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Akwesasne Mohawk settlement bill would ratify pact returning thousands of acres and provide state benefits, witnesses say
Summary
HR 2916 would ratify a negotiated settlement resolving long‑running Akwesasne Mohawk land claims, returning roughly 3,500 acres to reservation status, allowing additional acquisitions from willing sellers, and including education and power‑rate provisions without federal payments.
The subcommittee considered HR 2916, a bill to ratify and confirm a negotiated settlement resolving land claims by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe and related parties in northern New York.
Chief Beverly Cook of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe described the settlement as the result of decades of litigation and negotiation and said the agreement would return approximately 3,500 acres to reservation status and permit the tribe to acquire up to an additional 14,000 acres…
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