More from Don Ed Cook, Native American Shaman and businessman

Description

This is the second part of an interview with Don Ed Cook, who is a Native American of the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee tribes. He has also been adopted by the Lakota tribe. He was adopted as a toddler by a white school teacher in Hendrix, OK named Veda Cook but encouraged to know his Native heritage. He has become a Medicine Man, Shaman and Holder of the Pipe for his tribe and is also a successful businessman selling healthful water products. He speaks of his turbulent younger years, of joining the military at a young age and of shocking occurrences during his time as an oil rig worker. He also reveals what occurs in the Native sweat lodge ceremony and gives an example of a spiritual reading,

Participants

• Don Ed Cook
  
• Natalie Bauman
  

Interview By

• Natalie Bauman