The path to the Register — Citizenship Determination Rules (G19)
- Who the Register is for
The posterity of the Mohawks of Canajoharie, Tikondarago and Aughuago to whom the Pledge of 1779 and the Proclamation of 1784 were made — now dispersed, mostly not band members — and those received by the Nation's law of adoption, by marriage, or born to a member. Not the Mohawk Nation at large; not a band list. - What proves descent
A line of descent to a Mohawk of those villages or their Grand River settlement, shown by records: church and mission registers, the Indian Department lists, UELAC certification (as supplementary proof only), family papers, oral history with a sworn statement. The Register relies on its own determination, not on any outside body's. - Apply
The application asks your name, date and place of birth, your line as you know it, and your consent to be entered. Nothing is registered until you are attested. - The attestation
You swear to your line before a magistrate or commissioner of the Nation — the officer the 1796 Simcoe Register designated to receive the ascertainment on oath. The commissioner records it; the Registrar General enters it. - Entry and the card
You are entered with an identity code issued once and never reissued; the Resident Card follows, and in time the Loyalist Mohawk Certification where the line is proved. Your own record is yours to see by a private link. - What the Register will never hold
Biometrics, government numbers, medical or financial particulars, or any record of a person who has not applied.
