Akwesasne Cultural Center - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Akwesasne Cultural Center - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Akwesasne Cultural Center houses a library and museum about the Mohawk Nation community of Akwesasne. Opening in 1971, the Akwesasne Library was the first Native American Library east of the Mississippi River. The museum houses 2,000 photographic objects and over 700 ethnographic objects, of which over 300 are baskets. Black ash splint and sweetgrass basketry is part of the Akwesasne Mohawk identity. Read more on Wikipedia
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