kanienkehaka | Upper Mohawk First Nation
Community Profile
- The Upper Mohawk are a community of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, traditionally residing in the Grand River territory of southwestern Ontario.
- Last Updated 2025-05-06 12:47:05 UTC
- Name: Upper Mohawk (ISC Code: 257)
- Former Names: Mohawk of the Upper Grand, Grand River Mohawks
- Band Style: First Nation
- Cultural Area: Northeastern Woodlands
- Indigenous Language: Kanien'kéha (Mohawk)
- Number of Registered Members: 7082
Governance
Band Council
- GOVERNANCE TYPE: Not Applicable
- TERM EXPIRES: Not Applicable
- CHIEF: Not Applicable
- NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS:0
Contact Information
- BAND WEBSITE: /nations/210-upper-mohawk
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Lands and Traditional Territory
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ISC Code: 6224
GLEBE FARM 40B
41.2 Hectares
N SHORE OF GRAND RIVER SE OF BRANTFORD NORTH OF SIX NATIONS NO. 40
[43.1347017, -80.2397989] -
ISC Code: 6225
SIX NATIONS 40
18278.5 Hectares
8 KM SE OF BRANTFORD
[43.1394191, -80.263623]
- Grand River Valley
- Southwestern Ontario
- Traditional Haudenosaunee lands spanning present-day Ontario
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Media Reports
Media Reports
- Canada owes First Nations billions after making ‘mockery’ of treaty deal, top court rules
- The 6 Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
- Theresa Sims
- Water Walk to honor our relationships with water
- New timeline clarifies Indigenous history in Mohawk Valley
- Making College Easier to Afford for Students from the Six Nations
- Finding Fort Bull: Archaeologists close to locating French and Indian War battle site
- At this school in upstate New York, students are free to speak Mohawk
- In Rome, Binghamton archaeology team works to settle Fort Bull battlefield border question
- Beware of the Hoof Lady: Kanien'kehá:ka legend scares kids, adults alike
- ‘The longest-lasting injury’: U of T marks Orange Shirt Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- Indigenous perspectives: National Aboriginal Day, Canada 150
- Haudenosaunee smoke dance display gives Upper Canada Village visitors pumpkin to talk about
- This elder shares teachings on differences of Indigenous cultures and the mythology of the birch tree
- Mohawk law student set to empower Indigenous peoples internationally
- Elder offers Indigenous teachings on being 2-spirit, Chief Tecumseh
- Men of Steel: How Brooklyn’s Native American ironworkers built New York
- Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats first-round pick John Macdonald has embraced Indigenous identity as teacher, coach
- Elder and knowledge keeper shares family's story with the residential school system
- Gordie Howe International Bridge on Windsor side
- What were Indigenous soldiers fighting for?
- In Windsor-Essex, Pope's apology sparks calls for more action from church
- Doug George-Kanentiio: Ten lies in American-Indigenous history
- Canadian museums still working on repatriation policies as U.S. museums shut down Indigenous exhibits
- What is a treaty? Here's what you need to know in Windsor-Essex
- Treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
- 120 years of Indian day schools leave a dark legacy in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory
- Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
- Meet Windsor's new poet laureate and Indigenous, multicultural storytellers
- He's bringing Mohawk back: Musician Logan Staats wins first episode of CTV's The Launch
- Mohawk Turtle Clan Twins Recognized for Entrepreneurial Indigenous Enterprise by CCAB
- Members of Six Nations, most populous reserve in Canada, vote for new elected chief
- Many Outraged at Ghost Adventures Navajo ‘SkinWalker’ Episode
- Residential Schools
- How an asteroid was named after Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
- Call them ugly, but Xolos rule as Mexico’s top dog
- Indigenous family welcomes third generation into law
- First Nations entrepreneurs are asserting sovereignty and seizing the new cannabis economy
- Blazing the trail: Indigenous legal firsts in Canadian history
- In law and medicine, twins and soon-to-be U of T graduates advocate Indigenous representation
- Brantford school to be named after Edith Monture, 1st First Nations registered nurse
- No stranger to cooking competitions, Cree chef Shane Chartrand says Top Chef Canada is the real deal
- Doctoral degree recipient Barry Hill launches Indigenous engineering student scholarship
- A Message from our Indigenous Persons Liaison
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events planned in Muskoka communities
- Traditional Land Acknowledgement in Woodstock
- This national historic site is a bit of a mystery — but that could soon change
- UCDSB and AMBE Secure another Five-Year Agreement
- Ryan Jacobs to Serve as Indigenous Trustee for UCDSB
- 'Tarontos Lac': Geographer finds oldest known reference to Toronto on 340-year-old French map
- Fun Things to Do in Brantford That You’ll Love
- A historical take on the Native American mascot debate
- This Mohawk woman is translating nursery rhymes to share her language with kids — and caregivers, too
- Windsor-Essex events raise awareness for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
- Successful Inaugural Indigenous Ontario Championship Finishes in Dramatic Playoff
