The Mohawk Indians traditionally looked like other Eastern Woodlands Indigenous peoples, with distinctive hairstyles including shaved sides with strip of hair or roach headdress, tattooed, wearing breechcloth, leggings, moccasins, and later European trade cloth, with muscular build from active lifestyle. Mohawk Indians, Kanien'keha:ka, had appearance typical of Haudenosaunee, with black hair, brown skin, average height, wearing traditional clothing including breechcloth, leggings, moccasins made of deerskin, and in winter fur robes, with women wearing skirts and overdresses. Men often shaved sides of head leaving strip or roach, which was stiffened with bear grease and decorated with feathers, or wore gustoweh headdress with three feathers representing Bear, Wolf, Turtle clans. They had tattoos and face paint for war and ceremony, and jewelry like wampum beads. After European contact, they adopted trade cloth, wool, and European styles mixing with traditional. So what did Mohawk Indians look like? They looked like Indigenous peoples of Northeast with distinctive Mohawk hairstyle with strip, traditional deerskin clothing, moccasins, tattoos, and later mixed European clothing, with strong build from farming, hunting, and lacrosse, with both men and women wearing longhouse-style clothing and beadwork.
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