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Wahta Mohawk First Nation
Community & Associations, Government | Wahta Mohawk First Nation
The Wahta Mohawk First Nation is located approximately 8 km from the town of Bala, Ontario, on the Muskoka Road #38 close to the intersection of Muskoka Rd 38 and Hwy 400 interchange. About the Wahta Mohawk First Nation: A Mohawk group of people relocated to Muskoka area in 1881 from the Kanesatake, Oka, Quebec. The Wahta Mohawks are mainly descended from Mohawks who were members of the Five Nations confederacy, which also included the Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. When the Tuscarora joined in the in the early 1700’s they became the Six Nations Confederacy. The Mohawk Nation is the Eastern Door of the Iroquois Confederacy.