That the Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River hereby enters in the Register the Comprehensive Objection to Six Nations Band Council Claims and Actions, issued by the Secretary-General on 2 October 2023 and addressed to the Six Nations Band Council and Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous…
The instrument
[Register note: this text stood as “Gazette No. 58” in the Gazettes Master v3 of 19 April 2026. It is G57 in the certified Index REG001-260908-000282, which governs; the number printed below is the April number.]
Gazette No. 58 — Comprehensive Objection to Six Nations Band Council Claims and Actions
3 April 2026 (Date of Registration) · Original: 2 October 2023
Gazette No.: GZT001-050400-000058 [now GZT001-260304-000058]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000058
Tracking Code: SG1201-050000-000058 Status: Perfected — Registered and Published
NOTICE OF RETROSPECTIVE REGISTRATION
Formal Objection to SNEC Claims — 100-Year Anniversary of Colonial Imposition
Retrospective entry under Rule 11. Original instrument: 2 October 2023. 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 Comprehensive Objection to Six Nations Band Council Claims and Actions, issued by the Secretary-General on 2 October 2023 and addressed to the Six Nations Band Council and Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations.
I. THE OCCASION
The objection was issued in the context of: the 100-year anniversary of the colonial imposition of the Band Council onto the Grand River (1924); the Band Council’s entry into court proceedings with Canada regarding a trust fund account and accounting; and the Band Council’s claims of representative authority over Haldimand Proclamation interests — claims that the Secretariat had already formally rejected in the HDI correspondence of September 27, 2022 (GZT001-050400-000055 [now GZT001-261907-000055]).
II. THE GROUNDS OF OBJECTION
The Secretariat’s comprehensive objections encompass the following:
(i) Dissolution as Unilateral Foisting: In 1924, Canada revised the Indian Act to remove recognition of traditional governments. This unilateral action violated the pledge of faith made to the Mohawks of Grand River in 1791 when the Haldimand Proclamation was confirmed to uphold the honour of the Crown. The Haldimand Proclamation and the Treaty of 1779 were thereby made duties imposed by law on all who swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown. The imposition of the Band Council without full consent of the Mohawk people disregards the principles of self-determination.
(ii) Representation: The Band Council claims to be the legal government for the Six Nations but does not represent the descendants of the three Mohawk villages of Canojaharie, Tikondarago, and Aughugo whose posterity are the legal beneficiaries of the Treaty of 1779. The Secretariat categorically rejects any assertion of subject or Indian status imposed on the Mohawk Posterity.
(iii) Freedom from Compelled Association: The Six Nations Band Council operates under the Canadian Charter and the Indian Act as a creature of the federal government. The Mohawk Nation of Grand River, operating under the Haldimand Proclamation, is not so constrained.
(iv) The Trust Fund Proceedings: The Band Council’s entry into court proceedings with Canada regarding a trust fund account does not represent the full Haldimand beneficiary class. As established in the Haldimand Accounting Instrument (GZT001-010300-000028 [now GZT001-262003-000028]), any settlement obtained by parties representing the band membership does not satisfy obligations owed to the full UEL-standard cohort of Haldimand posterity.
III. ENTRY IN THE REGISTER
This objection is entered alongside the HDI rejection (GZT001-050400-000055 [now GZT001-261907-000055]) as part of the continuous formal record of the Nation’s position on the standing issue. Together, the 2022 HDI rejection and the 2023 SNEC objection establish that the Nation’s position has been formally stated, in writing, to the principal parties asserting competing representation, before the Register was opened and before the Representation to the King was dispatched.
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.: GZT001-050400-000057 [now GZT001-260204-000057]
Register Entry No.: REG001-050400-000057
Original Code / Reference: Comprehensive Objection to SNEC Claims and Actions
Original Date: 2 October 2023
Nature: Retrospective — Rule 11
Addressees: Six Nations Band Council; Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Crown-Indigenous Relations
Cross-Reference: GZT001-050400-000055 [now GZT001-261907-000055] (HDI Rejection); GZT001-010300-000028 [now GZT001-262003-000028] (Haldimand Accounting Instrument)
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
