That the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and the British Crown stand in a covenant relationship of long standing, expressed through the Silver Covenant Chain, which is the continuous diplomatic and legal framework by which the alliance between the Mohawk Nation and the Crown has been constituted, maintained, and renewed.
The instrument
Superseded by G62.
Gazette No. 8 — Notice of the Covenant Relationship
28 March 2026
Gazette No.: GZT001-260204-000008
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000008
Tracking Code: DC1208-050000-000008 Status: Perfected / Entered / Fully Effected / Registered and Published
Category / Class: Category 02 — Sovereign, Foreign & Legislative · Class 04 — Notice
NOTICE OF THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
Silver Covenant Chain — Mohawk Nation and the Crown
Be it known to all whom it may concern:
That the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and the British Crown stand in a covenant relationship of long standing, expressed through the Silver Covenant Chain, which is the continuous diplomatic and legal framework by which the alliance between the Mohawk Nation and the Crown has been constituted, maintained, and renewed.
I. NATURE OF THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
The Silver Covenant Chain is a continuous relationship characterized by mutual recognition, continuity binding successor governments, the honour of the Crown, and periodic renewal signifying its living and continuing character.
II. THE CROWN’S OBLIGATIONS
The covenant relationship gives rise to obligations with legal force, including: protecting the Nation’s lands, rights, and interests against encroachment; dealing with the Nation directly; giving effect to the specific instruments of 1779, 1784, and 1791; and accounting to the Nation for the stewardship of lands held in trust. The Crown’s failure to observe these obligations is a documented fact across the correspondence record now entered in the Register.
III. THE NATION’S POSITION
The covenant relationship has not been terminated, abandoned, or superseded. Engagement with external institutions does not constitute waiver. The Secretariat is the institutional expression of the Nation’s continuing capacity to uphold and give effect to its side of the covenant relationship. The covenant relationship is the source; the Haldimand instruments are its expression in land and guarantee; the Secretariat’s work is its institutional continuation.
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.: GZT001-260204-000008
Register Entry No.: REG001-050300-000008
Registrar General
Date of Registration
This instrument forms part of the permanent record of the Secretariat.
Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Grand River Territory
