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After being brought to Kahnawake, the boys were adopted into Mohawk families and converted to Catholicism; they were also given Mohawk names. (Sarah was redeemed by a French family and converted to Catholicism. Under the name of Marguerite, in 1708 she joined the Congregation of Notre Dame.) The boys as adults married daughters of Mohawk chiefs ...
The Mohawk, also known by their own name, Kanien'kehà:ka (lit. ' People of the flint ' [2]), are an Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Five Nations or later the Six Nations).
Canadian Mohawk people by occupation (7 C) M. Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke people (30 P) Mohawks of Kanesatake people (7 P) Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte people (7 P) W.
The territory of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ), represent one of the largest First Nations territories in Ontario. [6]Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory has ties to the birthplace of the Great Peacemaker, Dekanahwideh, who was instrumental in the bringing together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca into the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, according to Kayanesenh Paul Williams, a Six ...
Pages in category "American Mohawk people" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Dawn Avery; B.
Canadian Mohawk people (5 C, 27 P) M. Mohawk code talkers (1 P) Mohawk women (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Mohawk people" This category contains only the following page.
Miami – named after the Miami people. Michigan – named after the state of Michigan. Minnehaha Springs – named after the eponymous character in Dakota folklore. Missouri Branch – named after the Missouri river. Modoc – named after the Modoc people. Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people. Mohegan – named after the Mohegan people ...
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (/ ˌ æ k w ə ˈ s æ s n eɪ / AK-wə-SAS-neh; [5] French: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; Mohawk: Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (Kanienʼkehá:ka) territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River.