Yes, Mohawk Indians are still around, with population around 30,000 living in communities in New York, Ontario, and Quebec, maintaining culture, language, and self-government as part of Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Mohawk Indians, Kanien'keha:ka People of the Flint, are not extinct, they are vibrant Indigenous Nation with major communities at Akwesasne which spans US and Canada border with about 13,000, Kahnawake near Montreal with about 8,000, Kanesatake near Oka, Tyendinaga near Belleville Ontario, and Six Nations near Brantford Ontario, plus urban areas. Mohawks have their own government, schools, language programs for Kanien'kéha, longhouse religion, and cultural practices like lacrosse, beadwork, and ironwork. Mohawks are federally recognized as St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in New York and as First Nations in Canada. So yes, Mohawk Indians still around, thriving with cultural revitalization, political activism for land rights, and contributions to construction as ironworkers building skyscrapers and bridges, with famous Mohawks like actor Jay Silverheels and musician Robbie Robertson, maintaining heritage as Keepers of Eastern Door of Iroquois Confederacy founded around 1142.
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