Joseph Louis Cook, or Akiatonharónkwen
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Joseph Louis Cook, or Akiatonharónkwen

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Joseph Louis Cook, or Akiatonharónkwen, served as commissioned officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He was born to an African father and an Abenaki mother. After he and his mother were taken captive, they were adopted into the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake in present-day Canada. Image: Yale University Art Gallery

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