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Kanienkehaka
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Kanienkehaka Kanienʼkehá꞉ka Kanien'kehá:ka
English
Etymology
en moh Kanienʼkehá꞉ka, the autonym (name for themselves).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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The Mohawk people.
en 2011 Harry Swain Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy xii Tribal names are less contentious, though the word “tribe” itself is used principally in the United States. The Mohawk people, or Kanienkehaka (Kanien'kehá:ka), meaning “people of the flint,” are properly understood as the easternmost of the Six Nations
Proper noun
The Mohawk language.