 03, 2012
Ray Cook

Mohawk Kateri Tekakwitha will become a saint in the fall, and the media is looking for the predicted mixed reactions...

March 18, 2012
Ray Cook, Op-Ed Editor

“The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!” ...

January 14, 2012
Ray Cook, ICTMN Op-Ed Editor

A Haudenosaunee orator and representative to Nations has said that “sovereignty is the act there of.”...

January 19, 2012

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