Establishes the BCR001 (Birth Certificate) and HER001 (Heritage Certificate) instrument families.
The instrument
Gazette No. 20 — Birth and Heritage Registry
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260106-000020
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000020
Tracking Code: RG1348-050000-000020 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 01 — Executive Government · Class 06 — Establishment
RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION — BIRTH AND HERITAGE REGISTRY
Birth and Heritage Registry — Mohawk Nation of Grand River
Be it known and placed on record:
That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby recognizes and formally enters in the Register the Birth and Heritage Registry of the Nation, being the registry established under the Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive (SG0300-240102-010001, 2 January 2024) and operating since that date. The Register does not establish this Registry; it constitutes the Register’s recognition of and authority over a registry that has been operative.
CONSTITUTION AND PURPOSE
The Birth and Heritage Registry is held in the custody of the Registrar General. It records the births, parentage, lineage, heritage connections, and Claims of Right of citizens of and applicants to the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. Entry in the Registry is the basis for all citizenship determinations, identification instrument issuances, and hereditary entitlement certifications.
The Registry records: full name and all names by which the person is known; date and place of birth; names of parents and grandparents; lineage connection to Canajoharie, Tikondarago, or Aughgugo where established; Claim of Right determination and category (COR001–COR008); clan affiliation (CLN001 Turtle, CLN002 Wolf, CLN003 Bear) and clan line where established; Loyalist Mohawk certification (LMC001); and cross-references to any Membership and Lineage Registry entry.
THE MOHAWK CHAPEL RECORDS
The records of Her Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks at Brantford, maintained continuously from 1786, constitute a primary source of birth and heritage evidence. These records are not merely genealogical — they are constitutional evidence of the Nation’s continuous presence in the Grand River Territory and of the covenant relationship with the Crown. The Registrar General is authorized to seek access to those registers.
UELAC CERTIFICATION
United Empire Loyalist certification, as established in the Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive, constitutes recognized supplementary proof of lineage for applicants. UELAC certification verifies descent from loyalist members allied with the British Crown who settled in Mohawk territories following the American Revolution, directly connecting the applicant to the posterity named in the Haldimand Proclamation.
ACCESS AND CONFIDENTIALITY
Entries in the Birth and Heritage Registry are confidential to the registered person and their authorized representatives. Access is restricted to the Registrar General, the Secretary-General, the Attorney General, and such other officers as the Registrar General specifically authorizes for a defined purpose.
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.: GZT001-260106-000020
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000020
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
