The Caughnawaga Indian Village Site is a 17th-century archaeological site of a village of the Mohawk nation, located just west of the village of Fonda in Montgomery County, New York. The Mohawk were o
Site of Caughnawaga with stakes marking the lines of the stockade and long houses.
Interpretive sign for Caughnawaga site
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Mohawk or Kanienʼkéha is an Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk nation, located primarily in current or former Haudenosaunee territories, predominantly in Canada,
Caughnawaga Indian Village Site
…protected by a defensive palisade. The outlines of twelve longhouses and stockade that existed 300 years ago are staked out. The name is derived from the Mohawk word kahnawà꞉ke, meaning "place of the rapids", referring to the nearby rapids of the Mohawk River. The village was also known as Gandaouage; or…
Current distribution of Mohawk speakers in the United States
Mohawk language stop sign
Plaque in English, Mohawk, and French describing the Grand River. Plaque located in Galt, Cambridge, Ontario
A warning sign in Mohawk