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  • Mohawk Man Accused of 'Stealing' Land May Prompt Resolution of Land Claim Lawsuit

    Gale Courey Toensing, Indian Country Today Media Network|Jan 19, 2012

    January 16, 2012 - The case of a Mohawk man arrested in December for “stealing land” may be the engine that moves forward a land claim lawsuit that has languished in federal court for decades. William Roger Jock, 50, who is also known by his traditional Mohawk name Kaneretiio (Good Leaf), was arrested December 6, 2011, after being indicted by a grand jury and charged with second degree grand larceny on the charge that he “wrongfully took, obtained or withheld real property located in the Town of...