General Discussion

Mario Coumo was outstanding. This speech ranks high in American social-political oratory. (Through my work on Native American burial protection and repatriation issues, I got to meet with Governor Cuomo several times. The traditional Iroquois had come to trust him when he served at other levels of state government. I was offered a position in the office of Indian affairs he created, which was quite the honor for a woodchuck like me. But I already was working with the Council of Chiefs.)