Grand River territory

E800863

Haudenosaunee land Indigenous territory land grant

The Grand River territory is a tract of land in what is now southern Ontario that was granted to the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) as a settlement and reserve area following the American Revolutionary War.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand River Territory	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Haudenosaunee land ⓘ Indigenous territory ⓘ land grant ⓘ
associatedPeople	Cayuga NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohawk NERFINISHED ⓘ Oneida NERFINISHED ⓘ Onondaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscarora NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Grand River banks ⓘ
contains	Mississaugas of the Credit reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryAfterColonialPeriod	Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentPrimaryCommunity	Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
disputedBetween	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Nations of the Grand River NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Grand River NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	British colonial authorities (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of Canada (modern jurisdiction) NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantedBy	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec colonial administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
grantedTo	Haudenosaunee NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Cayuga NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ Mohawk NERFINISHED ⓘ Oneida NERFINISHED ⓘ Onondaga NERFINISHED ⓘ Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscarora NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Loyalist resettlement after American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalRegionOf	Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Haldimand Proclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ southern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Grand River NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalUse	refuge for Haudenosaunee displaced from homelands south of Great Lakes ⓘ
partOf	Haudenosaunee traditional territory ⓘ
purpose	reserve area for Six Nations ⓘ settlement area for Haudenosaunee allies of the British ⓘ
relatedEvent	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Loyalist migration to British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	land claims ⓘ treaty disputes ⓘ
timeOfGrant	late 18th century ⓘ post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haldimand Proclamation → appliesTo → Grand River territory ⓘ

Six Nations Elected Council → locatedIn → Grand River territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand River Territory