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I guess you are referring to the so-called "Mohawk hairstyle" that many people today incorrectly believe was worn by the Mohawk Iroquois. This idea is totally false, so forget everything you ever heard about Mohawk native Americans wearing their hair like that.
Unmarried Mohawk women and girls, like all the Iroquois group, wore their hair long and loose; married women wove it into one large braid at the back, doubled up and fastened with a buckskin strap.
Mohawk men either wore their hair long and loose, or cut in a fringe at the front, or shaved all the head except for a round scalplock at the crown (back of the head), with a roach of dyed deer hair attached with a bone "spreader", to which was fixed a single feather. Nothing like the modern "Mohawk" hair style, which no historic Mohawk Iroquois would recognise.
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Who are some enemies the haida tribe had?
Some of the enemies of the Haida tribe were Mohawks & Tlingts
What hairstyle was named after a tribe?
The Mohawk hair style was named after the Mohawks.
What are facts about kids about the Mohawk tribe?
josegh brant is the leader of the mohawks
How did the tribe the mohawks feel about the earth?
The mohawks respected the earth like they respected animals. They believed the earth was a god and if you hurt it, it would be angry.
What is the location of the Mohawk Tribe?
The Mohawks just lived to the east of Lake Ontario
What does the phrase The Mohawks are come mean?
For the british
What are the Mohawks?
how was the mohawks celebrations
Who did the mohawks fight with?
The Mohawks had fought with the Mohawks and were given guns to them by the Dutch trade partners.
What did the mohawks wear?
Mohawk men wore breech clothes with leggings. Mohawk woman worew wraparound skirts with shorter leggings. For more info, go to Facts for Kids: Mohawk Indians (Mohawks)
What were the Mohawks like?
what was the environment like where mohawks was found
How did the mohawk tribe get their food?
The Mohawks were both hunters and farmers. They ate beans, corn, squash, fish, deer, elk and various other plants and animals.
Who discovered the mohawk Indian tribe?
The earliest reported encounter was Samuel de Champlain in 1609; it is possible that other unrecorded travellers had already met the Mohawks.
