That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby formally enters in the Register the following parliamentary and official statements as evidence of Crown recognition of the Haldimand Treaty, the special status of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, and the operative and undenounced character of the Haldimand…
The instrument
Gazette No. 41 — Notice of Parliamentary Record
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260204-000041
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000041
Tracking Code: AG1113-050000-000041 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 02 — Sovereign, Foreign & Legislative · Class 04 — Notice
NOTICE OF PARLIAMENTARY RECORD
Crown Admissions and Parliamentary Statements 1909–1922
Be it known and placed on record:
That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby formally enters in the Register the following parliamentary and official statements as evidence of Crown recognition of the Haldimand Treaty, the special status of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, and the operative and undenounced character of the Haldimand instruments.
HC DEB 06 MARCH 1922, VOL 151, CC856–857
Lord Cavendish-Bentinck asked when and by what parties the Haldimand Treaty of 1784 was denounced, noting that as recently as 1909 the Canadian Government held the Treaty was operative. Mr. Winston Churchill replied that the question of whether the beneficiaries are amenable to certain Canadian legislation is entirely a matter for the Government and Parliament of Canada. Significance: As of 1922, the Treaty had not been denounced. The question of amenability to Canadian legislation remains unanswered.
FRANK OLIVER, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, HOC APRIL 5, 1909
It is the policy of the Canadian Government to recognize its relations with the Six Nations Indians of the Grand River as being on a different footing from those with any of the other Indians of Canada. They came to Canada under special treaty as allies of Britain. Significance: Crown acknowledgment of a categorically different legal position for the Grand River Nation.
FRANK OLIVER, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, HOC MAY 11, 1914
The Six Nations Indians on the Grand River are in a different legal position from any other Indian bands. They were given lands under a special treaty, not as subjects but as allies of Great Britain, and this Parliament has no right to interfere with a treaty made between the Imperial Government and the Six Nations Indians. Significance: Parliament has no right to interfere with the Haldimand Treaty. This statement has never been retracted.
COMMON THREAD
The Haldimand Treaty was not denounced before 1922 and has not been denounced since. The Canadian Government’s own Ministers acknowledged as recently as 1914 that Parliament has no right to interfere with it. These Crown admissions are independent of the modern section 35 framework and arise from the specific treaty relationship.
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.: GZT001-260204-000041
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000041
Primary Sources: HC Deb 1922; HOC Debates 1909, 1914; Order in Council 1918
Status: Originals in public parliamentary record; certified extracts to be obtained for physical file
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
