Papscanee island

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Great news for the Stockbridge-Munsee Community - Band of Mohican Indians! The Open Space Institute, a land conservation group in New York is returning to the Stockbridge-Munsee tribe the Papscanee island in New York, near Albany, a place of great historical value for the Mohican people.

“It’s a site that we have fought to protect before, now that it’s back in our ownership it’s very significant,” Stockbridge-Munsee community Director of Historical affairs Heather Bruegl said.

Read the whole article ( by Brennen Scarborough for 7 WSAU-TV) down below: