Iroquois People

Councilman Questions Monument Referring To Iroquois ‘Savagery’ Murphy Said He Will Raise Issue Today Before Rights Commission By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA –  After 118 years, Common Council member Luke Murphy, First Ward, is concerned about a marker in Neahwa Park referring to the “savagery” of the Iroquois pursued by the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition. A neighbor of Murphy’s walking through Neahwa Park alerted the freshman council member to the plaque at the park’s River Street entrance, which says…