Posted on 09/21/2015 10:18:00 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
ITHACA, N.Y. — Kurt A. Jordan, associate professor in Cornell University’s department of anthropology and Native American studies, has found evidence through his research that suggests several parts of Ithaca lies above ancient burial grounds of Haudenosaunee Indians.
Jordan said his finding are based on a “paper trail” of books and documents, some dating centuries ago, because he didn’t have the permission to excavate in Ithaca.
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I thought it was the Mohawks from upper New York State.
Beautiful pics!
I grew up near Letchworth SP in Western NY, which is also stunning as the fall foliage comes out.
Didn't the Mohawks help build the Twin Towers?
From beginning to end, from rise to fall to rise again, the noble Mohawk ironworkers have shepherded the sky-scraping towers of the World Trade Center in New York City into existence.
“I worked on the building for four years,” third-generation ironworker John McGowan, Kahnawà:ke, told Kahnawake411, the newspaper for the reserve just outside Montreal. He was recalling his role in building the new One World Trade Center, which stands on the site of the original Twin Towers that fell in the horrifying terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. “It was a great honor to bring back the height to New York.”
The 408-foot-tall, 758-ton spire for the new tower was raised on May 10 and awed many, from the workers themselves to passing tourists, the Associated Press reported.
McGowan was on cleanup duty back when the first two towers fell, and he is part of the team building the 1,776-foot-high “Freedom Tower,” as the now-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere is dubbed.
“It was very sad,” he told the newspaper of the attacks’ aftermath. “Families would come to the site still searching or asking questions. There’s a lot of things that the media never showed that were horrific.”
American Indians and Canadian First Nations were instrumental in raising many of New York's tallest buildings, coming proudly from a tradition that adapted itself well to the work. McGowan is one of about 20 men from Kahnawà:ke working on the trade center job site, according to Kahnawake411.
These videos taken from the spire itself, on cameras installed by McGowan on behalf of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, capture the ascension of the spire in all its dizzying, vertigo-inducing glory. This is what the iron workers see as they toil to help New York rise above tragedy and reach for the stars once again.
http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2013/05/mohawk-ironworkers-help-raise-spire-for.html
Source: https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Iroquois+Indian+Reservations&view=detailv2&&id=D8843410DDC99C430563DDE81B7002DC1BE5A797&selectedIndex=0&ccid=30OMjswy&simid=608026147015756831&thid=OIP.Mdf438c8ecc321c5e8cfd4fa3c93e6696o0&ajaxhist=0
They were allies.
That is why they were called The Iroquois Confederacy.
Well this thread went in many directions. Interesting comments none the less.
Ah. I learn something new here every day.
I knew the Mohawks of northern New York were famous for building the skyscrapers in Manhattan. I never knew that the Mohawk tribe is part of the Iroquois confederation.
The subject of many wonderful memes.....They were the first to do *Bring Your Wife to Work Day*
What a picture!
Do you happen to know if the Akwesasne Indians who run the casino up in Massena, are they part of the Mohawk nation and thus part of the Iroquois Confederation?
That guy is Italian.
Wow, that’s gorges!
I don’t know how those guys do that. I am a civil engineer. I do foundations, I couldn’t do structures, that would freak me out.
Cool pics.
He also played an Indian shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television commercials, "Keep America Beautiful". In 1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was actually of Italian ancestry, but he denied it.
Lol! Didn’t even think of that. Gorgeous gorges!
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Remember those poor window washers clinging to their dangling platform 60 stories up when one of the lift cables broke free?
Oh yeah, hanging in their safety harnesses, cutting off circulation for a really long time.
Couldn’t pay me anywhere near enough to do that. When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a tree trimmer guy, but I could never get much over about 40’ without wigging out.
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