{"id":4762,"date":"2023-03-23T19:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T19:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misko-aki.clickwurx.com\/?post_type=exhibit_landing&#038;p=4762"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:56:48","slug":"arrival-of-the-wahta-mohawks","status":"publish","type":"exhibit_landing","link":"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/fr\/exhibit-landing\/arrival-of-the-wahta-mohawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Arriv\u00e9e des Mohawks de Wahta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ma-landing-intro-block my-0 landing-intro bg-grey-75 vh-100 bg-ma-green _bg-cover start-state anim-opacity d-flex align-content-center bg-cover vh-100-min text-center intro-icon\" style=\"margin:0px;width:100%;color:rgba(255,255,255,1)\"><div class=\"intro-wrap vh-100 bg-cover start-state anim-opacity d-flex align-content-center w-100\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/LANDING_56.jpg)\"><div class=\"col vh-100-min d-flex align-items-center py-5 px-0\"><div class=\"container-fluid py-5 bg-primary\"><div class=\"container px-0 intro-content anim-all start-state\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center h3 mb-0 text-uppercase dot-underline pb-2 px-2 mb-3 d-inline-block mx-auto\">Sixth Landing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center my-0 anim-2nd h1\">Arrival of the Wahta Mohawks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized d-inline-block mb-0 anim-3rd clear-intro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/intro-arrow-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4932\" style=\"width:undefinedpx;height:30px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/EARLY-WAHTA-TENT-CAMP.jpg);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"EARLY-WAHTA-TENT-CAMP\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover vh-md-66-min vh-lg-75-min vh-50-min\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 border-bottom\" style=\"background:#162325;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%;color:rgba(255,255,255,1)\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p class=\"f-Lato\"><strong>Early Wahta tent camp. We do not know the date of this early photo of a Wahta Mohawk encampment but it shows how the families survived the first few years after reaching their lands in Misko-Aki.&nbsp;<\/strong>Courtesy Roy Rennie Photo Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-5\" style=\"background:#162325;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h4 dot-underline pb-2 pr-1 d-inline-block\">SIXTH LANDING<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1 mt-2\">Arrival of the Wahta Mohawks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\"><strong>What You\u2019ll Learn<\/strong> in this Section<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mb-0 pb-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-accordion-block p-3 my-0 mb-0 pb-0 content-anchor-links\" style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div data-updated=\"230821\" class=\"container px-0 accordion-block\" role=\"tablist\" aria-multiselectable=\"false\"><div class=\"row\" role=\"tab\"><div class=\"col-12 accordion\"><div class=\"row accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"row accordion-header no-btn-style w-100 text-left mx-0\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"col _col-12 p-3\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><h4 style=\"font-weight:500\">1. Why did Mohawk people settle in Misko-Aki?<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col max-w-50 p-3\"><div class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"row accordion-wrapper\"><div class=\"_col-12 p-3 py-4 accordion-content\"><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">The Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse) \u2013 Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations \u2013 have a long history of travelling through and hunting in the Misko-Aki region. In the 17th century, they had several villages along the north shore of Lake Ontario. In 1881, several dozen Mohawk families trekked from their home community of Kanesatake in southwestern Qu\u00e9bec into the woods of Misko-Aki. Fleeing persecution from the Sulpician missionaries, they picked this region, the place of sugar maples that they called Wahta, as the place to begin their new lives.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">\u2022 <a href=\"#Wahta-Mohawks\">Examine historic photographs of Mohawk people at Wahta.<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">\u2022 <a href=\"#the-history-of-Haudenosaunee\">Listen to <em>Karihwakeron<\/em> Tim Thompson, Wahta Mohawk Territory, explain the history of Haudenosaunee people in this region.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" role=\"tab\"><div class=\"col-12 accordion\"><div class=\"row accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"row accordion-header no-btn-style w-100 text-left mx-0\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"col _col-12 p-3\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><h4 style=\"font-weight:500\">2. How is Mohawk Art distinct?<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col max-w-50 p-3\"><div class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"row accordion-wrapper\"><div class=\"_col-12 p-3 py-4 accordion-content\"><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">Every Indigenous Nation has uniquely designed artwork, and Mohawk artwork commonly features the use of raised beads to emphasize the shape of leaves, flowers, and animals, made by sewing rows of beads to overlap other beads. Colour is also used to create an illusion of depth.