Akwesasne

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First Nations reserve Indigenous community Mohawk Nation territory Native American reservation

Akwesasne is a Mohawk Nation territory that spans the Canada–United States border along the St. Lawrence River and is known for its strong Haudenosaunee cultural and political identity.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Akwesasne cross-border Indigenous community 1
Akwesasne, New York 1
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations reserve ⓘ
Indigenous community ⓘ
Mohawk Nation territory ⓘ
Native American reservation ⓘ
assertsRight free cross‑border movement ⓘ
self‑determination ⓘ
borderCrossingIssues Indigenous mobility rights ⓘ
governedBy Mohawk Council of Akwesasne ⓘ
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Ahkwesáhsne ⓘ
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation ⓘ
hasCulturalIdentity Haudenosaunee ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice lacrosse ⓘ
longhouse traditions ⓘ
traditional beadwork ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity art and craft production ⓘ
cross‑border trade ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mohawk people ⓘ
hasNotableIssue environmental concerns related to industrial pollution on St. Lawrence River ⓘ
jurisdictional complexity due to international border ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Mohawk language ⓘ
hasPoliticalIdentity Haudenosaunee ⓘ
hasReligion Longhouse religion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasSettlementType cross‑border Indigenous territory ⓘ
locatedIn Thousand Islands region ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River region
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInProvinceOrState New York ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
locatedNear Cornwall, Ontario ⓘ
Massena, New York ⓘ
locatedOn Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
surface form: St. Lawrence River
partOf Haudenosaunee ⓘ
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Mohawk people ⓘ
surface form: Mohawk Nation
recognizedAs First Nations reserve in Canada ⓘ
federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
spansBorderBetween Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Referenced by (6)

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

this entity surface form: Akwesasne, New York
this entity surface form: St. Regis Mohawk Reservation
Mohawk → currentCommunities → Akwesasne ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akwesasne cross-border Indigenous community
Mohawk people → majorCommunity → Akwesasne ⓘ