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Mohawk Nation of Grand River

The Passport and the Credentials

What the Nation issues, and what each document carries, seen in one place.

The passport’s data page, its page under ultraviolet light, the three cards, and the five ways a border checks them · From Book XII of the National Books, Passports and Credentials

The data page, as the Nation lays it out

Spread I, The Sky World
I · The Sky World
Spread II, The Fall
II · The Fall
Spread III, The Great Turtle
III · The Great Turtle
Spread IV, The Earth on the Turtle’s Back
IV · The Earth on the Turtle’s Back
Spread V, The Twins and the Three Sisters
V · The Twins and the Three Sisters

The Sky Woman story in five spreads, in fluorescent ink on the visa pages: proposed, for the keeper of the story to approve before any is printed.

1
The coverthe emblem, PASSPORT
2
Title pagethe Nation’s request
3
Page 1whose passport it is
4
Data pagethe holder, the window, the two lines
5
Observationsentered by the Registry
6
Visa pageswatermarked; the Sky Woman in UV
7
Our historythe Nation, in short
8
Importantvalidity; loss; cancellation
9
Noticesto the bearer
10
Labelsin Kanien’kéha and other languages
11
For officialshow to check it
12
Emergencywhom to contact
13
Officeswhere the Nation is
14
Securitywhat to look for
15
Notesthe holder’s own
16
Back cover
Filled for Aiyana Hill, the invented holder of Book XII. Tap any label on the page for what that part is. Turn the light to see what shows only under ultraviolet.

What it carries

1–9. The nine fields, in ICAO’s order: surname, given names, nationality, date of birth, sex, place of birth, date of issue, authority, date of expiry. Labels in English; a page of labels in Kanien’kéha and other languages follows.

P · GRT. Type P, a passport; GRT, the Nation’s own code, which no state uses.

Passport No. The Record Code, PSP001-YYMMDD-NNNNNN: the passport’s one number, and the Register’s.

The window. A transparent window with the holder’s second image, in the page itself: it cannot be pasted over.

The chip. A contactless chip to ICAO 9303, holding the data page signed by the Nation, where one is fitted.

The two lines. The machine-readable zone: 44 characters a line, with check digits, read by any zone reader.

Names are entered as parts: first name, middle names, and the LAST NAME in capitals.

The three cards: ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1, 85.6 × 54 mm · tap a card to turn it over

MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERNATIONAL CARD
First nameKAHONTÁWEH
Middle name(s)—
LAST NAMESPECIMEN
Date of birth20 MAY 1996
I<GRTNCD001261026000001<<<<<<< 9605202F3105191GRT<<<<<<<<<<<4 SPECIMEN<<KAHONTAWEH<<<<<<<<<<
MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERNATIONAL CARD · BACK
Endorsements in forceDriver, class G · Loyalist Mohawk Certification · Grand River dollar account
CardNCD001-261026-000001 · expires 26 October 2031
Check itEach endorsement checks online, at /verify/; the chip signs its own messages.
MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERDRIVER CARD
First name · LAST NAMEKAHONTÁWEH SPECIMEN
Class · conditionsG · corrective lenses
Sex · height · eyesF · 168 cm · brown
Card · issueDRV001-261026-000001 · 1
MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERDRIVER CARD · BACK
PDF417, in the AAMVA layoutthe record, as any licence reader reads it; an issue number that rises with each card
MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERLOYALIST MOHAWK CERTIFICATION
Kahontáweh SPECIMEN UE
Certifieda line to a Loyalist Mohawk of the three villages
CardLMC001-261026-000001 · in force
MOHAWK NATION OF GRAND RIVERPOCKET CARD · BACK
One for each credentialin the Nation’s colours, with the seal and a verification code
Check itscan the code, or type the card’s Record Code at /verify/

The National Card is the one most people carry: identity, with the credentials in force as endorsements, each checking online. The driver card and the pocket cards remain for holders who want them.

The two lines, worked: the check digit

The passport’s number is eighteen characters, so ICAO’s rule puts its first nine in the number field, the rest in the optional field, and one check digit over all eighteen. Each character becomes a value (A is 10, Z is 35), each value is multiplied by 7, 3, 1 in turn, and the last digit of the sum is the check digit.

P25×7175
S28×384
P25×125
00×70
00×30
11×11
22×714
66×318
11×11
00×70
11×33
22×12
00×70
00×30
00×10
00×70
00×30
11×11

The sum is 324; its last digit, 4, is the check digit that ends the second line. Change any character and the sum changes, so the reader rejects it.

A share link, worked: proving one fact

A share link works once, and expires; it proves what it says and nothing more.

What the officer sees

CHECKPSP001-261012-000001
HILL, AIYANA
GRAND RIVER · F · 20 MAY 1996 · expires 11 OCT 2036
  • Zone read: 44 + 44, check digits add up
  • Chip: data groups signed by the Nation
  • Register: in force today

Reliance: high · all three checks made

Five ways a border checks it, from the quickest to the surest

  1. 1By eyethe printed features: looks genuine
  2. 2A UV lampinks, thread, fibres: glows as it should
  3. 3A zone readerthe two lines: read, and add up
  4. 4A chip readerthe signed data: signed by the Nation
  5. 5The Registerits standing, now: in force today

The first three are the world’s; the last two are the Nation’s own: a chip the Nation signs, and a Register that says whether the passport is in force today. Standards: ICAO Doc 9303 (TD3 and TD1); ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1; ISO/IEC 14443; AAMVA; ISO/IEC 18013. The Edge Mark and the Digital Seal are the Nation’s own.

The printed poster

Download the poster as printed, A3, full quality: the-passport-and-credentials.pdf