Author: Janet Hubbard-Brown
Description: Mohawk Indians
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1. They loved telling a story called Sky World.
2. They did a lot of trading.
3. Mohawk men mostly hunted elk, deer, moose, bear, beaver, partridge, and wild turkey.
4. They used bows and arrows to hunt.
5. Mohawks liked to play snow snake and a game now called lacrosse.
6. Their motto, “one heart, one mind, one law,” meant they would do things together.
7. They could not read land deeds.
8. They got cheated out of thousands of acres of land.
9. Missionaries spread deadly diseases among the Mohawks.
10. They built long houses.
11. Now most Mohawk Indians work in factories or businesses.
