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In Kanien'kehá:ka beliefs, culture and stories, "the earth literally is mother [1]" and as such "becomes mother in a figurative sense, through the support she provides to all life [1]". This connection between the earth as mother and the Yakoyaner as mother led to the Kanien'kehá:ka people's matricentric social, cultural, and family system.
The Mohawk, also known by their own name, Kanien'kehá:ka (lit. ' People of the flint ' [ 2 ] ), are an Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee , or Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Five Nations or later the Six Nations).
Mohawk (/ ˈ m oʊ h ɔː k / ⓘ) [3] or Kanienʼkéha ("[language] of the Flint Place") is an Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk nation, located primarily in current or former Haudenosaunee territories, predominately Canada (southern Ontario and Quebec), and to a lesser extent in the United States (western and northern New York).
Hannah Claus (Kanien'kehá:ka and English heritage) was born on February 7, 1969, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada and is a member of Kenhtè:ke [Tyendinaga, Mohawk of the Bay of Quinte]. [1][2] She lived with her family (parents, 2 brothers and a sister) in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. Claus moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1988 ...
Marion Konwanénhon Delaronde (born March 23, 1977) is a Kahnawakeronon artist, animator, director and puppeteer. Delaronde is known for her children's series Tóta tánon Ohkwá:ri, a show produced at The Kanien'kehá:ka Onkwawén:na Raotitióhkwa Language and Cultural Center (KORLCC) in Kahnawake. [1]
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne (/ ˌ æ k w ə ˈ s æ s n eɪ / AK-wə-SAS-neh; [5] French: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; Mohawk: Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (Kanienʼkehá:ka) territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River.
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Monday, January 13, 2025The New York Times
Ganienkeh spokespeople state it is the only Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation) community that functions solely under the original Kaianerehkowa (the Constitution of the Iroquois Confederacy) without influence or interference of the United States or Canadian governments. [1]