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">Mohawk\/Haudenosaunee art includes beautiful beaded moccasins, dresses, and intricate baskets to name a few. The Mohawk also excelled at making snowshoes, with much the same technique used to make lacrosse sticks.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">\u2022 <a href=\"#wahta-mohawk-gallery\">View iconic Mohawk objects such as cornhusk dolls, moccasins and a buckskin dress in the Objects Gallery.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" role=\"tab\"><div class=\"col-12 accordion\"><div class=\"row accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"row accordion-header no-btn-style w-100 text-left mx-0\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"col _col-12 p-3\"><div style=\"position:relative\"><h4 style=\"font-weight:500\">3. Why is a snowshoe an ingenious design?<\/h4><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col max-w-50 p-3\"><div class=\"accordion-icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/button><\/div><div class=\"row accordion-wrapper\"><div class=\"_col-12 p-3 py-4 accordion-content\"><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">Snowshoes are an ingenious design as these allow the wearer to walk across deep snow without sinking. Like the bark canoe, snowshoes exhibit the simplicity and elegance of functional design. Snowshoes have made the transition to modern materials, needing very little modification.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"position-relative w-100\"><p class=\"mb-3\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"#wahta-mohawk-gallery\">View the Mohawk snowshoes in the Objects Gallery.<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column px-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 text-white py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5\" style=\"background:#4e0808;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns row pt-4 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col col-md-phi-lrg pr-md-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1 max-w-10em ml-0\">Relocation, Broken Promises, Resiliency<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Haudenosaunee<\/mark> (People of the Longhouse) include the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora Nations. They have a long history of travelling through and hunting in the Misko-Aki region. In the seventeenth century, they had several villages along the north shore of Lake Ontario and were culturally affiliated with the original inhabitants, the Huron-Wendat. In the nineteenth century, some Mohawks returned to Misko-Aki to settle in what is now known as Wahta (\u201csugar maple\u201d). Their story is a dramatic example of facing adversity, struggling to meet the challenges, and ultimately thriving in this beautiful place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"f-Lato\">Chief Joseph Onasakenrat led the fight against the oppression from the Sulpicians and Oka and helped to secure the land in Misko-Aki for the Mohawks who arrived in 1881. He holds a wampum belt that was given to Mohawks, Nippisings, and Algonkians who established the community of Kanehsat\u00e0:ke in 1717. To Chief Onasakenrat, this wampum belt proved their ownership of the title to their lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"f-Lato\">COURTESY RICK HILL COLLECTION<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column col col-md-phi-sml is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large max-w-80perc max-w-md-100perc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat-620x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph Onasakenrat\" class=\"wp-image-5833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat-620x1024.jpg 620w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat-461x760.jpg 461w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat-7x12.jpg 7w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/joseph_onasakenrat.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Leaving Kanesatake <br>(Lake of Two Mountains, a.k.a. Oka)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">In October 1881,<\/mark> several dozen Mohawk families comprising 70 adults and 63 children, led by Chiefs Joseph Onesakenrat and Louis Sahanatien, travelled from their home community of Kanesatake in southwestern Qu\u00e9bec, to the woods of Misko-Aki. Fleeing persecution from the Sulpician missionaries, they picked this region, the place of sugar maples that they called Wahta, as the place to begin their new lives. It was a difficult transition.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5\" style=\"background:#4e0808;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white mx-auto max-w-1000 pt-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><em><em>\u201cGoodbyes were said amid tears and embraces. The singers in the boat gathered at the foredeck of the steamer and started to sing their farewell song in Indian \u2013 a song composed especially for the occasion. Some of the choir could not sing, the sadness of the words choked their voices.\u201d<\/em>  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"max-w-500 mr-0 ml-auto\">\u2013 Charles A. Cooke, Mohawk scholar, was among those that relocated from Oka to Wahta and recalled his journey<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Mohawks Arrive in Misko-Aki<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">First the Mohawk families,<\/mark> with all their possessions in tow, took a ten-day steamer voyage; then travelled by barge to St. Annes; then by train to Gravenhurst. Along the way, a baby girl named Watahi:ne was born. Then, a second steamboat to Bala, another raft ride, and then the final stretch was an overland hike of about two miles to where their land allotments were found.