Haldimand Proclamation

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The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British royal proclamation
colonial land grant
historical legal document
appliesTo Grand River
Grand River territory
Ontario
surface form: present-day Ontario
archivedIn Library and Archives Canada
beneficiary Haudenosaunee
Loyalist Haudenosaunee allies
Mohawk
Six Nations
countryAtTimeOfIssue Great Britain
currentCountryOfTerritory Canada
currentProvinceOfTerritory Ontario
date 1784-10-25
documentType proclamation
grants Six Nations land on the Grand River
land along the Grand River
grantsTo Haudenosaunee allies
Mohawk people
surface form: Mohawk Nation

other Six Nations
hasConsequence establishment of the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve
ongoing land claims by Six Nations
historicalSignificance example of British compensation to Indigenous allies after the American Revolution
foundational document for Six Nations land rights on the Grand River
issuedBy British Crown
Frederick Haldimand
issuedIn Province of Quebec
jurisdiction British Empire
colonial Canada
language English
legalBasis loyalty to the British Crown
locationMentioned Grand River
Lake Erie
Niagara Region
surface form: Niagara region
namedAfter Frederick Haldimand
purpose compensation for losses during the American Revolutionary War
grant of land to Haudenosaunee allies of Britain
relatedTo American Revolutionary War
Indigenous land rights in Canada
Six Nations of the Grand River
American Loyalists
surface form: United Empire Loyalists

treaty and land claims disputes in Ontario
territoryExtentDescription from the mouth of the Grand River to its source
six miles deep on each side of the Grand River
year 1784

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Mohawk people treaty Haldimand Proclamation
Six Nations of the Grand River historicalOrigin Haldimand Proclamation