- With Sept. 30 behind us, process toward healing needs to 'keep going,' says Six Nations elected chief
- REMEMBER THIS: Augustus Jones helped pave way to today's communities
- Native Perspectives
- The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Declares State of Emergency Due to Tropical Storm Debby
- This Land Was Their Land: Baltimore’s Lumbee Indians Claim Their History
- Commemorating Pride month, Juneteenth and National Indigenous Peoples Day at DNEG
- Iroquois Confederacy summary
- Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
- Former Ticats DL John MacDonald inducted into North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame
- Kamloops burials should be investigated as 'crime against humanity,' says Windsor law school's acting dean
- Wild, Wondering West Virginia: Exploring West Virginia's Native American History
- The Thames River Watershed and Traditional Territory
- Indigenous Peoples
- Cabinet approves $240M Mohawk settlement for 132-year-old land claim
- Levi Oakes, last WWII Mohawk Code Talker, dead at 94
- Tyendinaga History
- Fire at Hamilton Mountain seniors' building destroys 10th floor unit
- Exhibit tells story of Mohawk chief’s slave
- Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
- Exploring identity through a sky of flowers
- More than words
- ‘Our people should always be honoured’: Re-enacting the landing of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
- The Six Nations tobacco tycoon, his angry ex-girlfriend and the world’s craziest child support case
- Akwesasne Cultural Camp gives Students the Opportunity to Learn Mohawk Culture
- Six Nations of the Grand River
- Hamilton police investigate 'white people first' sticker on campaign ad as hate crime
- Ontario's oldest stone buildings are in Niagara. A new book explores their 'remarkable' stories
- Last surviving Mohawk Code Talker kept his secret for seven decades
- 120 years of Indian day schools leave a dark legacy in Kahnawake Mohawk Territory
- Student killed by stray bullet remembered as 'sweet and beautiful,' as Hamilton police search for shooters
- International student killed by stray bullet in Hamilton 'was a child', uncle says at vigil
- The many sides of Barry Hill
- Military to say sorry for Mohawk inclusion in counter-insurgency manual
- Moose Hide campaign engages men, boys in ending violence against women, children
- Moses and Hage: 'Indigenous heart' missing from LeBreton Flats' plan
- Hamilton police release new photo of missing Indigenous woman
- Students honoured at N’Amerind Friendship Centre banquet
- Lives Lived: Russell Copeland Moses, CD, 80
- The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Declares State of Emergency Due to Tropical Storm Debby
- Archbishop of Canterbury to meet area residential school survivors
- Valour and Victory: Indigenous warriors recognized
- Fort Bull – Oneida Carrying Place Archaeology Funded
- International student struck and killed by stray bullet in Hamilton
- ‘Senseless act of violence’: Mohawk College student killed by stray bullet while waiting for bus on Hamilton Mountain
- Mohawk Turtle Clan Twins Recognized for Entrepreneurial Indigenous Enterprise by CCAB
- Mohawk Turtle Clan Twins Recognized for Entrepreneurial Indigenous Enterprise by CCAB
- Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats first-round pick John Macdonald has embraced Indigenous identity as teacher, coach
- Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats first-round pick John Macdonald has embraced Indigenous identity as teacher, coach
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation marked with song
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation marked with song
- Ryan Jacobs to serve as Indigenous trustee for Upper Canada District School Board
- Medivac helicopter shot down over Indian reservation
Academic Research
Academic Research
- Resolving Indigenous village occupations and social history across the long century of European permanent settlement in Northeastern North America: The Mohawk …
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- The Emergence of the Mohawk Warrior Flag: A symbol of Indigenous unification and impetus to assertion of identity and rights commencing in the Kanienkehaka …
- Merrymaking and Militia Musters: Mohawks, Loyalists, and the (Re) Construction of Community and Identity in Upper Canada
- The Effects of European Colonialism on Seventeenth Century Indigenous Plant Use in the Mohawk Valley, New York
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- Class and Colonial Supremacy: John Mohawk on Oppression in the Western World
- Meeting on the River of Life: Fostering Loyalist and Mohawk Exchanges through the Arts
- MOHAWK DISPOSSESSION: CROWN PREROGATIVE, TREATY RIGHTS AND SELF DETERMINATION
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- Meeting on the River of Life: Fostering Loyalist and Mohawk Exchanges through the Arts
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- From Adoption to Eviction: The Blood Quantum and the Mohawks.
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
- The river is in us: Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
- Iroquois on fire: A voice from the Mohawk nation
- Free to be Mohawk: Indigenous education at the Akwesasne freedom school
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