Mohawk Nation of Grand River · Million Acre Wall

What happens to the money

A mark on the Million Acre Wall is a pledge of $2.00 an acre, $25 at least. The pledge enters the Nation’s Voluntary Contribution Program (Gazette G67) the moment it is made, under direction 2 — Legal & Institutional Development. A mark on the river’s own lands goes instead to the conservancy of the river, direction 1 — BlueBelt + Grand River — Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy.

The Treasury

The Treasury receives the contribution and steps it to confirmed. Until then the mark stands faint on the wall; when confirmed, it goes full, and the Public Support Plan is issued — which is also the receipt — with the Certificate of Support and the card.

The receipt

The plan carries the receipt: what was received, when, from whom, for what, the contribution’s own code, and the Treasury’s reference. It is not a charitable donation receipt: the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat is registered under the law of no province and under no Income Tax Act, and sought no such registration. A voluntary contribution to the Nation is what it says.

What the money does

The directions of the Program are the Nation’s own: its credential system and institutions; the conservancy of the river and its lands; the Register that keeps every record, including this one. The wall never touches the parcels, the surveys, the allotments or the conservancy’s land: it is a record of support, kept.

Renewing, and withdrawing

A mark may be renewed each season for the minimum. A supporter who wishes their name withdrawn from the wall writes to the Secretariat; the mark stays, with no name, and the contribution stands as made.