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
MOHAWK TERRITORY Today there are 562 Native American tribes in the US And there are 617 indigenous communities in Canada The Mohawk are just one of those tribes In the United States Mohawk homelands are near the Hudson and Saint Lawrence rivers in New York and Vermont They are also in Ontario and Quebec in Canada
CANADA UNITED STATES MOHAWK HOMELANDS VERMONT MAINE QUEBEC ONTARIO NEW YORK NEW HAMPSHIRE MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT MEXICO N W E S
