That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby enters in the Register the institutional record of Arnold R.
The instrument
[Register note: this text stood as “Gazette No. 55” in the Gazettes Master v3 of 19 April 2026. It is G54 in the certified Index REG001-260908-000282, which governs; the number printed below is the April number.]
Gazette No. 55 — Notice of Predecessor Secretary-General — Arnold R. Douglas (2007–2014)
3 April 2026 (Date of Registration) · Original: 2007–2014
Gazette No.: GZT001-050400-000055 [now GZT001-261907-000055]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000055
Tracking Code: SG1201-050000-000055 Status: Perfected — Registered and Published
NOTICE OF RETROSPECTIVE REGISTRATION
Predecessor Secretary-General — Arnold R. Douglas — 2007–2014
Retrospective entry under Rule 11. Period of office: 2007–2014. Date of registration: 3 April 2026.
Be it known and placed on record:
That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby enters in the Register the institutional record of Arnold R. Douglas, the first Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, who held the office from 2007 to 2014.
I. APPOINTMENT AND TENURE
Arnold R. Douglas was appointed Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River on a temporal and provisional basis in 2007, in accordance with the Mohawk University Charter. The appointment was on a temporal and provisional basis, meaning that the holder of the office would continue in post until the Mohawk Nation of Grand River has held its first elections for the office.
Arnold R. Douglas served as Secretary-General until 2014, when he abdicated the office due to health reasons. He has since passed away. His service to the Nation during the period 2007–2014 constitutes the founding phase of the institutional continuity that this Register now formally records.
II. INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY
The significance of this entry is institutional. The office of the Secretary-General of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River has been in continuous operation since 2007 — not since 2014, not since 2015, and not since 2026. The institution this Register formalizes is nineteen years old. Every government response received from 2020 onward, every correspondence filed in the External Correspondence Record, and every directive issued between 2024 and the present was issued by a Secretariat that had already been in operation for at least six years before the first of those documents was written.
Arnold R. Douglas did not leave a vacancy when he abdicated — he left a successor, appointed by commission. The succession from Douglas to Doolittle is continuous and documented. The Register begins in March 2026 but the institution it represents began in 2007.
III. RECORD
Name: Arnold R. Douglas
Office Held: Secretary-General, Mohawk Nation of Grand River
Appointment: 2007, temporal and provisional basis under the Mohawk University Charter
Abdication: 2014, due to health reasons
Successor: Benjamin Doolittle UE, appointed by commission 2014
Status: Deceased
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 as a retrospective entry under Rule 11 of the Rules of the Register.
Gazette No.: GZT001-050400-000054 [now GZT001-260101-000054]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000054
Original Code / Reference: Institutional Record — Office of Secretary-General, Mohawk University Charter
Original Date: 2007
Nature: Retrospective — Rule 11
Nature: Predecessor office-holder record — retrospective entry
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
