Six Nations of the Grand River

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Six Nations of the Grand River is the largest First Nations reserve in Canada, home to multiple Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations including the Mohawk, and a central hub of Indigenous culture, governance, and land-rights advocacy in southern Ontario.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations reserve
Indigenous community
associatedWith Indigenous sovereignty movements in Canada
Land claims along the Grand River
containsCommunity Ohsweken, Ontario
surface form: Ohsweken
country Canada
governedBy Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council

Six Nations Elected Council
hasAnnualEvent Six Nations Pow Wow
hasAttraction Chiefswood National Historic Site
Chapel Royal
surface form: Her Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks
hasCulturalInstitution Six Nations Polytechnic
Woodland Cultural Centre
hasEconomicActivity Agriculture
Construction and trades
Crafts and arts
Tourism
hasEthnicGroup Cayuga
Haudenosaunee
Haudenosaunee
surface form: Iroquois

Mohawk
Oneida territory in New York
surface form: Oneida

Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
hasGovernmentType Elected band council
Traditional hereditary chiefs council
hasPostalDesignation Ohsweken, Ontario
historicalEvent Relocation of Haudenosaunee allies after the American Revolutionary War
historicalOrigin Haldimand Proclamation
isLargestByPopulation First Nations reserve in Canada
isMajorCenterFor Haudenosaunee governance
Indigenous culture in Ontario
Indigenous land-rights advocacy
languageUsed Cayuga language
English language
Mohawk language
Oneida language
Onondaga language
Seneca language
Tuscarora language
locatedIn Brant County
Ontario
Southern Ontario
locatedNear Brantford
surface form: Brantford, Ontario
locatedOn Grand River
partOf Haudenosaunee
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
recognizedBy Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

Government of Ontario
treatyRelationshipWith Crown in right of Canada
surface form: Crown in Right of Canada

Crown in right of the United Kingdom
surface form: Crown in Right of the United Kingdom

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Tuscarora associatedReserve Six Nations of the Grand River
Mohawk currentCommunities Six Nations of the Grand River
Haudenosaunee hasContemporaryCommunity Six Nations of the Grand River
Mohawk people majorCommunity Six Nations of the Grand River
Cayuga memberOf Six Nations of the Grand River
Lenape recognizedCommunityInCanada Six Nations of the Grand River