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Why do so many Native Americans work on skyscrapers?
December 18, 1992
Dear Cecil:
What's the deal with the historical hiring of Native American Indians to work on skyscrapers? Have they all truly been blessed with a lack of fear for heights?
— Robert Wallman, New York
Cecil replies:
Nah, it's the warrior ethic. Really. But first we'd better have a little background. It's not just any American Indian who goes into ironwork, it's mostly Iroquois, specifically Mohawks from the Kahnawake reservation near Montreal.
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Why do so many Native Americans work on skyscrapers?
December 18, 1992
Dear Cecil:
What's the deal with the historical hiring of Native American Indians to work on skyscrapers? Have they all truly been blessed with a lack of fear for heights?
— Robert Wallman, New York
Cecil replies:
Nah, it's the warrior ethic. Really. But first we'd better have a little background. It's not just any American Indian who goes into ironwork, it's mostly Iroquois, specifically Mohawks from the Kahnawake reservation near Montreal.
The rest of the story here:
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