That time the Mohawks invaded the Adirondack Park

That time the Mohawks invaded the Adirondack Park

By Published On: October 27th, 2021Categories: Capitol Pressroom

October 27, 2021 – Nearly 50 years ago, Lou Grumet was dispatched to upstate New York – by then-state Secretary of State Mario Cuomo – to negotiate with a group of armed Mohawk Indians from Canada, who had seized more than 600 acres of property in the Adirondacks. What happened next is documented in Grumet’s new book, “This Land is My Land: An Insider’s Account of the 1974 Attempt to Reclaim New York State.”

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