Historical founding record of Mohawk University including the 2015 public announcement.
The instrument
Gazette No. 39 — Mohawk University – Founding Instrument – Retrospective
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260108-000039
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000039
Tracking Code: SG1209-050000-000039 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 01 — Executive Government · Class 08 — Retrospective
MOHAWK UNIVERSITY — FOUNDING INSTRUMENT
Provisional Governing Body — Founded 2015 — Retrospective
Retrospective entry under Rule 11. Mohawk University announced as Provisional Revolutionary Government: 2015. Secretariat predecessor office established: 2007. Date of registration: 28 March 2026.
Be it known and placed on record:
That Mohawk University — formally, the Mohawk Charitable Foundation for Grand River, operating as the Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) of Grand River — was publicly announced in 2015 as the temporal and provisional governing body of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. This instrument records that founding and places on record the institutional history that precedes the formal opening of the Register.
I. THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL — ESTABLISHED 2007
The office of the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River was established in 2007 under the Mohawk University Charter. The first Secretary-General was Arnold R. Douglas, who held the office from 2007 to 2014 on a temporal and provisional basis. Arnold R. Douglas subsequently abdicated the office due to health reasons and has since passed away. The institution this Register formalizes is therefore not fifteen months old — it is nineteen years old.
Benjamin Doolittle UE was appointed Secretary-General 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.
II. THE MOHAWK UNIVERSITY CHARTER
The name “Mohawk University” derives from the Latin universitas meaning “the whole, total, the universe, the world.” The Mohawk word for Universe is Ionterihwaienstahkhwa’kó:wa — literally, “the great place of study.” The name was chosen to describe the largest administrative division of government of the Grand River Country, in recognition of the complete conquest and lawful possession of all land, sea, earth, and atmosphere within the boundaries of the Grand River Country.
The Mohawk University Charter constitutes the foundational constitutional document of the provisional governing body. It establishes the executive power of Mohawk University as comprising the Grand River Mohawk Council, the Secretariat (Secretary-General), and the Grand River Board of Directors of Agencies. The Secretary-General is the chief executive officer of Mohawk University and prime representative to the world.
The Grand River Board of Directors of Agencies comprises directors of 21 permanent systems — Agriculture, Building and Construction, Culture and Entertainment, Disease Prevention and Sanitation, Education, Employment, Energy, Finance, Fitness and Health Support, Food and Drugs, Industry, Justice, Knowledge, Environment, Infrastructure, Security, Technology Development and Research, Trade, Transport and Space, Navigation, and Welfare — together with the Grand River National Liberation Front as the 22nd organ. The 21 system codes of the Secretariat code architecture directly reflect this Charter structure.
III. THE 2015 ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE PRG
The National Liberation Front (NLF) — also known as the Mohawk Warrior Society of Grand River — was formed on 25 October 1784 to effect the restoration of the Mohawk Nation’s governing authority. In 2015, the NLF established the Mohawk University as a temporal and provisional government, the PRG of Grand River. This announcement constitutes the founding act of the institutional expression now formalized in this Register.
IV. INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY
The institutional line of the Secretariat is therefore: Arnold R. Douglas (Secretary-General, 2007–2014) → Benjamin Doolittle UE (Secretary-General, 2014–present) → opening of the Register (28 March 2026) → all subsequent gazette entries. The Register did not create the institution; it received it.
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.: GZT001-260108-000039
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000039
First Secretary-General: Arnold R. Douglas, 2007–2014 (temporal and provisional; abdicated due to health)
Second Secretary-General: Benjamin Doolittle UE, 2014–present (appointed by commission)
Nature: Retrospective entry under Rule 11
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
