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...shield might just as well belong to Ganienkeh, a group trying to "Help Eagle Bay." They are a group of "native Americans, Mohawk primarily," who have taken over a former girls camp in New York and kicked all the motel owners out. "They have the right to this land. They will appeal to the United Nations and the International Coort |sic| if necessary." In their pamphlet they fall to elucidate their stand on busing...
...while, New York State did nothing about the invaders, hoping that the problem-and the Indians- would simply go away. Only in September did the state go into federal court seeking to evict the Indians, basing its case on the fact that the Mohawks had been pro-British belligerents during the Revolutionary War and had later signed away their lands. The Indians reject that claim. "The Mohawk land was lost by fraud, and its possession by New York State and the State of Vermont constituted] illegal usurpation," charges the Ganienkeh Manifesto...
...Mountain New Ashford 3 chairs, T-bar 1,250 6 Butternut Basin Great Barrington 3 chairs, T-bar 1,000 7 Indian Head East Pepperell 2 T-bars 150 8 Jiminy Peak Hancock 2 chairs, 2 T-bars 1,130 9 Klein Innsbruck Franklin 3 chairs 200 10 Mount Mohawk Shelburne 2 T-bars 300 11 Mount Tom Holyoke 2 chairs, 2 T-bars, J-bar 700 12 Mount Watatic Ashby 2 T-bars 300 13 Otis Ridge Otis J-Bar, Pomalift, 2 J-bars 350 14 Pheasant Run Leomineter 2 T-bars 225 15 Pine Ridge Barre...
...highways, then spilled onto narrow country roads, causing slowdowns near picturesque spots. "I've covered more accidents caused by people running across a street or highway to take a picture," said New Hampshire State Trooper T.R. Korbet. Growled one tourist: "The traffic is so bad along the Mohawk Trail that they had to bring out Indians to entertain all the leaf freaks sitting in their cars with nothing...
...which is easier on the ankles than ice-skating. Says one enthusiast: "You can roller skate for five hours without getting tired." Gutsy oldsters are also gradually invading the rinks, eager to brush up on fancy footwork learned back in the '30s-notably the "spread eagle" and the "mohawk," turning movements used to reverse direction. The management often obliges by playing such nostalgic tunes as Tea for Two, Rambling Rose and Heart of My Heart...