What present-day region was the historic base of these Iroquoian-speaking indigenous people who believed in the small, winged sprite of Native American mythology?
Awes-kon-wa Awes-kon-wa is a Native American mythological figure of the Iroquois Mohawk people. It is described as a small, winged sprite.
Jisk'a Iru Muqu Jisk'a Iru Muqu (Aymara, "jisk'a" small, "iru" a type of grass, "(Festuca orthophylla)", "muqu" knot; joint of a part of the reed, also spelled "Jiskairumoko, Jisk'airumoko") is a pre-Columbian archaeological site 54 km south-east of Puno, Peru. The site lies in the mountains at elevation 4,115 meters (13,500 feet), in the Aymara community of Jachacachi, adjacent to the Ilave River drainage, of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Peru. Occupation of Jisk'a Iru Muqu spans from the Late Archaic to the Formative.