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What is a Mohawk ethnicity?

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Mohawk ethnicity is Indigenous North American, part of Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy, known as Kanien'keha:ka meaning People of the Flint, with distinct language, culture, and heritage as one of Six Nations of Iroquois. Mohawk ethnicity is Indigenous peoples of North America, originally from northeastern US and Canada, specifically Mohawk Valley in New York, now with communities in New York, Ontario, and Quebec, including Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanesatake, and Tyendinaga. Mohawk language is Kanien'kéha, Iroquoian language, part of Iroquoian family. Mohawk ethnicity includes cultural traditions like longhouse religion, lacrosse, beadwork, and matrilineal clan system with Bear, Wolf, Turtle clans. Mohawks are one of Five original Nations of Haudenosaunee Confederacy founded around 1142, known as Keepers of Eastern Door. So Mohawk ethnicity is Indigenous, Haudenosaunee, Iroquois, with distinct culture, language, and history as Native American people, federally recognized tribes in US and First Nations in Canada, with population around 30,000, maintaining traditions and sovereignty.
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