Establishes the MBR001 (Membership Certificate) instrument family.
The instrument
Gazette No. 21 — Membership and Lineage Registry
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260106-000021
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000021
Tracking Code: RG1348-050000-000021 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 01 — Executive Government · Class 06 — Establishment
RECOGNITION AND REGISTRATION — MEMBERSHIP AND LINEAGE REGISTRY
Membership and Lineage Registry (Manor Roll) — 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 Membership and Lineage Registry of the Nation, being the continuation of the Manor Roll established under the Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive (SG0300-240102-010001, 2 January 2024) as the official Book of Life of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. The Register does not establish this roll; it constitutes the Register’s recognition of and authority over a living roll that has been operative since January 2024.
CONSTITUTION AND PURPOSE
The Membership and Lineage Registry, also known as the Manor Roll, is held in the custody of the Registrar General. It is the authoritative and continuous record of the membership of the Nation — the living answer to the question at the heart of the Haldimand obligations: who are the posterity of the Mohawk loyalists?
The Registry records every citizen together with: full name and date of birth; ground of citizenship; resident standing category (RST001–RST004); Claim of Right status (COR001–COR008); lineage connection to Canajoharie, Tikondarago, or Aughgugo where established; clan and clan line; Loyalist Mohawk certification status; cross-references to the Birth and Heritage Registry; and date of entry. The Registry is a living document — it is never closed.
THE MANOR ROLL AND THE HALDIMAND OBLIGATIONS
The Manor Roll was established by the Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive for the specific purpose of documenting the posterity of the loyalist Mohawks named as beneficiaries in the Haldimand Proclamation. A well-maintained, internally consistent roll — cross-referenced to birth records, lineage documentation, citizenship determinations, and hereditary entitlements — is among the most powerful evidential instruments the Secretariat possesses.
This Registry is maintained separately from and takes precedence over any membership roll maintained by any band council or administrative body constituted under the Indian Act. The Nation’s own roll is the authoritative record of its membership.
Strategic note: Every entry in this Registry strengthens the institutional record of the Nation’s continuity and its claim as the representative body of the Haldimand posterity. The roll is not a list of people who receive benefits. It is the living record of the posterity for whom the Grand River Territory was set apart forever.
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.: GZT001-260106-000021
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000021
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
