They are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with communities in southeastern Canada and northern New York State, primarily around Lake Ontario and the St. The Mohawk people ( Mohawk: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka ) are the most easterly section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. Map of Mohawk River Flag of Kenhtè꞉ke, the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory Seneca Nation of New York, Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Cayuga Nation of New York, Onondaga Nation, Tuscarora Nation, other Iroquoian peoples Karihwiio, Kanohʼhonʼio, Kahniʼkwiʼio, Christianity, Longhouse, Handsome Lake, Other Indigenous Religion Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant, by Gilbert Stuart (1786)
