Mohawk People

Ancestral Homeland: Mohawk River to St. Lawrence River

One of the Six Nations of Iroquois

Brief Timeline
1560-1570:  Intertribal conflicts over animal pelts for fur trade known as the Beaver Wars led to the establishing of Iroquois Confederacy by Deganawida, "the Peace Maker."

1776: Mohawk fight with the British; Mohawk leader, Thayendanega or Joseph Brant

1783: At the end of the Revolutionary War Chief Joseph Brant resettled his followers to land allotted to them in Ontario, Canada

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Mohawk tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Treaties

 * 1784 with the Six Nations
 * 1789 with the Six Nations
 * 1794 with the Six Nations
 * 1797

Important Web Sites

 * The Constitution of the Iroquois Nathions