Mohawk

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Indigenous people of North America Native American people

The Mohawk are a Native American people of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, historically based in what is now upstate New York and known for their influential role in trade, diplomacy, and warfare in northeastern North America.

Aliases (9)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of North America → Native American people →
alliedWith	British during the American Revolutionary War →
associatedRiver	Mohawk River →
clanSystem	matrilineal clans →
conflictInvolvement	American Revolutionary War → Beaver Wars → French and Indian War →
culturalRegion	Northeast Woodlands →
currentCommunities	Akwesasne → Ganienkeh → Kahnawà:ke → Kanesatake → Six Nations of the Grand River → Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory → Wahta Mohawk Territory →
ethnonymInMohawkLanguage	Kanienʼkehá꞉ka →
ethnonymMeaning	People of the Flint →
governance	clan mothers → council of chiefs →
historicalRole	important diplomatic actors in northeastern North America → key intermediaries in fur trade → military allies of the British Empire →
isPartOf	Six Nations of the Iroquois →
language	Mohawk language →
languageFamily	Iroquoian languages →
memberOf	Haudenosaunee Confederacy → Iroquois Confederacy →
notableOccupationModern	high steel construction work →
positionWithinConfederacy	easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee →
primaryCountry	Canada → United States →
relatedGroup	Cayuga → Oneida → Onondaga → Seneca → Tuscarora →
religion	Christianity → traditional Longhouse religion →
subgroupOf	Iroquois →
traditionalEconomy	agriculture → fur trade → hunting → trapping →
traditionalHousing	longhouse →
traditionalTerritory	Mohawk Valley → northeastern North America → upstate New York →
UNESCOLanguageStatus	vulnerable language →
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ganienkeh → Kahnawà:ke ("Kanien’kehá:ka") → Kahnawà:ke → Mohawk language → Wahta Mohawk Territory →	ethnicGroup
Muh-he-con-neok → Onondaga → Seneca → Tuscarora →	relatedEthnicGroup
Indigenous languages of Canada → Indigenous languages of Canada ("Kanien’kéha (Mohawk)") → Indigenous languages of Canada ("Kanyen’kéha (Mohawk)") →	includesLanguage
Mohawk people → Mohawk people ("Kanienʼkehá꞉ka") →	ethnonym
Mohawk language ("Eastern Mohawk") → Mohawk language ("Western Mohawk") →	hasDialects
Attack on Deerfield → Attack on Deerfield ("Kahnawake Mohawk") →	involvedEthnicGroup
Kahnawà:ke ("Kanien’kehá:ka") → Kahnawà:ke →	people
Cayuga →	alliedWith
Mohawk ("Kanienʼkehá꞉ka") →	ethnonymInMohawkLanguage
Six Nations of the Grand River →	hasEthnicGroup
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ("Iroquois nations") →	hasMainParticipants
Haudenosaunee →	hasOriginalMemberNation
Native Americans →	hasSubgroup
Herkimer County →	hasVillage
New Netherland →	indigenousPeoples
Ganienkeh →	languageUsed
Mohawk people ("Kanienʼkehá꞉ka") →	nativeName
Battle of Queenston Heights ("Mohawk warriors") →	notableParticipant
Beverwijck →	tradedWith