MOHAWKS REACH TENTATIVE LAND DEAL; STATE WOULD PAY NATION $100MILLION AND GIVE UP 1,315 ACRES OF LAND.(News)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | October 7, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Erik Kriss Albany bureau

The state and the Mohawk Indians have reached a tentative agreement to settle a 22-year-old land claim.

The state would pay the Mohawks $100 million over 40 years and turn over 1,315 state-owned acres under the agreement. It would also recognize 13,463 now privately owned acres as Mohawk territory when Indians purchase the property from willing sellers.

The agreement is subject to a vote by about 20,000 Mohawk Indians next month.

Unlike a tentative accord signed by Gov. George Pataki and the leaders of ...

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