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(TIL) Haudenosaunee ironworkers from the Six Nations of the Iroquois, mostly Mohawks, raised and riveted the beams of New York’s iconic buildings. The World Trade Center was built by 500 men, 200 of whom were Mohawks. And, in the famous 1932 Lunch Atop A Skyscraper" photo 4 of the men are Mohawks.

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