Mohawk people
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The Mohawk people (Mohawk: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka[2]) are in the easternmost section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern New York State, primarily around Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. As one of the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Mohawk are known as the Keepers of the Eastern Door – the traditional guardians of the Iroquois Confederation against invasions from the east.
Regions with significant populations | |
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Canada (Quebec, Ontario) | 33,330[1] |
United States (New York) | 5,632 |
Languages | |
English, Mohawk, French, Formerly: Dutch, Mohawk Dutch | |
Religion | |
Karihwiio, Kanohʼhonʼio, Kahniʼkwiʼio, Christianity, Longhouse, Handsome Lake, Other Indigenous Religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Seneca Nation of New York, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Cayuga Nation of New York, Onondaga Nation, Tuscarora Nation, other Iroquoian peoples |
At the time of European contact the Mohawk people were based in the valley of the Mohawk River in present-day upstate New York, west of the Hudson River. Their territory ranged north to the St. Lawrence River, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario; south to greater New Jersey and into Pennsylvania; eastward to the Green Mountains of Vermont; and westward to the border with the Iroquoian Oneida Nation's traditional homeland territory.