Ganienkeh

Ganienkeh
Kanièn:ke
Permanent nonreservation settlement
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Ganienkeh
Coordinates: 44°52′06″N 73°40′11″W / 44.86822°N 73.66977°W / 44.86822; -73.66977
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyClinton County
Established1977
Area
 • Total
12 sq mi (30 km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code518
Websitehttp://www.ganienkeh.net

The Ganienkeh Territory (Kanièn:ke, meaning Land of the Flint in Mohawk) is a Mohawk community located on about 600 acres (2.4 km2) near Altona, New York in the far northeast corner of the North Country. The community considers itself an "Independent North American Indian State". Established by an occupation of Mohawk warriors in the late 1970s, it is a rare case in which an Indigenous people reclaiming land from the United States seceded. Issues of sovereignty and governmental relations have not been settled.

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