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.
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.
Haudenosaunee
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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois, are a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking indigenous peoples in northeast North America. They were known by the French during the colonial year
Mohawk people
…also known by their own name, Kanien'keháka (lit. 'People of the Flint'), are an Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Five Nations or later, the Six Nations). Mohawk are an Iroquoian-speaking people with communities in…
Iroquois dictionary, Jesuit fathers, Quebec, c. 1660
The Kinzua Dam in September 2021
A representation of a Seneca man in traditional dress
A representation of a Seneca woman in traditional dress