MOHAWK+GRAND RIVER

Gazette No. 69 — Rules of Engagement of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River

Be it known and placed on record: That the Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat hereby establishes and enters in the Register the following Seven Rules governing the Nation's engagement in constitutional and legal proceedings before courts and institutions of the Crown. These Rules are grounded in Mohawk national law and the Crown's own historical record. Rule One — Institutional Standing The Mohawk Nation of Grand River Secretariat is a constitutional institution constituted nunc pro tunc 25 October 1784 and formally registered 28 March 2026. It has standing to appear in, file instruments with, and make submissions to any court or tribunal dealing with matters affecting the Haldimand Proclamation interests of the Mohawk Nation. The Secretary-General is the authorized representative of the Secretariat in all proceedings. Rule Two — Constitutional Framework All Crown proceedings affecting the Mohawk Acquired Territory must be understood within the constitutional framework established by: the Haldimand Proclamation (1784); s. 109 of the Constitution Act, 1867 (preservation of prior interests); s. 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 (void ab initio); the Doctrine of Dedication; and the nemo dat quod non habet principle. Domestic regulatory frameworks (including the Highway Traffic Act, the Land Titles Act, and the Indian Act) do not displace this constitutional framework. Rule Three — Substantive Engagement Required The Crown is required to engage substantively with the constitutional questions raised by the Secretariat. Procedural deflection, characterization as a cultural accommodation request, or refusal to receive filed instruments does not discharge the Crown's duty to engage. Summary dismissal without addressing the merits is not a constitutionally sufficient response. Rule Four — Diplomatic Protocols The Secretariat observes Mohawk diplomatic protocols in all engagements with the Crown and its institutions. The Crown is invited to reciprocate these protocols as an expression of the honour of the Crown. Failure to reciprocate does not affect the Secretariat's standing but does constitute a failure of Crown honour that will be noted in the institutional record. Rule Five — Record Keeping The Secretariat maintains a complete institutional record of all Crown engagements. Every acknowledgment without resolution, every refusal to receive, every procedural deflection, and every non-response is entered in the Register and counted in the documented pattern of Crown avoidance. This pattern spans over 230 years and currently comprises fourteen documented instances. Rule Six — Instruments Must Be Received All instruments filed by the Secretariat in constitutional proceedings must be received as valid instruments filed by a recognized institution. The characterization of Gazette instruments as 'unknown to the Court' does not affect their validity or their standing in the institutional record of the Secretariat. Rule Seven — Consequences of Non-Engagement The consequences of Crown non-engagement on the constitutional questions are: (1) the documentation of each non-response as an instance in the avoidance pattern; (2) the reliance on those non-responses as evidence at constitutional hearings; (3) the continued advancement of the Application for Writ of Mandamus; and (4) the activation of the Post-Mandamus Program Directive (G71) on receipt of the mandamus order.