Kaniehtiio Horn
Horn in 2011, photo by PrPhotos
Birth Name: Kaniehtiio Alexandra Jessie Horn Batt
Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Date of Birth: November 8, 1986
Ethnicity:
*father – Scottish, German, English
*mother – Mohawk Iroquois First Nations
Kaniehtiio Horn is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for a Gemini Award for her role in the made-for-tv movie Moccasin Flats: Redemption. She is also credited as Tiio Horn.
Her father is a lawyer of Scottish, German, and English descent. Her mother, Kahn-Tineta Horn, is a model, and Mohawk activist. Pictures of Kaniehtiio with her mother can be seen here. Her maternal half-sister is water polo player Waneek Horn-Miller. Kaniehtiio, Waneek, and their mother participated in the 1990 Oka Crisis. Kaniehtiio has a son.
Kaniehtiio has said:
My mother’s Mohawk and my father is Scottish/German from Nova Scotia. But my mother is Mohawk and super dark, so I think that might be part of it. She used to model in the 60’s and was part of the civil rights movement for Native Americans. I used to live on a reserve, but I went back and forth between my reserve and Ottawa where my father lived, so I kind of had a double life growing up.
Kaniehtiio’s paternal grandfather was Robert John Fraser Batt (the son of Johann Jakob Friedrich Batt and Janet/Jennet Fraser). Robert was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Johann was born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, of ethnic German descent, the son of Jacques Batt and Madeleine Gruninger. Janet was born in Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland, the daughter of John Fraser and Janet Smart.
Kaniehtiio’s paternal grandmother was Jessie Amelia Harding (the daughter of William E. Harding and Margaret Townsend Wood). Jessie was born in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kaniehtiio’s maternal grandfather was named Assenaientor/Joe Horn.
Kaniehtiio’s maternal grandmother was named Konwenni/Margaret Diabo.
Kaniehtiio’s 10-20% Amerindian at the very most. There are many First Nations in Canada who identify as being fully First Nations or are members of First Nations tribes but are heavily mixed/predominantly European. And that’s not including those who identify as Metis.
Here’s some pictures of her mother (posted on her Twitter). She looks mostly European. So her daughters look aren’t a surprise at all.
https://twitter.com/kaniehtiio/status/1063099846117281792
I agree with your assessment. Her mom looks anywhere from 12-40% Native. At least, just in my estimation based on my experience with individuals mixed with North American indigenous DNA. The tribe I’m apart of were rivals of the Iroquois, but they shared territory and swapped DNA. There’s lots of people today that look like her mother in my tribe’s reservation, and even more that look like Kaniehtiio herself.
Slight correction, the Mohawk are an Iroquoian people. It should probably just read “Mohawk Iroquoian” or “Iroquoian Mohawk.” As it’s written now, it makes it seems as if her mother is from two different groups.
Kaniehtiio’s paternal grandfather was Robert John Fraser Batt (the son of Johann Jakob Friedrich Batt and Janet/Jennet Fraser). Robert was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Johann was born in Strasbourg, to Jacques Batt and Madeleine Gruninger. Janet was born in Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland, to John Fraser and Janet Smart.
Kaniehtiio’s maternal grandmother was Jessie Amelia Harding (the daughter of William E. Harding and Margaret Townsend Wood). Jessie was born in Nova Scotia, Canada.
*Kaniehtiio’s paternal grandmother was Jessie Amelia Harding (the daughter of William E. Harding and Margaret Townsend Wood). Jessie was born in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I noticed there’s a comma between Mohawk and Iroquis when there shouldn’t be.
Kaniehtiio’s maternal grandfather was Assenaientor/Joe Horn.
Kaniehtiio’s maternal grandfather was Konwenni/Margaret Diabo.
Tag as First Nations and Iroquois
Is her mother a full-blooded one?
Horn may be after the Scottish surname “Horne” and Diabo sounds West African, but that’s most likely just a coincidence.
Might be a French name in origin. Here’s another Mohawk with that name:
https://www.russdiabo.com/bio
and another one:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mohawk-cheryl-diabo-faces-eviction-threat-from-kahnawake-1.2737689
Anyway, discussing last names of Native Americans is as futile as discussing last names of African-Americans.
Her mother is only part First Nations but identifies as being fully Mohawk/Iroquois. There are pictures of her mother on Horn’s Twitter and her mother looks predominantly European.
https://twitter.com/kaniehtiio/status/1063099846117281792