Katsi Cook
Sherrill Elizabeth Tekatsitsiakawa “Katsi” (pronounced Gudji) Cook is a Mohawk Native American midwife, environmentalist, Native American rights activist, and women's health advocate. She is best known for her environmental justice and reproductive health research in her home community, the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne in upstate New York.She is the director of Running Strong for American Indian Youth and founder of the organization's Woman is the First Environment Collaborative which supports community-based health projects seeks that seek to empower Native women of all ages and increase knowledge concerning reproductive health. She has founded a number of organizations serving the Akwesasne community, including the Women's Dance Health Program, the Mother's Milk Monitoring Project, and the Konon:kwe Council.
Cook has stated that "Women are the first environment. We are an embodiment of our Mother Earth. From the bodies of women flows the relationship of the generations both to society and the natural world. With our bodies we nourish, sustain and create connected relationships and interdependence. In this way the Earth is our mother, our ancestors said. In this way, we as women are earth.” Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Wilson, Don, de la Ronde, Sandra, Brascoupé, Simon, Apale, Alisha Nicole, Barney, Lucy, Guthrie, Bing, Harrold, Elizabeth, Horn, Ojistoh, Johnson, Robin, Rattray, Darrien, Robinson, Nicole, Alainga-Kango, Natsiq, Becker, Gisela, Senikas, Vyta, Aningmiuq, Annie, Bailey, Geri, Birch, Darlene, Cook, Katsi, Danforth, Jessica, Daoust, Mary, Kitty, Darlene, Koebel, Jaime, Kornelsen, Judith, Tsatsa Kotwas, Ndakaitedzva, Lawrence, Audrey, Mudry, Amanda, Senikas, Vyta, Turner, Gail Theresa, Van Wagner, Vicki, Vides, Eduardo, Wasekeesikaw, Fjola Hart, Wolfe, SaraGet access
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2by Wilson, Don, Ronde, Sandra de la, Brascoupé, Simon, Apale, Alisha Nicole, Barney, Lucy, Guthrie, Bing, Harrold, Elizabeth, Horn, Ojistoh, Johnson, Robin, Rattray, Darrien, Robinson, Nicole, Alainga-Kango, Natsiq, Becker, Gisela, Senikas, Vyta, Aningmiuq, Annie, Bailey, Geri, Birch, Darlene, Cook, Katsi, Danforth, Jessica, Daoust, Mary, Kitty, Darlene, Koebel, Jaime, Kornelsen, Judith, Kotwas, Ndakaitedzva Tsatsa, Lawrence, Audrey, Mudry, Amanda, Senikas, Vyta, Turner, Gail Theresa, Van Wagner, Vicki, Vides, Eduardo, Wasekeesikaw, Fjola Hart, Wolfe, SaraGet access
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3by Wilson, Don, Ronde, Sandra de la, Brascoupé, Simon, Nicole Apale, Alisha, Barney, Lucy, Guthrie, Bing, Harrold, Elizabeth, Horn, Ojistoh, Johnson, Robin, Rattray, Darrien, Robinson, Nicole, Alainga-Kango, Natsiq, Becker, Gisela, Senikas, Vyta, Aningmiuq, Annie, Bailey, Geri, Birch, Darlene, Cook, Katsi, Danforth, Jessica, Daoust, Mary, Kitty, Darlene, Koebel, Jaime, Kornelsen, Judith, Tsatsa Kotwas, Ndakaitedzva, Lawrence, Audrey, Mudry, Amanda, Senikas, Vyta, Turner, Gail Theresa, Van Wagner, Vicki, Vides, Eduardo, Wasekeesikaw, Fjola Hart, Wolfe, SaraGet access
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