CONTENTS Amazing People 4 Mohawk Territory 6 Home Life 8 What They Ate 10 Daily Life 12 Made by Hand 16 Spirit Life 18 Storytellers 20 Fighting for Land 22 Back in Time 26 The Mohawk Today 28 Glossary 31 Online Resources 31 Index 32
AMAZING PEOPLE Hundreds of years ago North America was mostly wild open land Native American tribes lived on the land Each had its own language and customs The Mohawk MOH-hawk are one Native American tribe Many know them for their ceremonies and handmade crafts Let’s learn more about these Native Americans Did You Know The Mohawk call themselves Kahniakehake which means people of the land of gun flint
The Mohawk are one of the first five tribes in the League of the Iroquois
