That in March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River issued a State of Emergency Proclamation asserting the Nation’s authority to respond to health and safety matters within the Grand River Territory.
The instrument
Gazette No. 36 — COVID-19 State of Emergency Proclamation – Retrospective
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260408-000036 [now GZT001-260108-000036]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000036
Tracking Code: SG0401-050000-000036 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 04 — Police & Emergency · Class 08 — Retrospective
COVID-19 STATE OF EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
Issued March 2020 — Retrospective Registration
Retrospective entry under Rule 11. Date of original issuance: March–April 2020. Date of registration: 28 March 2026.
Be it known and placed on record:
That in March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River issued a State of Emergency Proclamation asserting the Nation’s authority to respond to health and safety matters within the Grand River Territory. The Proclamation was transmitted to the Department of National Defence and to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. The Department of National Defence formally acknowledged receipt on behalf of Minister Sajjan and forwarded the correspondence to the office of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.
This Proclamation demonstrates the Nation’s exercise of governing authority in a real emergency, federal acknowledgment at Deputy Prime Minister level, and that governing authority was being exercised continuously before the Register was formally opened.
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.: GZT001-260408-000036 [now GZT001-260108-000036]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000036
Original Date of Issuance: March–April 2020
Nature: Retrospective entry under Rule 11
Federal Acknowledgment: Department of National Defence on behalf of Minister Sajjan; forwarded to Deputy PM Freeland, April 2020
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
