mohawk indian in a sentence
Examples
- The Mohawk Indians are also considering opening at least one casino on their reservation straddling the Canadian border.
- Working as the Deputy Surveyor, Jones began to build good relations with the Mohawk Indians of the area.
- In Canada, the government is still smarting from a violent confrontation between soldiers and Mohawk Indians in 1990.
- They were smuggled into the United States through a Mohawk Indian Reservation along Canada's border with New York state.
- In addition to receiving a Caritas award from Catholic Charities, he was made an honorary Mohawk Indian chief in 1977.
- The Mounties confirmed that a significant portion of the smuggled goods came through the Mohawk Indian reserve of Akwesasne, near Cornwall.
- A former Minister in this position, John Ciaccia, became famous for his support of the Mohawk Indians during the Oka crisis.
- In New York state, the Oneida Indians operate a casino near Syracuse, and the Mohawk Indians plan to open near the Canadian border.
- The museum opened in 1981 in the historic homeland of the Mohawk Indians, one of the original Five Tribes of the Iroquois League.
- In September 1781, Captain William Dietz and his family ( of the Switzkill Valley in New York ) were taken hostage by Mohawk Indians.