A member of a Mohawk First Nation community, particularly referring to the Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory near Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
From Haudenosaunee/Iroquoian languages, referring to the people and place also known as Kahnawà:ke. The name reflects the indigenous place name and community identity of this historic Mohawk settlement.
The Caughnawaga (Kahnawà:ke) Mohawks were famous as ironworkers who built New York's skyscrapers in the early 1900s—they had a reputation for fearlessness working at dangerous heights, and their story is part of North American labor history.
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