Among the websites and one of the very best that I used while researching The Blooding was The Wampum Chronicles. If you'd like to learn more about the history and culture of the Kanien’kehá:ka - the Mohawk - click on the image.

Illustration:

Winter in the valley of the Mohawk

Artist: L F Tantillo

The above painting was my inspiration for Ga-a-nun-da’-ta, Tewanias's home village.