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Joseph 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.
24 de ene. de 2022 · Growing into adulthood, Joseph Louis Cook lived in Kahnawake, the Mohawk settlement, until the onset of The French and Indian War in 1754. Cook cast his lot with his adopted Mohawk Nation on the side of the French during that conflict (and against the English).
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.
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.
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 for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with activities, programs, and resources this May.
Aims & Objectives. The modular activities and extensions in this unit provide opportunities for students to: Explore the various roles that Native Americans played in support of the armies that fought in the Revolutionary War and how their participation impacted the war.
