Land trust partners for Indigenous center expansion
BY MIKE LYNCH | The Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center took a big step toward a planned expansion, acquiring 333 acres in October from its new partner, Adirondack Land Trust.
Home to more than 3,000 artifacts, the center is located on county Route 60 in Onchiota, about 12 miles north of the village of Saranac Lake. Its mission is to educate the public on “Haudenosaunee culture specifically, and Native American history in general.”
For nearly 70 years, the Fadden family, members of the Mohawk Nation, owned and operated the facility as the Six Nations Indian Museum on their land. The six nations, the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora, comprise the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
