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[[File:AC3 CA SP 15 MohawkVillage.jpg|thumb|250px|A Mohawk village.]] | [[File:AC3 CA SP 15 MohawkVillage.jpg|thumb|250px|A Mohawk village.]] | ||
The '''Mohawk''' | The '''Mohawk''' are a nation of Native Americans found in upstate [[New York]] and are members of the Iroquois Confederacy also known as the Six Nations who collectively call themselves Haudenosaunee "People of the Longhouse". At least one of their members, [[Connor Kenway]], joined the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]]. | ||
During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the Mohawk sided with the [[British Army|British]], and helped fight the [[United States|Americans]]. After the war, most of the | During the [[American Revolutionary War]], the majority of the Mohawk sided with the [[British Army|British]], and helped fight the [[United States|Americans]]. After the war, most of the nation migrated up into {{wiki|Canada}}. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 25 April 2012
The Mohawk are a nation of Native Americans found in upstate New York and are members of the Iroquois Confederacy also known as the Six Nations who collectively call themselves Haudenosaunee "People of the Longhouse". At least one of their members, Connor Kenway, joined the Assassin Order.
During the American Revolutionary War, the majority of the Mohawk sided with the British, and helped fight the Americans. After the war, most of the nation migrated up into Canada.
Trivia
- The name Mohawk – meaning "man-eaters" – was given to them by their rival tribe, the Algonquians. It is unknown if they were a cannibal culture, or if the name referred to their alleged ferocity in battle.
- "In the Mohawk language, the people call themselves the autonym, Kanien'kehá:ka, "People of the Place of Flint" or "People of the crystal" or "People of the shards of light". It has been spelled in a variety of ways as Europeans tried to put it into their phonetic systems" (e.g. Canyeers.)[1]
- "The Dutch also referred to the Mohawk as Hawks, Egils, or Maquas."[1]
[1] source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people