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The Six Nations reserve is bordered by the County of Brant, Norfolk County, and Haldimand County, with a subsection reservation, the New Credit Reserve, located within its boundaries. The acreage at present covers some 46,000 acres (190 km 2) near the city of Brantford, Ontario.
Feb 18, 2020 · Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario, is the common name for both a reserve and a Haudenosaunee First Nation. The reserve, legally known as Six Nations Indian Reserve No. 40, is just over 182 km 2, located along the Grand River in southwestern Ontario.
The resulting confederacy, whose governing Great Council of 50 peace chiefs, or sachems ( hodiyahnehsonh ), still meets in a longhouse, is made up of six nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora.
Dec 14, 2006 · Six Nations of the Grand River is a reserve outside of Brantford, Ontario, where all six member nations of the Haudenosaunee are represented. In 1924, the federal government imposed an elected council structure under the Indian Act; however, the traditional council model continues to function in opposition to this model. The Haudenosaunee Grand ...
Six Nations of the Grand River boasts a number of attractions developed to encourage visitors to the community from the annual pow wow in July, to the Pauline Johnson Mansion, Royal Chapel of the Mohawks, historical sites here before Canada was a country, crafts shops.
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The Six Nations reserve is bordered by the County of Brant, Norfolk County, and Haldimand County, with a subsection reservation, the New Credit Reserve, located within its boundaries. The acreage at present covers some 46,000 acres (190 km2) near the city of Brantford, Ontario.
Southeast of Brantford is Six Nations of the Grand River – a reserve designated for the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and the village of Ohsweken, a well-known Indigenous community.
