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Dictionary definition: Mohawk

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Mohawk an Iroquois-speaking Indian tribe, one of the member of the Five Nations, located along the Mohawk River in upstate New York. Expelled by the French and their Indian allies from the St. ...

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Article: Mohawk tribe council objects to proposal for dam on Mohawk ...
Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Authority's proposal to build a new hydropower dam on the Mohawk River. Claiming Cohoes Falls as a hallowed site, the Mohawk Nation ... officials who have written in support of GIPA, including both of New York's U.S. senators, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles ...

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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  July 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... and floods receding, locks along three canals in Central New York reopened Friday. All locks along the Oswego and Cayuga ... entire system to be fully open, except for Lock 10" along the Mohawk River. Lock 24 in Baldwinsville only serviced eastbound boats Friday ...

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Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... all with an interest in the Mohawk River, will gather at Union College ... diverted for drinking water in New York City and elsewhere. The Mohawk ... just as critical. Already, New York City is getting about 15 percent ... of ice jamming in the lower Mohawk River and the ...

Article: MOHAWK RIVER TRAIL PLAN DRAWS PRAISE.(CAPITAL ...
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