FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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Mohawk
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Indian
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French
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The six nations that comprise the Haudenosaunee speak Iroquoian languages.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kanyen’kéha or Kanien’kéha (also known as the Mohawk language) is an Indigenous language of North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mohawks are the “People of the Flint” within the Rotinonhsyonni / Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Mohawks are considered the easternmost Nation within the Iroquois/Six Nation Confederacy and as such are referred to as the Keepers of Eastern Door.
Detailed explanation-4: -The word “Mohawk” is an exonym. In the Mohawk language, the people say that they are from Kanien:ke (’Mohawk Country’ or “Flint Stone Place") and that they are Kanienʼkehá꞉ka “People of the Flint Stone Place” or “People of the Flint Nation".