Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks Mission, Vision & Values
ROOTED IN THE ADIRONDACKS, GROWING THE FUTURE
The Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks is a private nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that is chartered through the NYS Department of Education - Board of Regents and is dedicated to historic preservation and lifelong learning. Great Camp Sagamore, a National Historic Landmark, has been owned and stewarded by the Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks for over 50 years, and is the Adirondack great camp most accessible to the public.
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks 2026-2031 Strategic Plan
Sagamore Institute of the Adirondacks 2026-2031 Strategic Plan
Through an extensive and collaborative process, Sagamore developed a Strategic Plan for 2026–2031 building upon the Institute’s 50-year legacy of historic preservation and lifelong learning at Great Camp Sagamore. Click the link below to access the Strategic Plan Executive Summary.
Land Acknowledgment
Great Camp Sagamore sits on lands and waters cared for by the Algonkian people known as the Mahican for over ten thousand years and more recently by the Iroquoian-speaking people we now call the Mohawk, and the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki people. We remember their connection to this place and recognize the many hardships they continue to endure. In the 19th century, Native people from these nations began to work as guides and artisans in the Sagamore region. Many of Mahican, Mohawk, and Abenaki descent still live in the Adirondacks to this day. We give thanks for the opportunity to share and protect this place and to better incorporate at the Sagamore, Native values of land management and conservation ethics. We hope that this is an opening to learn more.
Please read our entire land acknowledgement to better understand the deep Native connections to this area--past, present, and future.