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Esther Louise Georgette Deer (November 2, 1891 – February 1992) [1] was a Native American dancer, singer, and activist. [2] [3] She was of the Mohawk tribe. [4]She performed under the name Princess White Deer as part of The Famous Deer Brothers, a family stage act, which toured the United States, Europe and South Africa. [2]
A young man wearing a mohawk Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division in 1944 Girl with rattail mohawk, 1951 Ukrainian Cossack musician with chupryna or oseledets. The mohawk (also referred to as a mohican in British English) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center.
Mohawk Girls is a 2005 documentary film by Tracey Deer about the experiences of adolescent girls growing up on the Mohawk reserve of Kahnawake, across the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal, Quebec. Deer, who was born and raised in Kahnawake, focuses on three young women: Felicia, Amy, and Lauren, a mixed race teen.
On May 13, 1974, at 4:00 a.m, Mohawks from the Kahnawake and Akwesasne reservations repossessed traditional Mohawk land near Old Forge, New York, occupying Moss Lake, an abandoned girls camp. The New York state government attempted to shut the operation down, but after negotiation, the state offered the Mohawk some land in Miner Lake, where ...
Kateri Tekakwitha (pronounced [ˈɡaderi deɡaˈɡwita] in Mohawk), given the name Tekakwitha, baptized as Catherine, and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680), is a Mohawk/Algonquin Catholic saint and virgin.
Kiawentiio is a Mohawk Wolf Clan member. [4] She was born into a Mohawk family in Akwesasne, a First Nations reserve that is located on both sides of the Canada–United States border, spanning the St. Lawrence River in Quebec province and New York State. [5] [6] On the US side, this is also known as the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.
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Canadian Mohawk women (5 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Mohawk women" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent ...