The Village of Fonda is in the Town of Mohawk and is west of Amsterdam. In 1993, the Mohawk people bought land here to re-establish the "Kanatsiohareke" community formerly at this site. It is the first land they have held in the valley since being forced out in 1783 after the Revolution, when Great Britain ceded its former territories in the colonies to the United States. This included most of the territory of the Iroquois six nations, who were not consulted in treaty negotiations.