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Transcript: Tom Cook


[Lindberg:]
That’s a thing missing on many reservations, isn’t it?
[Cook:]
Definitely missing. The culture of a work background is missing. It’s the big difference between the Mohawk reservations and the Lakota reservations from my experience. We come from working families. I had eleven uncles. Nine of those were career ironworkers, journeymen ironworkers, and I followed them to my great benefit. My health, the exercise I got every day, I’m happy for it. I’m strong because of it.