[1] Late one night in 1814, a young Mohawk woman named Okwaho or "Oak" (Kaniehtiio Horn) and one of her lovers, Calvin, gets into an argument with her mother Wentahawi (Sheri Foster) over whether her neutral tribe, who are being violently slaughtered by new Americans, should get involved in the War of 1812.

A power-hungry and brutal subordinate, Captain Hezekiah Holt (Ezra Buzzington), takes control of the Americans and demands violent retribution.

Oak survives the injury, shaves her head into a bloody Mohawk, and constructs a makeshift suit of armor out of remains of a pregnant deer and its unborn fawn.

[5] Actor Guy W. Gane III, who plays Taylor, appeared in Geoghegan's directorial debut, We Are Still Here as the vengeful Civil War-era ghost Dagmar.

The site's critics' consensus reads: "Mohawk delivers effective period horror while skillfully weaving in sociopolitical subtext that pushes the film past genre -- and budgetary -- constraints.

"[10] Los Angeles Times critic Noel Murray noted in his positive review that "Mohawk is a gripping and despairing action picture, about how we can't seem to stop trying to destroy those we distrust — including ourselves".

[11] IndieWire stated, in a feature on the film, "While studios continue to downplay Native American experiences, Ted Geoghegan's gripping new thriller puts their brutal persecution in context.