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How Mohawk ‘Skywalkers’ Helped Build New York City s Tallest Buildings
Native American riveting gangs worked on the high steel for iconic structures like the Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza and more.
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Native American riveting gangs worked on the high steel for iconic structures like the Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza and more.
Native Americans aren’t often associated with New York City and its dense, vertical landscape. With so many Indian nations pushed to America’s frontier in the 19
th century, they usually appear in popular culture as denizens of the rural West, occupying wide open spaces replete with tipis, buffalo and pow wows. Yet the Mohawk Nation has deep roots in metropolitan New York City where, beginning in the early 20 ....

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