STOCKBRIDGE — On a pristine, forested property at the northern tip of Monument Mountain is Fenn Farm — 351 acres of scenic undeveloped land.
The ancestral homelands once belonged to the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Last fall, it went on the market for $3 million following the death in July of owner Clover Swann, the artist, author and longtime member of the Stockbridge Land Trust.
Her former house has been carved out of the potential sale marketed by William Pitt/Sotheby’s International Realty in Great Barrington.
A plot of land originally held by the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians on Cherry Street in Stockbridge is up for sale, and the tribe is looking to purchase the property back.
STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Last week the tribe submitted a $2.5 million funding application to the state’s Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Action Grant program for the purchase and conservation of the property. Grant awards are expected to be announced this summer.
“Since we’ve been dispossessed of our land out East, we’ve always attempted to reacquire our originally ceded territory,” said Shannon Holsey, tribal president based in Bowler, Wisconsin. “Our stars must have aligned when this property became available, with the outreach of allies and partners throughout Massachusetts to assist us.”
A plot of land originally held by the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians on Cherry Street in Stockbridge is up for sale, and the tribe is looking to purchase the property back.
STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Holsey told The Eagle that the tribal community has sufficient resources to move forward with the land purchase, whether or not the state grant comes…
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