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The Kahnawake Mohawk Territory is an Indian reserve on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, across from Montreal. It has also been known as Fort St. Louis, Caughnawaga and 17 other European variations of Kahnawake. The only clue to the location of Indian Reserve # 14 on 1960s government maps of southern Quebec is its blank cartography. Kahnawake is natural territory totalling an area of 48.05 square kilometres. Its resident population numbers about 7,100 with a significant number off the territory. Its land base today is unevenly distributed due to archaic federal Indian Act law that oversees individual land possession unlike the Canadian norms that apply to the land around it. Kahnawake has used the English language keeping its Mohawk language intact while maintaining a life surrounded by 2 million French speaking Quebecers. Culture and language have long memories and deep roots for both Mohawk and French speaking Quebecers.

Although most individuals refer to residents of Kahnawake as "Mohawks," they call themselves Kanien:keha'ka (the "People of the Flint"). Mohawk, which means "eaters of flesh" or "man-eaters," is a name given to them by other Native American tribes.

The federal and Quebec governments have historically located large civil engineering projects benefiting the southern Quebec economy through Kahnawake lands. Criss-crossed by power lines from hydroelectric plants, rail and vehicle highways and bridges, the decision to pass the Saint Lawrence Seaway canal cut through its village permanently separated it from its natural river shore.

The first of these projects by the Dominion Bridge Company of Canada in the 1890s made its way across the broad river to the island gave Kahnawake working men an opportunity to perform as fearless bridgemen and ironworkers. This was the result of a perception by construction companies that the Mohawk men had no fear of heights when given the chance to climb hundreds of feet above the water and ground. Here started the legendary stereotype that has now labelled all Native Americans as having no fear of heights.

Kahnawake is ideally located at the narrowing southwest shore of the St. Lawrence River. The territory is described in its native langauge as "on, or by the rapids" (of the St. Lawrence), giving points of reference to its original depth and claim along the original natural rapids of the old and different river. The modern day location of Kahnawake did serve for a while the interests of the French colony in North America by forming a western defence for Ville-Marie (later Montreal), making the military garrison and its Jesuit mission both its early warning sentinel and religious launch site for canoes taking priests in a western direction. Jesuit records write a settlement date of 1719, while Mohawk oral tradition extends much further into the past claiming a Mohawk settlement date some 10,000 years earlier.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission offers gambling licenses to Internet-based poker and casino sites and has established Kahnawake as a substantial player in that business. Many sites are hosted in a managed data center located within the territory.

It has not known the political turmoil that has affected the nearby Kanesatake Mohawk reserve; however, people from Kahnawake blocked the Honoré Mercier Bridge to Montreal during the Oka Crisis in 1990, to stand with their Mohawk cousins at Kanesatake.

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 The '''Kahnawake Mohawk Territory''' is an [[Indian reserve]] on the south shore of the [[St. Lawrence River]] in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], across from [[Montreal]]. It has also been known as Fort St. Louis, Caughnawaga and 17 other [[Europe]]an variations of Kahnawake. The only clue to the location of Indian Reserve # 14 on [[1960s]] government maps of southern Quebec is its blank [[cartography]]. Kahnawake is natural territory totalling an area of 48.05 square kilometres. Its resident population numbers about 7,100 with a significant number off the territory. Its land base today is unevenly distributed due to archaic federal [[Indian Act]] law that oversees individual land possession unlike the Canadian norms that apply to the land around it. Kahnawake has used the [[English language]] keeping its [[Mohawk language]] intact while maintaining a life surrounded by 2 million [[French language|French]] speaking Quebecers. Culture and language have long memories and deep roots for both Mohawk and French speaking Quebecers.
-Although most individuals refer to residents of Kahnawake as "Mohawks," they call themselves Kahnawákeró:non (the "People of the Flint"). Mohawk, which means "eaters of flesh" or "man-eaters," is a name given to them by other Native American tribes.
+Although most individuals refer to residents of Kahnawake as "Mohawks," they call themselves Kanien:keha'ka (the "People of the Flint"). Mohawk, which means "eaters of flesh" or "man-eaters," is a name given to them by other Native American tribes.
 The federal and Quebec governments have historically located large [[civil engineering]] projects benefiting the southern Quebec economy through Kahnawake lands. Criss-crossed by [[power line]]s from [[hydroelectric]] plants, [[rail transport|rail]] and vehicle [[highway]]s and [[bridge]]s, the decision to pass the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]] [[canal]] cut through its village permanently separated it from its natural river shore.