Mohawk: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Kanien’kehá:ka • Kahniakehake

Photos

prayer book in French and the Mohawk language

Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

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Topics

Northeast Indian Iroquoian peoples Wampanoag Abenaki Pequot Wendat Menominee Lenni Lenape Kickapoo Seneca Ho-Chunk Miami

Key People

Joseph Brant

Joseph Brant

Mohawk chief