ALBANY, New York --- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reached a preliminary agreement with the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (SRMT), St. Lawrence County and the New York Power Authority on May 28 that could end three decades of litigation over land illegally taken from the Mohawk of Akwesasne Natives. In response to the land claim first filed in federal
NY Tribes In Decades-long Battle With Gov. Cuomo, Lawyers For Rights To Their Land
In land negotiations in New York state, a retired American Indian Studies professor says: “Governor Cuomo and his supporters not only ignore the past, they wish to exterminate it, erasing the historical realities which have shaped the Empire State.”