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Louis Cook, or Akiatonharónkwen (died October 1814) ( Mohawk ), was an Iroquois leader and commissioned officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
20 de ene. de 2021 · Joseph Louis Cook was an Afro-Iroquois leader and a Commissioned Officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Cook was born Nia-man-rigounant around the year 1737 in an area now known as Schuylerville, New York.
Colonel Louis (also known as Colonel Joseph Louis Cook, Akiatonharónkwen, and Nia-man-rigounant, c. 1740-October 1814) – The highest-ranking officer of both Black and American Indian descent commissioned in the Continental Army.
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He was a Black African Native American (Mohawk) American colonial leader. Joseph Louis Cook, or Akiatonharónkwen, was born in Quebec, Canada. He was the son of an African father and an Abenaki mother. He and his mother moved to a Mohawk village in New York, where a family adopted him.
25 de feb. de 2024 · Joseph Louis Cook, Akiatonharónkwen, was born to a Saint-François Abenaki mother and black father; while living in what is today Schuylerville, New York. His parents probably named him Nia-man-rigounant, which means “variegated bird. The family was taken captive in a French-Mohawk raid in 1745.
27 de nov. de 2020 · Learn more about Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Louis Cook's (Akiatonharónkwen) life and story using reproduction objects at this Museum of the American Revolution digital discovery cart. Join us throughout A Revolutionary Summer with exhibits, crafts, and activities for visitors of all ages.
ATIATOHARONGWEN (Thiathoharongouan, meaning his body is taken down from hanging or one who pulls down the people; also known as Louis Atayataghronghta, Louis Cook, and Colonel Louis), Mohawk chief; b. c. 1740 in Saratoga (Schuylerville, N.Y.); d. October 1814 on the Niagara frontier.
