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Did Native Americans have Mohawks?

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Yes, Native Americans had Mohawks both as tribe and as hairstyle, with Mohawk tribe being part of Iroquois Confederacy wearing Mohawk hairstyle with shaved sides and strip of hair for warrior status, and other tribes like Pawnee also wore similar hairstyles. Native Americans had Mohawks as tribe, Mohawk Nation Kanien'keha:ka People of the Flint, who wore hairstyle with shaved sides leaving strip from forehead to nape, often stiffened with bear grease and dyed, symbolizing warrior status and intimidation in battle, practical to prevent enemy grabbing hair. Other Native American tribes like Pawnee, Omaha, and Osage also wore Mohawk-like hairstyles with roach or strip, with Pawnee known for Mohawk-like hair. So yes, Native Americans had Mohawks, both as people and hairstyle, with Mohawk tribe itself wearing it, and style later adopted by punk culture. Not all Native Americans wore Mohawks, many tribes had long hair, braids, but some Plains and Eastern tribes wore shaved sides with strip as warrior hairstyle. So Native Americans did have Mohawks, with Mohawk tribe originating the name and hairstyle associated with warrior culture, later becoming iconic punk hairstyle but originally Indigenous warrior hairstyle with cultural significance.
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