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The Mohawk tribe of Kahnawake has been criticized for evicting non-Mohawks from the Mohawk reserve. [88] Mohawks who marry outside of their tribal nation lose their right to live in their homelands. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] The Mohawk government claims that its policy of nationally exclusive membership is for the preservation of its identity, [ 91 ] but ...
In 1987 Dennis White completed a three-year effort to construct the Frogtown International Speedway in the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne territory by holding its first racing event. [2] Chiefs from both the recognized councils of the Canadian and American portions of the reservation conducted the opening ceremonies for over 2,500 fans. [ 3 ]
Her mother, Kahn-Tineta Horn, is a Mohawk former model and a political activist for the Kahnawake First Nation. Her father, who is of German and Scottish descent, is a lawyer. [ 5 ] Horn, her mother and her older half-sister Waneek (later a broadcaster and co-captain of the Canadian women's water polo team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics ) [ 6 ...
Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall (January 15, 1918 – December 9, 1993) was an Indigenous American artist, writer and activist of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. He is most widely known for his design of the "Mohawk Warrior Flag", also known as the "Unity Flag", that was used as a symbol of resistance by the Rotisken’rakéhte, or Mohawk Warrior Society, in the 1990 Oka Crisis.
The Canadian Pacing Derby is a race for three-year-old Standardbred Free For All pacers run at a distance of one mile at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ontario. [ 1 ] Historical race events
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Jay Silverheels (born Harold Jay Smith; May 26, 1912 – March 5, 1980, Mohawk) [1] was a Canadian actor and athlete, descended from three Iroquois nations. [2] He was well known for his role as Tonto, the Native American companion of the Lone Ranger [3] [4] in the American Western television series The Lone Ranger.
In a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, City Attorney Zach Klein said: "To those involved in the neo-Nazi march in the Short North today, take your flags and the masks you hide ...