The complete Order of Offices of the Secretariat. 13 offices established. 4 currently vacant.
The instrument
Gazette No. 2 — Order of Offices
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260106-000002
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000002
Tracking Code: SG1201-050000-000002 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 01 — Executive Government · Class 06 — Establishment
ORDER OF OFFICES
Institutional Structure of the Secretariat
The following offices are hereby established within the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. All offices are duly constituted. Where an office is vacant, its function is defined and held open. The active operational core is identified. Where live programs exist under an office, they are noted.
EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY
Secretary-General
Principal executive officer. The office has been in continuous operation since 2007. Arnold R. Douglas held the office from 2007 to 2014 on a temporal and provisional basis, and abdicated due to health reasons. Benjamin Doolittle UE was appointed by commission in 2014 and continues in office on the same temporal and provisional basis until the Mohawk Nation of Grand River has held its first elections for the office. Benjamin Doolittle UE is the sixth great-grandson of Colonel Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) UEL, one of the primary signatories of the Mohawk covenant with the British Crown and a direct lineal descendant of the Canajoharie Mohawk, one of the three villages named in the Haldimand Pledge of 1779. The UE designation is the Mark of Honour established by Dorchester’s Order-in-Council of 1789 to discriminate the posterity of the loyalist Mohawks from future settlers, and constitutes the most direct personal evidentiary connection to the named beneficiaries of the Haldimand instruments in the institutional record.
Deputy Secretary-General
Vacant pending appointment.
Chief of Staff
Vacant pending appointment.
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Inspector General
Oversight remit covers the entire Secretariat. Reports directly to the Secretary-General; not subordinate to any department or directorate. Reviews all instruments, investigates matters referred by the Secretary-General, and maintains the integrity of the Register.
REGISTRY AND RECORDS
Registrar General
Sole authority for entries in the Register of the Nation. Custodian of the physical Register and all instruments entered therein. Administers the Three-Block Record Code system. Issued the founding demand for return of seized NVR identifiers (23 March 2026). Responsible for the Birth and Heritage Registry, Membership and Lineage Registry, and all identity record actions.
Deputy Registrar
Vacant pending appointment.
Registrar of Titles
Vacant pending appointment. Will administer land title entries within the Land Registry.
Commissioner of Records
Vacant pending appointment.
Notary Public / Commissioner for Oaths
Vacant pending appointment.
LEGAL AND JURISDICTION
Attorney General
Principal legal and jurisdictional officer. Responsible for the assertion and defence of the Nation’s governing authority, including the Conflict of Laws Notice and the Sovereign Immunity instrument. Issued the formal Demand for Return of NVR Identifiers (April 2026). Functions are strictly separated from Counsel to the Secretariat. Currently held by Patrick Doolittle UE.
Solicitor General
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Jurisdiction
Vacant pending appointment.
Counsel to the Secretariat
Vacant pending appointment. Internal advisory function; strictly separated from Attorney General’s public jurisdictional function.
CROWN AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Director of Crown Relations
Manages the covenant relationship record and all external correspondence. Custodian of the External Correspondence Record (2018–2025), comprising responses from Crown-Indigenous Relations, the Department of National Defence, Statistics Canada, the Ontario Director of Titles, and the City of Brantford. Oversees the Diplomatic Fund. Coordinates all representations to the Crown including the Representation to His Majesty the King.
Director of External Relations
Vacant pending appointment.
Intergovernmental Affairs Officer
Vacant pending appointment.
LANDS AND TERRITORY
Surveyor General
Responsible for the survey record of the Grand River Territory. Administers the Grand River Location Determination Rules (MNLDR, SG0500-241119-010001), which provide the procedural framework for determining whether a location falls within the Haldimand Tract. Issues Location Determination Certificates and Jurisdiction Determination Certificates (LDC001, JDC001).
Deputy Surveyor
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Lands and Territory
Administers the Land Registry, being the continuation and formal constitutional grounding of the Kanyen’kehaka Land Registry System established in 2014. Oversees the Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative (MNHI, SG0501-241103-010001) and coordinates with the Mohawk Nation Housing Authority.
Director of Land Use and Planning
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Environmental Stewardship
Vacant pending appointment. Will oversee implementation of the Mohawk Environmental Protection and Sustainability Initiative (MEPSI, SG0500-241102-020001).
Director of Riparian and Water Rights
Vacant pending appointment. The riparian rights of the Nation to the Grand River and Lake Erie were not addressed in the 1908 Canada-USA boundary treaty — a gap confirmed in writing by the Surveyor General of Canada.
TREASURY AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Treasurer General
Custodian of the National Treasury Account and the Haldimand Lands Trust Account. Jointly administers the Diplomatic Fund with the Director of Crown Relations. The Haldimand Lands Trust Account is established and awaiting the Crown’s accounting and payment of outstanding obligations.
Deputy Treasurer
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Trust and Fiduciary Affairs
Vacant pending appointment. Will administer the Trust Register, being the record of the Crown’s fiduciary obligations in respect of the Grand River Territory.
Director of Revenue
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Finance and Accounts
Vacant pending appointment.
PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENFORCEMENT
Chief of Police
Vacant pending appointment. The Nation’s enforcement capacity is a priority for constitution. The active plate seizure matter (BR26009288) illustrates the need for a constituted enforcement function.
Deputy Chief of Police
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Public Safety
Vacant pending appointment.
Enforcement Officers
Vacant pending appointment.
COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Communications
Responsible for all official communications of the Secretariat. Oversees the Two Row Times as the press of record of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. The Two Row Times published the Representation to His Majesty the King on 1 April 2026, constituting its formal public notice.
Press Secretary
Vacant pending appointment.
Records and FOI Officer
Vacant pending appointment.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC WORKS
Director of Infrastructure
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Transportation
Vacant pending appointment. The Mohawk National Transportation and Safety Initiative (MNTSI, SG0500-241101-010001) is an active program awaiting appointment of this officer.
Director of Utilities and Energy
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Public Works
Vacant pending appointment.
SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Director of Housing
Vacant pending appointment. The Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative (MNHI) is an active program.
Director of Health and Social Services
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Education
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Cultural Affairs
Vacant pending appointment.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCE
Director of Economic Development
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Trade and Commerce
Vacant pending appointment.
Director of Business Relations
Vacant pending appointment.
ADVISORY AND TRADITIONAL
Council of Advisors
Vacant pending appointment.
Hereditary Advisors
Vacant pending appointment.
MINIMAL OPERATIONAL CORE — OFFICES ACTIVELY HELD
Secretary-General
Registrar General
Attorney General
Inspector General
Surveyor General
Treasurer General
Director of Lands and Territory
Director of Crown Relations
Director of Communications
EXECUTION
Executed under the authority of the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River.
Secretary-General
Date
CERTIFICATION OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL
I certify that this instrument has been duly received, examined, and entered in the Register of the Nation of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat.
Gazette No.: GZT001-260106-000002
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000002
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
