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Area code (s) 519 and 226. Website. www.sixnations.ca. Six Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River) [a] is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve. [2] These nations are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora ...
As the Iroquois Six Nations were considered the most warlike of Canada's First Nations, and, in turn, the Mohawk the most warlike of the Six Nations, the Canadian government especially encouraged the Iroquois, particularly the Mohawks, to join. [141]
The Grand River land dispute, also known as the Caledonia land dispute, is an ongoing dispute between the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Government of Canada.It is focused on land along the length of the Grand River in Ontario known as the Haldimand Tract, a 385,000-hectare (950,000-acre) tract that was granted to Indigenous allies of the British Crown in 1784 to make up for ...
Karonghyontye or Captain David Hill (1745–1790), Mohawk leader during the American Revolutionary War. E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake (1861–1913), poet, author, and public speaker from the Six Nations Reserve of the Grand River. George Henry Martin Johnson (1816–1884), Mohawk chief and interpreter.
Ohsweken. Ohsweken (/ oʊʃˈwiːkɛn /) is a dispersed rural community located within the Six Nations of the Grand River, in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada. [7][8] Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and administrative offices. [citation needed]
Many Seneca and other Iroquois migrated into Canada during and after the Revolutionary War, where the Crown gave them land in compensation for what was lost in their traditional territories. Some 10,000 to 25,000 Seneca are citizens of Six Nations Reserve and reside on the Grand River Territory, the major Iroquois reserve, near Brantford, Ontario.
The Six Nations is the only reserve in the Canadian system with a subsection reserve. The Mississaugas eventually purchased the land gifted as well as an additional 490 ha (1,200 acres) for a sum of $10,000.00 on June 15, 1903, for the all-time right of undisturbed use and occupancy of the land.
They control the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which is a 7,362.5 ha (18,193-acre) [1] Mohawk Indian reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Deseronto. [2] They also share Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River reserves with other First Nations.