Akwesasne Cultural Center

Akwesasne Cultural Center

The Akwsasne Cultural Center houses a library and museum about the Mohawk Nation community of Akwesasne. 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. [http://akwesasneculturalcenter.org/museum Akwesasne Museum]

The library has a collection of more than 28,000 books. The Native Collection is one of the largest in Northern New York with over 2,400 volumes. [http://akwesasneculturalcenter.org/library Akwesasne Library]

The Center is located at 321 State Rte 37, Hogansburg, New York.

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* [http://akwesasneculturalcenter.org/ Akwesasne Cultural Center]


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