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5\" style=\"background:#162325;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white mx-auto max-w-1000 pt-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p><em><em>\u201c[Grandmother walked when the] snow was 2 feet deep and she had her long dress on and it was frozen from her ankles up to her knees and she was carrying a baby.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"max-w-500 mr-0  ml-auto\">\u2013 Wahta elder, Wahta Hydro Oral History Project Report, n.d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full content-caption-alt border-bottom b-black-25\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2020\" height=\"1527\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5836\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta.jpg 2020w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta-760x575.jpg 760w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Plan-of-Part-of-the-Township-of-Gibson-Ontario-now-known-as-Wahta-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plan of Part of the Township of Gibson, Ontario, now known as Wahta, c. 1887. COURTESY LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA. RG10 VOL. 2033 FILE 8946-1 PT 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Broken Promises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">The Mohawks arrived <\/mark>to find that the homes that the government and the Sulpicians had promised were not built. The first night a heavy snow fell. Unprepared for such weather, people had to scramble to protect themselves from the cold. Women were reported to have cut old blankets into long strips to wrap the feet of the children. They were forced to spend the first winter in tents. It was a deadly winter as six of their children and a few adults died from typhoid fever. Within two weeks, they began to run out of provisions. Many were surprised to find that white squatters had already moved onto their land, cleared homesteads, and erected homes and barns. It took a while for the government to remove the squatters. Some Mohawks moved into the squatter-made homes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5\" style=\"background:#4e0808;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white mx-auto max-w-1000 pt-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><em>\u201cWhat are we to do, strangers in a new place \u2013 our shanties not in a condition to go into \u2013 our provisions very low and about two thirds of our number have not enough money to buy even a day\u2019s provisions. . . What are we to do?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"max-w-500 mr-0 ml-auto\">\u2013 Wahta Chief Louis Sahanatien to Indian Agent, November 15, 1881<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Carving Out a Home<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">The Mohawks arrived<\/mark> too late in the season to get promised jobs at the nearby lumber camps. In March 1882, the federal government cut off all aid and encouraged them \u201cto earn their own livelihood and become self sustaining in the future.\u201d They tried to create wilderness gardens, but flooding caused by the local lumber companies wiped out their crops for two years in a row. There were no roads to the settlement, so it was difficult to obtain goods and materials for building houses. People were starving. By August 1882, 22 families had had enough and left Wahta for Kanesatake, Akwesasne, Tyendinaga, or Kahnawake. The Mohawks who remained persisted and eventually their farms prospered. They also found employment in the timber industries and in the growing tourism operations. Yet, they never lost their Mohawk identity or their ability to live in harmony with the land.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Isaiah-Dewasha-fishing.jpg);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Isaiah-Dewasha-fishing\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover vh-md-66-min vh-lg-75-min vh-50-min\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 border-bottom b-black-25\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p class=\"f-Lato\"><em>Isaiah Dewasha (kneeling in photo), guided people throughout the region. Wahtaronon depended on fish and wild meat for survival. COURTESY KARIHWAKERON TIM THOMPSON.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Misko-Aki in 1881<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">There was a controversial surrender<\/mark> of Anishinaabek lands in Misko-Aki in the Robinson-Huron Treaty of 1850. When the Mohawks arrived in 1881, Misko-Aki was inhabited by Anishinaabek people on Georgina Island, Parry Island, Shawanaga, Henvey Inlet, Dokis, Nipissing, Temogamingue, and the Chippewas of Rama. Non-Indigenous populations increased after the building of the Colonization Road in 1859 and with increasing steamship lines. Most of the settlers acquired their land (up to 100 acres) through the Free Grants and Homestead Act of 1868. Local towns included Bala and Gravenhurst. Logging was the main industry, employing more than half of the non-Indigenous population in 1881. The leather tanning industry was the second major employer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Misko-Aki-in-1881-triptich.jpg);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Misko-Aki-in-1881-triptich\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<div style=\"height:18.7vw\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"Wahta-Mohawks\" class=\"wp-block-spacer my-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 border-bottom b-black-25\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<p class=\"f-Lato\">Left: Wahta Mohawk people participated in the logging industry, both within the territory and in the Muskoka region. Horses were used in the early days to drag logs to sawmills and river drives. Centre: This photo recalls early encampments erected by the Mohawks when they first arrived in Misko-Aki. At the Indian River Reserve in Port Carling, Wahtaronon sold crafts such as baskets, beaded jewellery, and leather goods. Right: Many Mohawk men used their canoe skills in the local tourist trade, guiding both sports fishermen and vacationers. Robert Stock (crouching in photo) guided people throughout the region. He was a veteran of World War I and World War II and also served his community as an elected game warden and as an elected Chief. COURTESY KARIHWAKERON TIM THOMPSON.