The Royal Chapel
The chapel and its yard in spring, drawn in the Nation’s manner: the cherry tree over the bell house, the stones inside the pickets, the tomb of Joseph and John Brant, the pines behind, the walk to the road, the river, the dike and its trail with the little people on it; the chapel in eight lines, from the Four Kings in 1710 to the chapel’s own arms in 2024 and the Nation’s reading of it as a free chapel of the Crown, the first of three promises; and the Royal Arms over the door, of George III’s reign, with the broad arrow on the bell; under the drawing, the 1984 plaque’s title in English, French and Mohawk, and the yard’s people numbered on the drawing, the Brants in the tomb, Catherine Brant, Pauline Johnson’s boulder and the Prince of Wales’s tree. The web edition rings the bell, two taps as people do at the chapel, while it sways a little in its house; rings the peal of eight handbells one by one or in rounds, treble to tenor; reads the main plaque in English, French or Mohawk and each smaller plaque word for word; shakes the cherry tree’s petals down, opens the door, shows the felt lion and unicorn of the Royal Arms shifting as they wait for their picture, then freezes them at a tap, flashes, and develops the photograph like a Polaroid, sets out the chapel at a glance, the Crown’s visits and its plaques, lights the eight windows from behind, a sun moving on its own or following the reader’s finger, and reads each window at a tap.
| Poster | The Royal Chapel |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | His Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks: the faith, kept since 1785, and the Crown face to face. |
| Record Code | POS001-261030-000011 |
| Version | 1 |
| Standing | Recorded; not yet certified by an officer |
| Published by | Mohawk’s Printer for Grand River, the Nation’s imprint · Grand River Territory, Ohsweken |
| Published | 28 October 2026 |
| Format | Wall poster, A3 landscape (420 × 297 mm); print files to A2 and A1 |
| Goes with | Book VII, The Royal Chapel, where it is shown on a page of its own |
| Language | English |
| Web edition | https://mohawkuniversity.org/Register/posters/the-royal-chapel/web/ |
| SHA-256 fingerprint | 0bd11005911aad494688f6ed3aff3033bd019ade2c33bf4489e39640f259b346 |
Learning sheets
- Junior, ages 5 to 8: English (fill in online) · Français (remplir en ligne)
- Middle school: English (fill in online) · Français (remplir en ligne)
- University and academic: English (fill in online) · Français (remplir en ligne)
- Law school: English (fill in online) · Français (remplir en ligne)
To cite it: The Royal Chapel (poster), Mohawk’s Printer for Grand River, Grand River Territory, Ohsweken, 2026, POS001-261030-000011.
Its record: the poster’s record, its files and their fingerprints, and its place in the integrity log are on its certificate of the record; check its code at /verify/.
To check a copy: work out its SHA-256 fingerprint — sha256sum on Linux, shasum -a 256 on a Mac, Get-FileHash in Windows — and compare it with the fingerprint above. A copy that differs is not the published poster.
© Mohawk’s Printer for Grand River, 2026, for the Mohawk Nation of Grand River. Reproduction as the Nation’s law allows (Book XXXV, Mohawk’s Printer).
