Mohawk
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New York, Quebec
The Mohawks, the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy, originally called themselves Kaniengehaga, the “flint people.” Among the most warlike of the eastern Indians, the Mohawks in prehistoric times fought with all their neighbors, both fellow Iroquoian Indians and the Algonquians living to the east of them. They, according to legend, were the source of the idea of the Iroquois Confederacy. It vastly reduced the amount of intertribal warfare among the Iroquois of New York State, though not that with their non-Iroquois neighbors.
According to legend, two men of...
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