Mohawk Warrior Society

The Mohawk Warrior Society (Mohawk: Rotisken’rakéhte), also known as the Kahnawake Warrior Society, is a Mohawk group which seeks to assert Mohawk authority over their traditional lands, including the use of tactics such as roadblocks, evictions, and occupations.[2] The society was founded in 1971 in Kahnawake, Québec, Canada.[3]

"Mohawk Warrior Flag" designed by Karoniaktajeh (Louis Hall), used between 1974 and 2016[1]

The society first gained notoriety in 1973 when they, along with American Indian Movement activists, held a standoff with the Quebec Provincial Police at Kahnawake, and another in Oka, Québec in 1990.[2]

The members of this society are known as Warriors.

References

Haudenosaunee - Kahnawake Branch of the Mohawk Nation, Six Nations Iriquois Confederacy
UTA Edco. Upping the Anti #2. UTA Publications. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-9682704-7-9.
Bruce Elliott Johansen; Barbara Alice Mann (1 January 2000). Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 330–. ISBN 978-0-313-30880-2.

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[1] Haudenosaunee - Kahnawake Branch of the Mohawk Nation, Six Nations Iriquois Confederacy

[Edco-2] UTA Edco. Upping the Anti #2. UTA Publications. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-0-9682704-7-9.

[JohansenMann2000-3] Bruce Elliott Johansen; Barbara Alice Mann (1 January 2000). Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy). Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 330–. ISBN 978-0-313-30880-2.