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\">Red Berries That Float on Water<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">In 1969, the Wahta Mohawks<\/mark> created the Iroquois Cranberry Growers business, which operated successfully for many years. The natural wet bogs of the region were ideal for growing cranberries, which were then turned into juice, jellies, and various foods. The berries are picked in the fall and float on the water until they are gathered. To the Mohawk, cranberries were also a medicine plant. It became the largest cranberry operation in Ontario with 68 acres of floating gardens. By the mid-1990s, too much competition drove down prices and the cranberry operation was closed in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Mohawks were able to eke out vegetables from the rocky soil, they also diversified their economy and turned to the growing timber industry. When they first moved here, the province prohibited them from cutting soft wood trees trying to save the economic benefits for the local whites. Logging became a major industry in the Muskoka region and led to the transformation of the landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-4 py-md-5\" style=\"background:#162325;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-white\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mt-4 mb-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2020\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha.jpg\" alt=\"Triptych: Three phots of community members in a community garden\" class=\"wp-image-5839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha.jpg 2020w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha-1024x291.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha-760x216.jpg 760w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tsi-Tewaienthotha-18x5.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2020px) 100vw, 2020px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h1\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-secondary-l-1-color\">Tsi Tewaienth\u00f3tha<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>is a community organization dedicated to re-strengthening food security, community resilience, and Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka (Mohawk) culture and traditions in Wahta through communal engagement in life-affirming food production techniques, food preparation, and healthy and culturally appropriate eating.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0\" style=\"background:#4e0808;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 text-white bg-cover py-4 bg-right bg-md-x-centered\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MiskoAki-bg-red-flower.jpg);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover align-items-center px-3\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 py-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns my-0 row text-center text-md-left TEST is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" id=\"the-history-of-Haudenosaunee\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column align-items-center d-md-flex col col-12 col-md-5 col-lg-phi-sml px-0 pl-lg-0 pb-3 pb-lg-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mb-3 mb-md-0 pr-md-0 max-w-450 d-inline-block ml-md-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video2.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Thompsonexplaining the history of Haudenosaunee people\" class=\"wp-image-5838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video2-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video2-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pl-md-5 col col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-phi-lrg is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4 dot-underline pb-2 pr-3 d-inline-block\">LISTEN TO OUR STORIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"Ron-Williamson-archiologist\">Karihwakeron Tim Thompson, Wahta Mohawk Territory, explains the history of Haudenosaunee people in this region. (Length: 2:00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div type=\"button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-modal-size=\"fs\" data-modal-heading=\"Listen To Our Stories\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-target=\"#iframe-modal\" aria-controls=\"#iframe-modal\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UM-mzdozKMY?rel=0\" class=\"clickable text-center wp-block-cwb-button cursor-pointer mb-0 mt-4 external-link border-solid border-white btn btn-tertiary btn-lg btn-hover-scale btn text-center btn-  iframe-trigger d-inline-block\">Watch Video<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-5\" style=\"background:rgba(7,7,7,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%;color:rgba(255,255,255,1)\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-center pb-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center h4 dot-underline pb-2 