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Akwesasne Warriors
The Akwesasne Warriors were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Federal Hockey League from 2010-2012. Based at Akwesasne in the Mohawk Nation (''Kanien'kehá:ka'') Territory (near Cornwall, Ontario Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated where the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the state of New York converge. It is the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry and is Ontario's easternmost city ...), the Warriors played at the A`nowara`ko:wa Arena. NHL Alumni players * Pierre Dagenais External linksAkwesasne Warriors Federal Prospects Hockey League teams Ice hockey teams in Ontario 2010 establishments in Ontario 2012 disestablishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 2010 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2012 Akwesasne {{Ontario-icehockey-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akwesasne, Ontario
The Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne ( ; french: Nation Mohawk à Akwesasne; moh, Ahkwesáhsne) is a Mohawk Nation (''Kanienʼkehá:ka'') territory that straddles the intersection of international (United States and Canada) borders and provincial (Ontario and Quebec) boundaries on both banks of the St. Lawrence River. Although divided by an international border, the residents consider themselves to be one community. They maintain separate police forces due to jurisdictional issues and national laws. The community was founded in the mid-18th century by Mohawk families from Kahnawake (also known as Caughnawaga), a Catholic Mohawk village that developed south of Montreal along the St. Lawrence River. Today Akwesasne has a total of 12,000 residents, with the largest population and land area of any ''Kanienʼkehá:ka'' community. From its development in the mid-eighteenth century, Akwesasne was considered one of the Seven Nations of Canada. It is one of several ''Kanienʼkehá꞉ka'' (Moh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
