MOHAWK

Mohawk, "People of the Flint Country" and "Keepers of the Eastern Door" for the Iroquois League. Eastern most of the six nations they were long house village farmers, warriors, hunters, traders, and basket weavers. They are known today a "walkers of the high steel," teachers, artists, and story tellers. The Mohawk are centered on their reservations and reserves in upstate New York and Canada.