d-inline-block\" id=\"wahta-mohawk-gallery\">ICONIC OBJECTS GALLERY<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Explore objects that reflect Misko-Aki\u2019s ancient Indigenous history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-center py-4 px-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full d-inline-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MiskoAki-markzelinski.com-3.jpg\" alt=\"Mohawk-style moccasins, 2022. Kawennihe Merit Cross (Wolf Clan, Kahnaw\u00e0:ke Mohawk Territory). These moccasins use the technique of Iroquois style raised beadwork that is used across all the Six Nations since the mid to late 1800s. 022.5\" class=\"wp-image-5835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MiskoAki-markzelinski.com-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MiskoAki-markzelinski.com-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MiskoAki-markzelinski.com-3-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-center\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<div class=\"d-inline-block\"><button type=\"button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-modal-size=\"fs\" data-modal-heading=\"Objects Gallery\/\/f-black \" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"#image-slider-997274\" data-target=\"#image-slider-997274\" data-id=\"1\" class=\"clickable text-center cursor-pointer gallery-slider-modal-trigger btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-hover-scale btn text-center btn- \">Launch Gallery<\/button><div class=\"modal\" id=\"image-slider-997274\" role=\"dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\"><div class=\"modal-dialogue modal-fs h-100 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center my-0 mx-auto py-3\"><div class=\"modal-content  form-shadow-wrap\"><div class=\"modal-header p-0\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col d-flex align-items-center\"><h2 class=\"h4\"><span class=\"f-black\">Objects Gallery<\/span><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"col d-flex align-items-center max-w-100  justify-content-end\"><button class=\"close py-3 b-l-grey-25 icon--close\" type=\"button\" data-dismiss=\"modal\" aria-label=\"close-popup\"><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"responsive-scrolling-modal-content\"><div class=\"modal-body p-3\"><div class=\"slider hero-slider\" data-control-key=\"hero-slider\" data-control-index=\"997274\"><div class=\"slides-wrap mb-0\"><div class=\"slides\"><div class=\"slider-arrows d-flex flex-column align-items-center w-100\" style=\"z-index:1\"><div class=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"d-flex align-items-center w-100\" style=\"height:100%\"><div class=\"slider-arrows-inner d-block w-100\" style=\"height:auto\"><div class=\"slide-prev slider-arrow\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Previous Slide\" role=\"button\"><\/div><div class=\"slide-next slider-arrow\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Next Slide\" role=\"button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fade-wrapper\" role=\"list\"><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset show\" data-id=\"1\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1-Woven-leg-garters.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Woven leg garters. \nMeant to be tied above the calf, the woven garters were common among cultures in this region in the 18th and 19th centuries. The finger woven garters have large white beads interwoven to create a striking visual pattern. Donation by Karihwakeron Tim Thompson. 023.19<\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"2\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-Napkin-holders-with-quills-and-birchbark.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Napkin holders with quills and birchbark, 1960s, Cecelia Laforce. 1996.023.19<\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"3\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/3-Corn-husk-dolls.-Mohawk-.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Corn husk dolls. (Mohawk) \nThe Haudenosaunee people, as well as other Indigenous peoples, traditionally made dolls using corn husks. These two were likely made for the tourist trade. Donation by Karihwakeron Tim Thompson. 023.19<\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"4\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/4-Buckskin-dress.-Mohawk.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Buckskin dress. (Mohawk). \nThis buckskin dress belonged to Mrs. Mary (Oke) Kendall (1846\u20131946), a Mohawk from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. She married William Kendall who later became a Methodist Reverend and teacher when needed. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall were known for their dedication to their work, the people of Gibson Reserve, and the area, now known as W\u00e1hta Mohawk Territory. This exhibit has been made possible by Doreen Schade, W\u00e1hta. 023.18 <\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"5\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/5-The-Holy-Gospels-Wahta-Mohawk-Territory.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">The Holy Gospels, (Wahta Mohawk Territory).\nThe Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John translated in 1880 into Kanienk\u00e9ha by Sose Onasakenrat, one of the three chiefs in Kanehsat\u00e1ke who led the resistance to oppression by the Seminary. Donation by Karihwakeron Tim Thompson on behalf of his grandmother, Leah Thompson.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"6\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/6-Mohawk-style-moccasins.