<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Karihwiio, Kanoh'hon'io, Kahni'kwi'io, Christianity, Longhouse, Handsome Lake, Other Indigenous Religion </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Seneca Nation, Oneida Nation, Cayuga Nation, Onondaga Nation, Tuscarora Nation, other Iroquoian peoples </Td> </Tr> <P> The Mohawk people (who identify as Kanien'kehá: ka) are the most easterly tribe of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy . They are an Iroquoian - speaking indigenous people of North America . The Mohawk were historically based in the Mohawk Valley in present - day upstate New York west of the Hudson River; their territory ranged north to the St. Lawrence River, southern Quebec and eastern Ontario; south to greater New Jersey and into Pennsylvania; eastward to the Green Mountains of Vermont; and westward to the border with the Iroquoian Oneida Nation's traditional homeland territory . As one of the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Mohawk were known as the Keepers of the Eastern Door . For hundreds of years, they guarded the Iroquois Confederation against invasion from that direction by tribes from the New England and lower New York areas . Their current major settlements include areas around Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence River in Canada and New York . </P>

What is the current population of the mohawk tribe