Ratiká:ratons sénhs tsi kwah raotinekwénhsakon í:wa ne Kanien’kehá:ka karihstà:ke ahotiió’ten. Tsi niió:re takahwatsiratátie shihotiió:tens ne karihstà:ke. Nón:wa ó:nenk tsi enhonteweienhstá:na tánon enhotihiatonhseraièn:ta’ne tsi tehonatohétston. Kahnawa’kehró:non, Tiohtiá:ke iehonteweiénhstha ne Tiohrhen’shaka’neha áhontse. Akwesasró:non, tsi thotinà:taien nen’né:’e ronteweiénhstha, William Cook onkwe’taká:ion rarihsta’kehró:nonhkwe teshakorihonnièn:ni.

Legend has it that ironwork is in the blood of Mohawks, something that is passed down from generation to generation. Today, aspiring ironworkers must go off to school and get certified through a rigorous training process. Kahnawake Mohawks travel to Montreal for the only English-language apprenticeship program in the area. Akwesasne has a training program right in the community, run under the watchful eye of veteran ironworker William Cook.