Kanyengehaga

Kanyengehaga is a name for the Mohawk, the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Their villages lay in the Mohawk River valley, south of the rugged Adirondack Mountains, which they used as hunting country. The Mahican also claimed hunting lands in the region. In 1624 Mohawk and Mahican representatives reached an agreement for shared access, with Samuel de Champlain acting as an intermediary.