Colonel Cook

(Colonel Joseph is holding up his tomahawk in the picture) Joseph Louis Cook or Akiatonharónkwen (died October 1814) was an Iroquois leader and American soldier. Born to a black father and an Abenakimother in what is now Quebec, he was adopted as a Mohawk. He became an influential leader in the Iroquois Confederacy and distinguished himself during the French and Indian War. He … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-Americans and the Revolutionary War