What is a Mohawk?

A Mohawk is Indigenous people of North America, part of Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy, known as Kanien'keha:ka meaning People of the Flint, and also hairstyle with shaved sides and strip of hair down middle, originally worn by Mohawk warriors. As people, Mohawk are Indigenous Nation originally from Mohawk Valley in New York, now living in communities like Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Tyendinaga, and Six Nations in Ontario, Quebec, and New York, with population around 30,000, with language Kanien'kéha, culture including longhouse, lacrosse, and matrilineal clans Bear, Wolf, Turtle, as Keepers of Eastern Door of Iroquois Confederacy founded around 1142. As hairstyle, Mohawk is strip of hair from forehead to nape with shaved sides, worn by Mohawk warriors for intimidation and practicality in battle, later adopted by Pawnee and other tribes, and by punk rock culture in 1970s as symbol of rebellion. So Mohawk is both people and hairstyle, with people being Indigenous Nation with rich history and hairstyle being warrior hairstyle originating from Mohawk tribe, now global fashion.