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4 days ago · The man-made island (left) and video stills of two people seen stacking stones in the Grand River. (Submitted) The woman thinks the island should be disassembled.
The Grand River watershed consists of all the land that drains into the Grand River through tributary creeks and rivers such as the Conestogo, Speed, Eramosa, Irvine and Nith rivers. The Grand River has Southern Ontario's largest watershed.
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The community is occasionally represented by a flag depicting the Ayenwahtha wampum belt. The belt documents the establishment of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy by the Peacemaker. The first five nations to join the Confederacy are depicted in white, a colour of peace, over a background of purple, a colour of war. This acknowledges the conflict that ...
The territory that now forms the Six Nations reserve was formerly Haudenosaunee hunting grounds. This land was also formerly occupied by the Attiwonderonk (Neutral) nation. As a result of the American Revolution, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy relocated to this area in 1784. Much of the Confederacy aligned with the British during this conflict in or...
Six Nations of the Grand River retained their Confederacy Council governance system into the early 20th century. In this system, women assigned the role of chiefto selected men, who then governed through a consensus decision-making model. Federal government officials such as Duncan Campbell Scott, the Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs...
The Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, located in Brantford, Ontario, was the longest running residential school in Canada. Founded in 1828 as the Mechanics’ Institute, a day school for boys from Six Nations of the Grand River, the institute began accepting girls in 1834. The school was operated by the Anglican Church of Canada until 1969,...
Six Nations has been home to many well-known figures. These include poet Tekahionwake (E. Pauline Johnson), Boston Marathon winner Tom Longboat, actor Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger) and Academy Award nominee Graham Greene (Dances with Wolves). Six Nations hosts the annual, internationally recognized Grand River Champion of Champions Powwow. The ...
Feb 7, 2006 · Nestled in the heartland of the most populated part of Canada, the Grand River is important for recreation and tourism. Its upper reaches are known for world-class fishing for brown trout; paddling is popular all along the river; and the most extensive system of hiking trails in Ontario winds along its banks.
Today there are roughly 3,500 ironworkers in Ontario, 500 of which are Haudenosaunee. Next time you admire a tall skyscraper or the dramatic view from a big bridge, think of the Haudenosaunee ironworkers who made it possible.
Jan 28, 2024 · Mohawk ironworkers help build NYC. Though colonization forced many Lenape out of Manhattan in the 1600s, there's a misconception that Indigenous people didn't exist in the city as it developed,...
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Dec 4, 2017 · Monture, a Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, has spent the last four decades researching in public and private archives just what has happened to land given to the Indigenous community and the monies realized by those lands.
