Day 2 ~ Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook (Lakota Elder) & Tom Cook, (Wolf Clan Akwesasne Mohawk Nation)

Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook (Lakota Elder), Delegate of the Mother Earth Delegation of United Original Nations and & Tom Cook, (Wolf Clan Akwesasne Mohawk Nation).
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Loretta, a Lakota Elder, is committed to ensuring the world is a better place for her
grandchildren. She is a keeper of her culture and the female Sundance Leader for
the Afraid of Bear/American Horse Sundance. Fluent in Lakota, Loretta serves as
cultural specialist for The Fountain, and is the only representative on the board of
the Paha Sapa Unity Alliance Black Hills Reparation, another organization with
which she is affiliated, who speaks both English and Lakota perfectly.
Loretta carries an enormous mission: during the Obama administration she
gathered the consensus of her tribe for the return of the stewardship of the Black
Hills to the peoples of The Great Sioux Nation and presented it to the White House.
Loretta holds that consensus: “The Black Hills are not for sale. We want all the
unceded lands in the Black Hills returned to the nine tribes of The Great Sioux
Nation.” She also sits on several international boards including the Running Strong
Foundation, the Sacred Healing Circle and the Black Hills Unity Alliance.


Tom Cook (Wolf Clan Akwesasne Mohawk Nation, Executive Director and Spiritual Director)

In 1985, Tom founded the Slim Buttes Agricultural Development Project (SBAG)
with his wife, Loretta, to bring food security to the Pine Ridge Reservation. Today,
they help cultivate over 200 gardens annually throughout Pine Ridge. Tom first
came to Pine Ridge as a journalist covering the Wounded Knee occupation. He
speaks and writes about the history and cultural traditions of his native Mohawk
community and his adopted Oglala Sioux community. Serving as the lead male
dancer of the Afraid Of Bear - American Horse Sun Dance, Tom is responsible for
organizing the annual ceremony, now in its fourth decade. Tom is a respected elder
in his community, both in Pine Ridge and Akwesasne, NY.

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