Caughnawaga
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Caughnawaga or Kahnawake can refer to:
- CaughnawagaCaughnawaga Indian Village SiteCaughnawaga Indian Village Site is an archaeological site located just west of Fonda in Montgomery County, New York. The site was discovered in 1950 by Rev. Thomas Grassmann and today is the only completely excavated Iroquois Indian village in the country. The Mohawk village site includes the...
, a village of the Mohawk nationMohawk nationMohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint...
inhabited from 1666 to 1693, now an archaeological site near the village of Fonda, New YorkFonda, New YorkFonda is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 810 at the 2000 census. Fonda is the county seat of Montgomery County...
. - Caughnawaga, New York, established in 1788 and named after a local Mohawk community, was a large town, constituting much of Montgomery County north of the Mohawk River until its subdivision eliminated it. The division of Caughnawaga also created the Fulton County Towns of Broadalbin, Johnstown, and Mayfield.
- Kahnawake 14, QuebecKahnawake 14, QuebecThe Kahnawake Mohawk Territory is a reserve of the traditionally Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk nation on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal. Recorded by French Canadians in 1719 as a Jesuit mission, it has also been known as Seigneury Sault du St...
, Mohawk reserve south of the St. Lawrence River and Montreal.