Our beloved Chief Ray Two Thunders Gauthier crossed over to the Blue Road of Spirit on Friday, January 22, 2010, after a short battle with cancer.
Ray spent his entire adult life fighting for Traditional Native American rights, especially religious rights for Native prisoners.
In the 1970's while living in California, he met the world-renown Intertribal Medicine Man, John Rolling Thunder Pope of Carlin, Nevada. Ray became an apprentice of R.T.
When Ray returned to his birth home, Massachusetts, he became a founding member of T.R.I.B.E., which successfully prevented IT Corp from building a toxic waste dump in Brimfield and Warren, Massachusetts.
In 1995, Ray organized Red Tail Alliance as a Traditional Native American Religious organization. RTA ministers to the spiritual needs of Native American prisoners all across the United States.
Though we will sorely miss our Chief, we know he lives on the Other Side and will be keeping his eye on Red Tail Alliance.
AHO!