Kanesatake
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Kanesatake is a Mohawk settlement on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers and about 48 kilometres west of Mont
Joseph Onasakenrat, Kanesatà꞉ke Chief, 1868–1881
Mohawk people
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The Mohawk, also known by their own name, Kanien'keháka, are an Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy.
Kanesatake
…Kanesatake (Mohawk: Kanehsatà꞉ke) is a Mohawk (Kanien'kéha꞉ka) settlement on the shore of the Lake of Two Mountains in southwestern Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence…
Painting of Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant, by Gilbert Stuart (1786)
Kanienʼkehá꞉ka dancer at a powwow in 2015
Contemporary Quebec Kanienʼkehá꞉ka person performing a hoop dance at Wikimania 2017
Teyoninhokovrawen (John Norton) played a prominent role in the War of 1812, leading Haudenosaunee warriors from Grand River into battle against Americans. Norton was part Cherokee and part Scottish.