Six Nations is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. The six nations of the Haudenos
Place sign, Six Nations, Ontario
Chiefs of the Six Nations explaining their wampum belts to Horatio Hale, 1871
Water tower and running tracks outside of the arena in Ohsweken.
Dancers at the Six Nations Pow Wow
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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.
Six Nations of the Grand River
…As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. The six nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. Some Lenape (also known as Delaware) live in the territory as well. The Six Nations reserve is bordered…
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.