North Country At Work

A North Country Public Radio Project

Jayson Cook on teaching at the Akwesasne Freedom School

Jayson Cook grew up speaking Mohawk and had been teaching at the Akwesasne Freedom School for 8 months. He described how learning his own language when he was young made him frustrated when it wasn’t as accepted outside of his home.

Related Photos

Iawentas Nanticoke on teaching at the Akwesasne Freedom School
Wenknitanwon Seymour on teaching at the Akwesasne Freedom School
Tsionatiio Thomas on teaching at the Akwesasne Freedom School
Harvesting corn with pack basket
Girl harvesting corn at the Akwesasne Freedom School in Akwesasne
Permissions Statement

North Country Public Radio is not the owner or holder of copyright for any images within the North Country at Work archive. For uses of a photo (other than educational or non-commercial purposes), contact the photo’s institution of origin.