Wahta Mohawk Territory

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Wahta Mohawk Territory is an Indigenous Mohawk reserve in Ontario, Canada, recognized as a self-governing First Nations community with its own cultural, political, and social institutions.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations reserve
Indigenous community
Mohawk reserve
self-governing First Nation
borderingEntity District Municipality of Muskoka
country Canada
ethnicGroup Mohawk
governingBody Wahta Mohawks First Nation Council
hasCommunityServices band administration
education services
health services
social services
hasCommunityType rural community
hasCulturalHeritage Haudenosaunee customs
Mohawk traditions
hasCulturalInstitutions Mohawk cultural institutions
hasEconomicActivities local businesses
service sector
small-scale resource-based activities
hasEducationGovernance First Nation-controlled education
hasGovernmentType band council
hasHealthGovernance First Nation-controlled health services
hasLandStatus collectively held by the First Nation
hasLegalStatus Indian reserve under Canadian law
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPoliticalInstitutions First Nation political institutions
hasPrimaryIdentity Mohawk First Nation community
hasPrimaryReligion Christianity
traditional Mohawk spiritual practices
hasRights Aboriginal and treaty rights as recognized in Canada
hasSocialGovernance First Nation-controlled social programs
hasSocialInstitutions community social institutions
hasTraditionalLanguage Mohawk language
isIndigenousTerritory true
isInhabitedBy members of the Wahta Mohawks First Nation
isPartOf Haudenosaunee traditional territory
isRecognizedBy Government of Canada
Government of Ontario
isSelfGoverning true
isSubjectTo certain provincial laws of Ontario
federal jurisdiction of Canada
locatedIn Muskoka District Municipality
Ontario
partOf Province of Ontario
people Wahta Mohawks
recognizedAs First Nations reserve under the Indian Act of Canada

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mohawk
currentCommunities
Mohawk people
majorCommunity

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