People ex rel. Dew v. Reid

In May of 1974 a group claiming to be Mohawk Indians took possession of property around Moss Lake to which the State of New York claims title, and its inclusion in the Adirondack Forest Preserve, by virtue of a 1973 deed from the Nature Conservancy. Through a declaration called the Ganienkeh Manifesto, the occupants claim title not only to this but also to other lands in northern New York and Vermont, the claim being based on the asserted invalidity of certain treaties with Indians in the late eighteenth century. The petitioners are nearby landholders whose enjoyment of their property they…