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Mohawk-style moccasins, 2022. Kawennihe Merit Cross (Wolf Clan, Kahnaw\u00e0:ke Mohawk Territory). These moccasins use the technique of Iroquois style raised beadwork that is used across all the Six Nations since the mid to late 1800s. 022.5<\/p><\/div><div class=\"slide cw-lazy-load text-unset\" data-id=\"7\"><img alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7-Mohawk-style-snowshoe.-Chippewas-of-Rama-First-Nation.jpg\"\/><p class=\"image-caption\">Mohawk-style snowshoe. (Chippewas of Rama First Nation). Wood, sinew. On loan from the Rama Historical Archives. L022.17\nThe Wahta Mohawks also excelled at making snowshoes. Every Indigenous culture produced unique snowshoe designs and you could tell the nationality of the user by the shape of the snowshoe tracks. The same technology as making lacrosse sticks went into making the snowshoe which allowed the Wahta hunters and trappers to make their way through deep snow in pursuit of their game.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slider-nav ez-row   opacity-0 anim-opacity\" role=\"listbox\" aria-label=\"slider\"><div class=\"slider-nav-inner ez-col\"><div class=\"ez-row\"><div class=\"slide-prev slider-arrow ez-col\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Previous Slide\" role=\"button\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-options ez-col\"><div class=\"margin-wrap\"><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 2\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"1\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 3\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"2\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 4\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"3\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 5\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"4\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 6\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"5\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 7\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"6\"><\/div><div class=\"slider-option\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Slide 8\" role=\"button\" data-id=\"7\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"slide-next slider-arrow ez-col\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"View Next Slide\" role=\"button\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0\" style=\"background:#4e0808;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 text-white bg-cover py-4 bg-right bg-md-x-centered\" style=\"background:url(https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MiskoAki-bg-red-flower.jpg);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover align-items-center px-3\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 py-5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns my-0 row text-center text-md-left TEST is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column align-items-center d-md-flex col col-12 col-md-5 col-lg-phi-sml px-0 pl-lg-0 pb-3 pb-lg-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mb-3 mb-md-0 pr-md-0 max-w-450 d-inline-block ml-md-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video_1.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Thompson talking about relations between the Haudenosaunee and European colonists\" class=\"wp-image-5837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video_1-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tim_video_1-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pl-md-5 col col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-phi-lrg is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4 dot-underline pb-2 pr-3 d-inline-block\">LISTEN TO OUR STORIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"Ron-Williamson-archiologist\">Karihwakeron Tim Thompson, Wahta Mohawk Territory, talks about relations between the Haudenosaunee and European colonists. (Length: 2:00)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div type=\"button\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-modal-size=\"fs\" data-modal-heading=\"Listen To Our Stories\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-target=\"#iframe-modal\" aria-controls=\"#iframe-modal\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C6RpcAGl8bw?rel=0\" class=\"clickable text-center wp-block-cwb-button cursor-pointer mb-0 mt-4 external-link border-solid border-white btn btn-tertiary btn-lg btn-hover-scale btn text-center btn-  iframe-trigger d-inline-block\">Watch Video<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-layout-block p-0 my-0 py-3 py-md-4 py-lg-5 border-bottom\" style=\"background:rgba(239,236,219,1);margin:0px;padding:0px;width:100%\"><div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover py-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cwb-content-wrap w-100 d-flex m-0 bg-cover text-center pb-4\" style=\"background:\"><div class=\"w-100 \"><div class=\"wp-block-image mb-3\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/miskoaki.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/medicine-wheel.png\" alt=\"Medicine Wheel\" class=\"wp-image-5477\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center h4 dot-underline-dark pb-2 d-inline-block\">7 GRANDFATHER TEACHINGS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center h2 f-lh-1_2em scale-mark\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-d-1-color\">HUMILITY<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The Mohawks who established Wahta went through incredible hardship in seeking a place of freedom. This required two important character traits: perseverance and humility. They struggled to make homesteads, they struggled to harvest a livelihood from the land. Their faith sustained them. 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