A Voice from the Eastern Door

Articles written by Tom Cook


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  • NATIVE AMERCAN PROPHETS AND MESSIAHS

    Tom Cook|Jun 14, 2012

    In studying General Anthony Wayne I was led to study his most famous Indian adversary, the Shawnee hero Tecumseh, and in studying Tecumseh I was led to study his brother Tenskwatawa, also known as the Shawnee Prophet. It was Tenskwatawa who put a curse on William Henry Harrison that was said to condemn every President elected in a year divisible by twenty to a premature death. This curse held for 140 years until it was broken by Ronald Reagan, who had to survive an assassination attempt to do so. Perhaps Mrs. Reagan’s astrologer had more p...

  • Akwesasne Mohawks combine strengths in Pine Ridge donation drive

    Tom Cook|Jan 9, 2009

    Twenty-six tons of donated clothing, doors, windows, stoves, food, and household items arrived Tuesday, Dec. 9 in southwestern Pine Ridge reservation at the Slim Buttes field office of Running Strong for American Indian Youth. Andrew J. Cook, spokesman for the four-man transportation group, presented the 53-ft semi-trailer load as “A gift of donations to Pine Ridge families from the people of Akwesasne.” Accompanying Cook were Peter Back, Ricardo Najar and Harvey Arquette, owner-operator of Arqu...

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