Today Kahnawa ke ("at the rapids") is a community of approximately seventy-two hundred Mohawks, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River near Montreal. One of the largest Mohawk communities, it is known in the modern era for its activism-a traditionalist, energetic impulse with a long history. Kahnawa ke examines the development of traditionalism and nationalism in this Kanien'keka ka (Mohawk) community from 1870 to 1940. The core of Kahnawa ke's cultural and political revitalization involved efforts to revive and refashion the community's traditional political institutions,...