▁received ▁a ▁$ 1 9 ▁million ▁settlement ▁from ▁" GM , ▁Al co a , ▁and ▁Reyn olds ▁for ▁poll ution ▁of ▁trib al ▁fish ing ▁and ▁hunting ▁grounds ▁along ▁the ▁St . ▁Lawrence ▁River ". ▁The ▁companies ▁have ▁undert aken ▁clean up ▁of ▁the ▁poll ution . ▁The ▁tribe ▁int ends ▁to ▁use ▁this ▁money ▁to ▁re develop ▁the ▁former ▁dam ▁site ▁as ▁" the ▁focus ▁of ▁a ▁cultural ▁rest oration ▁program ▁that ▁will ▁pair ▁trib al ▁el ders ▁with ▁younger ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁tribe ▁to ▁restore ▁the ▁Moh awk ▁language ▁and ▁pass ▁on ▁traditional ▁practices ▁such ▁as ▁fish ing , ▁hunting , ▁basket ▁we aving , ▁h ort icult ure ▁and ▁medicine , ▁to ▁name ▁a ▁few ." ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 6 9 9 ▁people , ▁ 9 0 4 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 6 8 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁Indian ▁res ervation ▁within ▁the ▁US ▁boundary . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 4 2 . 2 / mi ² ▁( 5 4 . 9 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 9 7 7 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 5 1 . 5 / mi ² ▁( 1 9 . 9 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁res ervation ▁was ▁ 9 7 . 4 1 % ▁Native ▁American , ▁ 2 . 0 7 % ▁White , ▁