Mohawk people

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First Nations people Haudenosaunee nation Indigenous people Iroquoian-speaking people

The Mohawk people are an Indigenous nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy traditionally inhabiting areas of what are now upstate New York and southeastern Canada.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Mohawk Nation 4
Mohawk nation 2
Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) people 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people ⓘ
Haudenosaunee nation ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
Iroquoian-speaking people ⓘ
capitalSettlement Kahnawà:ke ⓘ
contemporaryOccupation High steel construction work ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Clan mother system ⓘ
Longhouse governance ⓘ
ethnonym Mohawk ⓘ
surface form: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka

Mohawk ⓘ
historicalAllegiance British Empire ⓘ
Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
language Mohawk language ⓘ
languageFamily Iroquoian languages ⓘ
majorCommunity Akwesasne ⓘ
Ganienkeh ⓘ
Kahnawà:ke ⓘ
Kanesatake ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory ⓘ
Wahta Mohawk Territory ⓘ
nativeName Mohawk ⓘ
surface form: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka
nativeNameMeaning People of the Flint ⓘ
notablePerson Deskaheh ⓘ
Jay Silverheels ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ
Kateri Tekakwitha ⓘ
Robbie Robertson ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ
surface form: Thayendanegea
partOf Haudenosaunee ⓘ
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nation in Canada ⓘ
Native American tribe in the United States ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Longhouse religion ⓘ
roleInConfederacy Easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee ⓘ
socialOrganization Matrilineal clans ⓘ
traditionalEconomy Agriculture ⓘ
Fur trade ⓘ
Hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Great Lakes region ⓘ
surface form: Lake Ontario region

Mohawk Valley ⓘ
Southeastern Canada ⓘ
Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River valley

Upstate New York (broad sense) ⓘ
surface form: Upstate New York
traditionalTitle Keepers of the Eastern Door ⓘ
treaty Covenant Chain ⓘ
Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Two Row Wampum ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Orange → associatedWithPeople → Mohawk people ⓘ
King William's War → belligerent → Mohawk people ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy → composedOf → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk nation
council of chiefs → ethnicGroupOf → Mohawk people ⓘ
subject surface form: Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)
Ganienkeh → foundedBy → Mohawk people ⓘ
Akwesasne → hasEthnicGroup → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk) people
Mohawk Valley → historicallyInhabitedBy → Mohawk people ⓘ
Mohawk River → namedAfter → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk nation
Akwesasne → partOf → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk Nation
Kahnawà:ke → partOf → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk Nation
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory → partOf → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk Nation
Wahta Mohawk Territory → people → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wahta Mohawks
Ganienkeh → relatedTo → Mohawk people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mohawk Nation
Mohawk language → spokenBy → Mohawk people ⓘ