Mohawk may refer to:

Related to Native Americans

Mohawk people The Mohawk, also known by their own name, (), are an Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous people of North America and the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy (also known as the Five Nations or later the ...

(Kanien’kehá:ka), an indigenous people of North America (Canada and New York) *

Mohawk language Mohawk () or (' anguageof the Flint Place') is an Iroquoian languages, Iroquoian language currently spoken by around 3,500 people of the Mohawk people, Mohawk nation, located primarily in current or former Haudenosaunee territories, predomin ...

(Kanien’kéha), the language spoken by the Mohawk people *

Mohawk hairstyle The mohawk (also referred to as a mohican in British English) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center. Mohawk hairstyles have existed for ...

, from a hairstyle once thought to have been traditionally worn by the Mohawk people * Mohawk people (Oregon), a band of the Kalapuya Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Oregon

Places

Communities

Mohawk, Arizona Mohawk is a Unincorporated area, populated place in Yuma County, Arizona, Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is part of the Yuma, Arizona, Yuma Yuma metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Mohawk is located on the south ...

* Mohawk, California * Mohawk, Indiana *

Mohawk, Herkimer County, New York Mohawk is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in Herkimer County, New York, Herkimer County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 2,731 at the 2010 census. The village was named after the adjacent Moh ...

Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York Mohawk is a town in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 3,572 at the 2020 census, down from 3,844 in 2010. The town is on the northern border of the county, west of Amsterdam. The county seat, Fonda, is in Mohawk. ...

* Mohawk, Oregon * Mohawk, Tennessee * Mohawk, Virginia

Lakes, rivers and waterfalls

* Lake Mohawk (Ohio) * Mohawk River (disambiguation) *Mohawk Falls, one of the waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania

Other

;United States * Mohawk Dam, Jefferson Township, Ohio *

Mohawk Mountains The Mohawk Mountains (, ) is a mountain range in the northwest Sonoran Desert of southwest Arizona. It abuts the western Gila River valley to the north (the Lower Gila River Valley), and is located in southern Yuma County. The Mohawk Valley lies ...

, in southwestern Arizona *

Mohawk State Forest Mohawk State Forest, also known as Mohawk State Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park, encompasses over in the towns of Cornwall, Goshen, and Litchfield in the southern Berkshires of Litchfield County, Connecticut. As overseen by the Connecti ...

, in Connecticut *

Mohawk Valley The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District. As of the 2010 United States Census, ...

, the area surrounding the Mohawk River in New York *

Mohawk Valley (Arizona) The Mohawk Valley is a valley in the lower regions of the western Gila River Valley in southwestern Arizona in the western Sonoran Desert. The Mohawk Valley along the Gila River proper contains the agricultural communities of Wellton, Noah, R ...

;Canada * Mohawk Island, Ontario, Canada

Ships

* USS ''Mohawk'', three US Navy ships, as well as Coast Guard and Revenue cutters and a navy reserve tug * HMS ''Mohawk'', thirteen ships of the Royal Navy *''Mohawk'', a wooden steamboat once known as the '' Inland Flyer''

Aircraft

Curtiss P-36 Hawk The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation ...

, an American fighter aircraft called the Mohawk in British service *

Grumman OV-1 Mohawk The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk is American armed military observation and attack aircraft that was designed for battlefield surveillance and light strike capabilities. It features a twin turboprop configuration, and carries two crew members in side-by-s ...

military observation aircraft * Las Brisas Mohawk, an American homebuilt aircraft design *

Miles Mohawk The Miles M.12 Mohawk was a 1930s British two-seat, tandem cabin monoplane built by Phillip & Powis Aircraft (later to become Miles Aircraft) to the order of Charles Lindbergh in 1936. After being used by Lindbergh in Europe it was impressed into ...

, 1930s British monoplane

In business

Mohawk Airlines Mohawk Airlines was a local service carrier operating in the Mid-Atlantic states, Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, mainly in New York and Pennsylvania, from the mid-1940s until its acquisition by Allegheny Airlines in 1972. At its hei ...

