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Did the Mohicans have mohawks?

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The Mohicans, more accurately Mahicans or Mohegans, were Algonquian tribe from Hudson Valley, not same as Mohawks, and they did not traditionally wear Mohawk hairstyle with shaved sides and strip, though some may have adopted similar styles, but Mohawk hairstyle is associated with Mohawk tribe and Pawnee, not Mohicans. Mohicans were Algonquian people from Hudson River Valley New York, called Mahican or Stockbridge, different from Mohawks who are Iroquoian Haudenosaunee Keepers of Eastern Door, and Mohicans had different culture and hairstyles, typically long hair or shaved with different style, not classic Mohawk strip. James Fenimore Cooper novel Last of the Mohicans confused names, making Mohican famous but mixing with Mohegan. Mohawk hairstyle with strip was worn by Mohawk tribe and Pawnee and other Plains tribes, not typically by Mohicans who had other hairstyles. So did Mohicans have Mohawks? No, Mohicans did not traditionally have Mohawk hairstyle, they had their own hairstyles, Mohawk hairstyle belongs to Mohawk Nation and other tribes like Pawnee, not Mohicans, who were Algonquian with different traditions, though all Eastern tribes had various hair customs.
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