Mohawk Indians

The Mohawk Indians primarily hunted buffalo for their meat, which provided a vital food source. They utilized the buffalo's hides for clothing, shelter, and blankets, and bones for tools and weapons. Additionally, buffalo fat was used for cooking and preserving food. Overall, buffalo were integral to the Mohawk way of life, supporting their sustenance and culture.

they wear bear and buffalo skin with Poncho boots and head wear

The Mohawks had three types of government; sort of like our municipal, provincial, and federal (in Canada). The senior women in each extended family would choose two chiefs: a civilchief for normal affairs, and a military chief for solving arguments with other clans. These two chiefs would go to a town council to discuss matters (like the municipal government). A lot of the time several towns in an area would cooperate and have bigger councils to discuss important issues. Representatives from each town council would go to these (similar to the provincial government). Sometimes there was a big problem that the whole Mohawk nation needed to discuss. When that happened the representatives would go to an even larger meeting of chiefs (like the federal government). Decisions were democratically done, so the opinion of the majority of chiefs would win.

There is some evidence that the Mohican Tribe enjoyed playing the boardgame Risk. They believed that their ancestors would posess one of the two to six players and give them incite into the strategy of their enemies. Many a times the tribe was narrowly saved when in game battles shown the fall of the red player and the tribe moved for safety. They also enjoyed double dutch.

Yes they were nomadic they followed the buffalo because that was there main food source

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The Shawnee Indians stored their food by drying it. This enabled them to have food throughout the winter months when fruits, nuts, and berries were not easily found, and when their gardens were not growing.

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No not all of them wear tattoos. Some of the Indians wear paint in ceremonies when a girl gets married, when a person dies and before they go hunting

they moved to Canada because of the war between with the Europeans. then, the crown gave them land

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The Mohawks lived just to the east of Lake Ontario.

They lived in pole huts

No, the distance between those two tribes was far too great for them to have contact as tribes. Some of the Lakota, Nakota and Dakota Sioux delegations travelled east to visit the White House during the late 1800s and it is possible that they met individual Mohawks during those visits.

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Today we are all aware of our planet and the extent of the land we inhabit; there are maps, globes, books and websites that give every piece of information we need about our own country.

Native Americans had no such information and were only aware of their own immediate surroundings, plus the lands of their immediate neighbours - the lands further away were only vaguely understood. They had no concept of the planet or countries beyond the sea - their world view was completely different to ours.

There was no word in any native American language that corresponds with "North America" or "The Americas" or "The New World". Native pace-names are confined to small localities such as villages, hills, rock formations, islands or peninsulas and it was the European explorers who took these local locatives and incorrectly applied them to much larger areas. Examples are Tennessee and Canada, both of which come from local native words meaning a village, settlement or meeting place.

During the American Revolutionary War, Joseph Brant worked with the British. He was a Mohawk, and led his tribe in battles against the colonists.

The Mohawk Indians ate corn, fruits, berries, rabbit, wild turkey, and fish. Their traditional food was soups, cornbread, and ragouts. They cooked their foods on stone hearths.

No, they are very much alive and well today. There are 3 Mohawk reservations in Ontario and 4 in Quebec, with many more Mohawks living away from the reservations. In the USA there are Mohawk communities in New York State and in the city of New York, where many Mohawks were employed as construction workers.

With over 15,000 Mohawks in the USA alone, they are very far from extinct.

yes they were very peaceful

A long time ago there was a Mohawk village of bark houses along the Oswego River. One day Mohawk hunters discovered the tracks of a Giant Bear. After that, they saw the tracks many times. Sometimes, the tracks would circle the Mohawk village. The animals began to disappear from the forests, and the Mohawks knew that the Giant Bear was killing and carrying off all the animals.

Because of the scarcity of food, famine came to the Mohawks. The meat racks were empty. The people were hungry. Starvation tempted them. One of the chiefs said, "We must kill this Giant Bear who is causing all our trouble." At once a party of warriors set out in search of the bear. They soon came across his tracks in the snow. They followed the bear tracks for many days. They finally came upon the huge beast. At once the air was filled with the arrows of the warriors. To the surprise and dismay of the Mohawks, the arrows failed to pierce the thick hide of the bear. Many broken arrows fell from his tough skin.

At last the angry bear turned and charged the hunters who fled but were soon overtaken. Most of them were killed. Only two hunters escaped and they returned to the village to tell the sad tale. The two hunters told the council of the Great Bear. They told what happened to the war party.

Party after party of warriors set out to destroy the Great Bear but they always failed. There were many battles fought between the bear and the warriors. Many warriors were slain.

As time went on, more and more deer vanished from the forest. The smoking racks were empty. The people became very thin because of the lack of food. Starvation caused many to become sick. The people were filled with fear and their hungry bodies crept close to the fire at night. They feared the Great Bear, whose giant tracks circled their town each night. They feared to leave their village because they could hear, coming from the darkness of the forest, the loud cough of the Great Bear.

One night three brothers each had a strange dream. On three successive nights, they had the same vision. They dreamed they tracked and killed the Great Bear. They said, "The dream must be true."

So, getting their weapons and scanty supply of food, they set out after the bear. In a little while, they came upon the tracks of the great beast. Quickly, they followed the trail, their arrows ready.

For many moons they followed the tracks of the bear across the Earth. The tracks led them to the end of the world. Looking ahead, they saw the giant beast leap from the earth into the heavens. The three hunters soon came to the jumping-off place. Without hesitation, the three of them followed the bear into the sky. There in the skis, you can see them chasing the bear during the long winter nights.

In the fall of the year, when the bear gets ready to sleep for the winter, the three hunters get near enough to shoot their arrows into his body. His dripping blood caused by the wounds from the arrows turns the autumn leaves red and yellow. But he always manages to escape from the hunters. For a time, after being wounded, he is invisible. He afterwards reappears.

When the Iroquois see the Great Dipper in the sky, they say, "See, the three hunters are still chasing the Great Bear!"

Yes! Please look at "What did Mohawk shelters look like?" to hear about what they were like.

Mohawk men shaved their heads with the exception of a scalp lock or crest down the center of their head. The style was known as a "roach" or "Mohawk". They often splayed the hairstyle with feathers,dyed porcupine quills and deer or badger hair. The hair cut may have served as a style to designate warrior status or as a means of taunting the enemy, reducing the amount of hair available to grab in hand-to-hand combat or as a form of ceremonial symbolism.