, a defunct airline *

Mohawk Productions Mohawk Productions is a television production company affiliated with television producer Bruce Helford. The company's logo is an ultrasound Ultrasound is sound with frequency, frequencies greater than 20 Hertz, kilohertz. This frequen ...

, Inc., a television company *

Mohawk Gasoline Mohawk Oil was an oil recycling and chain of gas stations in Canada that is wholly owned by Husky Energy. Mohawk was an independent chain of gas stations started in 1960 by Hugh Sutherland, which began to invest in oil recycling and built their f ...

, a gasoline station company in Canada owned by Husky Energy * Mohawk Innovative Technology, a product and research and development technology company * Mohawk Mall, a defunct mall in Niskayuna, New York * Mohawk Commons (Niskayuna, New York), the retail center that replaced Mohawk Mall *

Mohawk Industries Mohawk Industries is an American flooring manufacturer based in Calhoun, Georgia. Mohawk produces floor covering products for residential and commercial applications in North America and residential applications in Europe. The company manufactur ...

, a flooring manufacturer based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA *

Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation (MDS) was an early computer hardware company, started by former Univac engineers in 1964; by 1985 they were struggling to sell off part of their company. History The company was founded in Herkimer (village), New ...

, a defunct computer company

In the arts

* ''Mohawk'' (1956 film), a 1956 western * '' Mohawk'' (2017 film), a 2017 thriller set during The War of 1812 * '' Mohawk'' (1986 novel), a 1986 novel by Richard Russo *

Essra Mohawk Essra Mohawk (; born Sandra Elayne Hurvitz; April 23, 1948 – December 11, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded a dozen albums. Her best-known songs include "Sufferin' Til Suffrage" and "Interjections!" (both from '' Schoolhou ...

(born 1947), American singer-songwriter * Frazier Mohawk (born 1941), American record producer and husband of Essra Mohawk * The Mohawks, a band fronted by composer Alan Hawkshaw *Mohawk, a jazz tune composed by Charlie Parker appearing on the 1950 album '' Bird & Diz''

In transportation

Mohawk Subdivision The Mohawk Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs from Amsterdam, NY west to Oneida, NY along the former New York Central Railroad main line. At its east end, east of downtown Ams ...

, a railroad line in New York * NYC Mohawk, the 4-8-2 steam locomotive wheel arrangement *Mohawk, one of the Sunbeam side-valve aircraft engines *the '' Mohawk (GTW train)'', a named passenger train of the

Grand Trunk Western Railroad The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company was an American subsidiary of the Grand Trunk Railway, later of the Canadian National Railway operating in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Since a corporate restructuring in 1971, the railroad ha ...

*the '' Mohawk (NYC train)'', a named passenger train of the

New York Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected New York metropolitan area, gr ...

Roads and raceways

* Mohawk Raceway, Campbellville, Ontario, Canada * Mohawk Road (Hamilton, Ontario) *

Mohawk Trail The Mohawk Trail began as a Native American trade route which connected Atlantic tribes with tribes in Upstate New York and beyond. It followed the Millers River, Deerfield River and crossed the Hoosac Range, in the area that is now northwestern ...

, a Native American trade route, now part of Massachusetts Route 2

Other uses

*Mohawk, the name of a 1956

Operation Redwing Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF7).Blumenson, Martin and Hugh D. Hexamer (1956). ''A History of ...

nuclear test * Mohawk Area School District, a school system in Pennsylvania *

Mohawk College Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public college of applied arts and technology located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1966, the college currently has five main campuses: the Fennell Campus on the Hamilton Mount ...

, a college in Hamilton, Ontario * Mohawk Chapel, the oldest church in Ontario * Mohawk Sports Park, Hamilton, Ontario *

Mohawk turn A mohawk is a figure skating turn that involves a change of skating foot but not a change of edge. It is a turn from one foot to the other, from forward to backwards (or backwards to forwards) in which the entry and exit curves are continuous and ...

in figure skating * Mohawk (crater), an impact crater in the Elysium quadrangle of Mars