Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series consists of memorandums, correspondence, maps, copies of deeds, newspaper clippings, publications, reports and
cassette tapes generated as a consequence of an occupation of state-owned land at Moss Lake (Herkimer County) by a dissident
group of Mohawk Indians who rejected the 1797 treaty by which the state acquired title. The Mohawks established a community
they called Ganienkeh on the occupied land. Subsequent negotiation, supervised by the Secretary of State, led to the withdrawal
of the Indians from Moss Lake and the move of Ganienkeh to two parcels of land in Clinton County.
Creator:
Title:
Moss Lake Indian lands negotiation files
Quantity:
3 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1974-1979
Series Number:
A0726
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