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Mohawk Indians
The most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They called themselves Kaniengehaga or 'people of the place of the flint'. The ancestral homeland of the Mohawk Nation is the Mohawk River Valley New York State.
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What was the education to the Mohawk tribe?
The education to the Mohawk tribe was informal. The adults would pass on various values and skills to the children in the tribe as part of the development process.
The word "wanna" is English slang for "want to", pronounced in a slurred and rapid way.
Similarly "gonna" is slang for "going to" pronounced in the same disrespectful manner.
Both date from the 19th century (gonna from Scots dialect gaunna, first recorded 1806, wanna first recorded about 1896). Both terms became widely used in British and American youth culture during the 1940s and 1950s.
Neither word has anything to do with any native American language.
What technologies did the people of Catal Huyuk develop?
The people of Catal Huyuk developed a wide assortment of arts, crafts, and tools. At the end of the Old Stone Age, thousands of years before Catal Huyuk, the warming of the Earth made more plants grow. This caused more animals to survive. This caused more food for people, which lead to more people. People started agriculture, or more known as farming or raising animals (one technology of Catal Huyuk). Agriculture caused people to build permanent homes, because before they had to travel with a herd of animals or to places where there were still plants. This made them have plenty of times to do other things. Once they realized that they could do one thing instead of having everyone do everything (one person weaves baskets, other person makes tools, other person farms, other person harvests plants, etc.) they started using specialization (another technology of Catal Huyuk). Specialization is any trade, job, or profession. When people realized that specialization made them lack other tools or items for use, they traded (another technology) their surplusitems. A surplus is an extra amount of anything. This way, people could get what they need without losing anything that they really need. Trading lead to interaction. Interaction is the exchange of beliefs, technology. or ideas. For example, Person a is from TownA. Person b is from Town B. b is a shoemaker. a is a curtain-weaver. a trades a shoe with b, who gives a a curtain. b finds out that a makes his curtains fluffy. b tells the curtain-maker of Town B to make his curtains fluffier, He does. This is one example of interaction. Interaction lead to civilization. Civilization is a culture that developed systems of specialization, religion, learning, and government.
How do you say grinning bear in Mohawk language?
A Mohawk speaker would not say that since he would know that bears are incapable of grinning (they do not have the necessary facial muscles).
The Mohawk word for a bear is ohkwari'. "He is smiling" is royéshuhe' so the theoretical translation is *ohkwari' royéshuhe'.
What time period did the tribe of the mohawk live?
Members of the Mohawk tribe are still alive today.
it is now a staggering 24 inches and I'm on my way to beat it with about 18 inches right now.
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I'm sorry, But it's actually taller now, closer to 30 inches. It is held by me (Aaron Studham). The record can be seen in both the 2007 Guinness Book or World Records, and the 2007 edition of Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Were the Mohawk people cannibals?
Mohawk is not the real name of that Iroquois tribe, but like most of the names used today it is a derogatory name applied by the enemies of that tribe. Their real name is Kanien'gehaga - People of Flint.
The Narragansetts and Wampanoags to the south-east of the Mohawks called them Mohowaugsuck, meaning eaters of living things (people), from which Mohawk is derived. This was meant as an insult and may have been along the lines of "beware the monsters that live in the north-west" to frighten their own children.
There is no evidence that the Mohawks ever actually ate people, any more than the Wampanoags ate tree bark - the Mohawks called them ratirontaks, meaning "they eat trees". This is the origin of the modern place name Adirondacks.
Each group was simply hurling an insult at the other to reinforce inter-tribal hatred.
What did the Miami tribe hunt?
The Miami tribe hunted mainly buffalo and wild game. This Native American tribe lived in areas that included Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Today, this tribe lives in Oklahoma.
How do you say big in Mohawk language?
A historic Mohawk word meaning great, big or large is quane or kewanea. These were recorded in 1634 - 1635 in a list entitled "The Language of the Maquas". A slightly later list gives the word as kawanna. These are probably all the same word, heard slightly differently by people unfamiliar with the language.
What natural resources were used to construct the home of the Mohawk Indians?
They were made out of elm bark for the roof and wood for the structure
What weapons did the mohawk Indians use before the white man came?
Before contact with Europeans, the bow was the main weapon among all the Iroquois tribes. Mohawk bows were made of hickory, around 72 inches (6 feet) tall and recurved at each end - a surviving example has a plant fibre string and is elaborately carved and painted. Arrows were made of split hickory, around 28 or 29 inches long and with very unusual and distinctive fletchings of turkey or hawk feathers.
Secondary weapons were war clubs. The favourite type was the "ball-headed" club of hardwood such as maple, carved from a single piece with a large ball at the end and either a straight or curving handle. They ranged from 2 to 3 feet in length.
Another type of club had a stone head lashed to a wooden handle with rawhide.
As soon as they could obtain guns from Europeans, the Iroquois tribes seem to have abandoned the use of bows very quickly.
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Where can one buy a mohawk rug?
If one is looking for a Mohawk brand rug they can go to a store that specializes in rug sales. You can also go online and find the best selection on the Mohawk Flooring website.
No they Regular Hair Styles Like Braids On The Back Of Their Head
longhouses were used to live in and they had a main longhouse which they used to make decions
Mostly woods and open land. To get a better picture searchthe habitat of Pennsylvania.
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Why do the mohawk men put their hair in a mohawk in war?
because it shows that they r not afraid of war!!! and the were called mohawk The answer above is wrong. There is a reason for the Mohawk hair cut. People who shoot a bow and arrow don't want their hair to get caught in the bow string. They will either cut the hair from the side of their head or wear a head ban. The Mohawks just cut the hair form both sides to even it up.
Why do the Mohawk tribe call themselves kaniengehaga?
It is the name they always had for themselves, Mohawk is a term used by the english and other Europeans. Altho basically Mohawk and Kaniengehaga are the same people.
