In 1974, a group of Mohawk Indians established a community called Ganienkeh in New York's Adirondack mountains, occupying a defunct girls camp. They aimed to live a more traditional lifestyle and assert their aboriginal title to the land, but faced occasional violent clashes with local residents. After three years, they negotiated a land swap with the State and relocated to a permanent home near Plattsburgh, New York, where they remain today.
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In 1974, a group of Mohawk Indians occupied an abandoned camp in New York's Adirondack Mountains, which they called Ganienkeh. However, tensions with local residents led to the tribe's relocation to Plattsburgh in 1977, following a rare land swap with the state that allowed for the succ...
