The Mohawk Nation, also known as Kanien'kehake, was one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois League. While most Mohawks now speak English, some still speak the traditional Mohawk language. Originally from New York, many Mohawks relocated to Canada in the 1700s to escape conflict with European colonists. The Mohawks used tools like bows and arrows, spears, clubs, and canoes made from bark or hollowed logs to hunt, fish, and travel on land and water. They lived in large longhouses that could house entire clans and cultivated crops like corn, beans, and squash and hunted deer and elk.

1. MOHAWK TRIBE
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2. MOHAWK NAME
 The Mohawk Nation, then known as Kanien'kehake
was one of the five founding Nations of the Iroquois
League. The name Mohawk was given to the tribe
by the Algonquin and was later adopted by the
Europeans who had difficulty pronouncing
Kanien'kehake

3. MOHAWK LANGUAGE
 Most Mohawk people speak English today, but
some Mohawks also speak their native Mohawk
language. Mohawk is a complex language with
many sounds that are unlike the sounds in English.

4. WHERE THEY LIVE ?
 The Mohawks are original people of New York
state. Some Mohawk people still live in New York
today, but most Mohawks retreated to Canada in
the 1700's.

5. MOHAWK WEAPONS.
 Mohawk hunters used bows and arrows. Mohawk
fishermen used spears and fishing poles. In
war, Mohawk men used their bows and arrows or
fought with clubs, spears and shields. Other
important tools used by the Mohawks included
stone adzes flint knives for skinning animals, and
wooden hoes for farming. The Mohawks were
skilled woodworkers, steaming wood so that it could
be bent to make curved tools.

6. MOHAWK TRANSPORTATION
 There were two types of Mohawk canoes. A canoe
made from elm bark was light and fast. A dugout
canoe, made from hollowed-out logs, was long and
could carry many people. Over land, the Mohawks
used dogs as pack animals. (There were no horses
in North America until colonists brought them over
from Europe.) During the winter the Mohawks used
sleds and laced snowshoes to travel through the
snow.

7. THEIR HOMES
 The Mohawk people lived in villages of
longhouses, which were large wood-frame buildings
covered with sheets of elm bark. One Mohawk
house could be a hundred feet long, and an entire
clan lived in it--up to 60 people!

8. MOHAWK FOOD
 The Mohawk Indians were farming people. Mohawk
women planted crops of corn, beans, and squash
and harvested wild berries and herbs. Mohawk men
hunted for deer and elk and fished in the rivers.
Traditional Mohawk foods included
cornbread, soups, and stews, which they cooked on
stone hearths.

9. MOHAWK PEOPLE LOOK.

10. KASUTATUD KIRJANDUS
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