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A map showing the six electoral districts used in Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council elections between 1927 and 2019. Beginning with the 4th Elected Council in 1927, until the implementation of the 2019 election code, Six Nations was divided into six electoral districts, with two Councillors (including the Chief) elected per district.
Dancers at the Six Nations Pow Wow. They later welcomed to the reserve a group of Lenape, who speak Munsee, an Algonquian language. Six Nations of the Grand River is the most populous reserve in Canada. As of March 2023, there were 28,520 band members, of whom 11,688 lived on the reserve. The population consists of the following bands: [22]
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 ...
From approximately 1840 to 1865, the Six Nations Confederacy council met in a log building near Middleport, Ontario.In 1856, against protests from the Onondaga chiefs, a strong-willed superintendent from the Indian Department, Jasper Tough Gilkison, established a council building in what is present-day Ohsweken, about 6 km (3.7 mi) south-west of Middleport.
The full Grand Council of the Six Nations had previously decided on a policy of neutrality at Albany in 1775. They considered Brant a minor war chief and the Mohawk a relatively weak people. Frustrated, Brant returned to Onoquaga in the spring to recruit independent warriors.
The Niharondasa Seneca First Nation is a Seneca First Nation in southern Ontario, and a member nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River. [2] Its reserves include the shared reserves of Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation.
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In April 2015, MCFN had an enrolled population of 2,330 people, 850 of whom lived on the MCFN Reserve. The first nation governs the 2,392.6 ha (5,912 acres) [4] parcel of New Credit 40A Indian Reserve known as Reserve 40B [citation needed] near Hagersville, Ontario. This reserve is located beside the Six Nations of the Grand River, near Brantford.