Kanatsiohareke: Traditional Mohawk Indians Return to Their Ancestral Homeland

by Tom Porter, Kayeneseh Paul Williams (Contributor), Doug George-Kanentiio (Contributor)

American Native Indians. Kanatsiohareke is an old Mohawk word meaning "the place of the clean pot." This word comes from a section of a nearby creek that has large kettle holes formed from tumultuous waters eroding the stone creek bed by the swirling od smaller stones. Kanatsiohareke is an old name filled with new hope for the Mohawk people. Indeed, it is hope for all the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquis Confederacy of Nations.

164 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

Thomas R. Porter (Sakokwenionkwas, “The One Who Wins”) has been the founder, spokesperson, and spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke (Ga na jo ha lay gay) located in the Mohawk Valley near Fonda, New York since 1993. He is a member of the Bear Clan of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne.