Gazettes - MOHAWK+GRAND RIVER

The Gazette stream publishes notices, declarations, attestations, orders, and institutional acts of the Secretariat.

The Gazette of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River is the formal publication stream through which the Secretariat gives numbered public form to its instruments, declarations, notices, attestations, appointments, and other official acts. It serves as the outward publication record of the Secretariat, allowing acts of institutional significance to be issued in ordered sequence and made available as matters of public notice.

Gazette No. 1 — Establishment of the Register of the Nation – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Establishment of the Register of the Nation This instrument establishes the Register of the Nation as the permanent and authoritative official record of the Secretariat, and declares that instruments of the Secretariat are of official effect only when entered, or directed to be entered, in the Register.

Gazette No. 2 — Order of Offices – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Order of Offices This instrument establishes the Order of Offices of the Secretariat, constituting each office within the institutional structure of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and identifying the active operational core.

Gazette No. 3 — Attestation: Secretary-General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Secretary-General This attestation records that the office of Secretary-General is duly constituted and presently held by Benjamin Doolittle UE, and sets out the full authority of that office as the principal executive officer of the Secretariat.

Gazette No. 4 — Attestation: Registrar General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Registrar General This attestation records that the office of Registrar General is duly constituted and presently held by Jesse Butler UE, and confirms the Registrar General as the sole authority for entries in the Register of the Nation.

Gazette No. 5 — Attestation: Attorney General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Attorney General This attestation records that the office of Attorney General is duly constituted and presently held by Patrick Doolittle UE, and sets out the full authority of that office as the principal legal and jurisdictional officer of the Secretariat.

Gazette No. 6 — Declaration of Governing Authority – 28 March 2026 · Constitutional Declaration — Declaration of Governing Authority This declaration records the continuity of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River as a distinct political and legal nation possessed of governing authority within its territory, and places all external authorities on notice of that position.

Gazette No. 7 — Declaration of Territorial Jurisdiction – 28 March 2026 · Constitutional Declaration — Declaration of Territorial Jurisdiction This declaration records the Nation’s continuing territorial jurisdiction in the Grand River Territory, being the lands set apart and confirmed for the Mohawk Nation and its posterity by Crown instruments of 1779, 1784, and 1791, and places outside parties on notice of that jurisdiction.

Gazette No. 8 — Notice of the Covenant Relationship – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of the Covenant Relationship This notice records the covenant relationship between the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and the Crown, arising from the Haldimand instruments and confirmed by the Mark of Honour of 1789, and sets out the obligations the Crown assumed and has not discharged.

Gazette No. 9 — Notice of the Haldimand Obligations – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of the Haldimand Obligations This notice sets out the four instruments — the Haldimand Pledge (1779), the Haldimand Proclamation (1784), Dorchester’s Mark of Honour (1789), and the Simcoe heritage-registry mechanism (1796) — that together constitute the Crown’s unextinguished covenant obligations to the Mohawk Nation of Grand River.

Gazette No. 10 — Attestation: Surveyor General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Surveyor General This attestation records that the office of Surveyor General is duly constituted and presently held, and sets out the authority of that office over the survey record of the Grand River Territory and the location-determination procedure.

Gazette No. 11 — Attestation: Treasurer General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Treasurer General This attestation records that the office of Treasurer General is duly constituted and presently held, confirming that officer as custodian of the National Treasury Account, the Haldimand Lands Trust Account, and the Diplomatic Fund.

Gazette No. 12 — Attestation: Inspector General – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Inspector General This attestation records that the office of Inspector General is duly constituted and presently held, with oversight remit across the entire Secretariat reporting directly to the Secretary-General.

Gazette No. 13 — Attestation: Director of Lands and Territory – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Director of Lands and Territory This attestation records that the office of Director of Lands and Territory is duly constituted and presently held, and sets out the authority of that office over the Land Registry and the Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative.

Gazette No. 14 — Attestation: Director of Crown Relations – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Director of Crown Relations This attestation records that the office of Director of Crown Relations is duly constituted and presently held, and sets out the authority of that office over the covenant relationship record and all external correspondence.

Gazette No. 15 — Attestation: Director of Communications – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Attestation: Director of Communications This attestation records that the office of Director of Communications is duly constituted and presently held, confirming that officer as responsible for all official communications and for the Two Row Times as the Secretariat’s press of record.

Gazette No. 16 — Notice of Vacant Offices – 28 March 2026 · Notice of Vacant Offices — Notice of Vacant Offices This notice places on record the offices within the Secretariat that are currently vacant pending appointment, and declares that each vacant office remains constituted and its function defined and held open.

Gazette No. 17 — Rules of the Register – 28 March 2026 · Rules — Rules of the Register This instrument sets out the Rules of the Register, governing the procedure for entries, corrections, retrospective registrations, and the handling and custody of the Register of the Nation.

Gazette No. 18 — Conflict of Laws Notice – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Conflict of Laws Notice This notice sets out the principles governing the resolution of conflicts between the laws and authority of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and the laws and authority of external governments within the Grand River Territory, and declares that Mohawk law is the primary law within that Territory.

Gazette No. 19 — Citizenship Determination Rules – 28 March 2026 · Rules — Citizenship Determination Rules This instrument sets out the Citizenship Determination Rules of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, establishing the framework for identifying persons within the UEL-standard Haldimand beneficiary class and the four-corners and stranger-doctrine analysis.

Gazette No. 20 — Birth and Heritage Registry – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Birth and Heritage Registry This instrument establishes the Birth and Heritage Registry as the institutional record of the Mohawk Nation’s documented posterity, persons of Haldimand heritage, and members of the beneficiary class contemplated by the Haldimand instruments.

Gazette No. 21 — Membership and Lineage Registry – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Membership and Lineage Registry This instrument establishes the Membership and Lineage Registry as the formal record of the Nation’s membership, lineage connections, and standing within the Mohawk Nation of Grand River.

Gazette No. 22 — Land Registry — Establishment – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Land Registry — Establishment This instrument establishes the Land Registry as the continuing and formally constituted registry of Mohawk land interests within the Haldimand Tract, being the constitutional grounding of the Kanyèn’kehà:ka Land Registry System established in 2014.

Gazette No. 23 — Trust Register — Establishment – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Trust Register — Establishment This instrument establishes the Trust Register as the record of the fiduciary and accounting consequences arising from the Crown’s obligations in respect of the Grand River Territory, including trust accounts, receipts, revenues, and settlements.

Gazette No. 24 — National Treasury Account – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — National Treasury Account This instrument establishes the National Treasury Account as the principal financial account of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, held under the authority of the Treasurer General and expressing the Nation’s revenue authority within the Grand River Territory.

Gazette No. 25 — Haldimand Lands Trust Account – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Haldimand Lands Trust Account This instrument establishes the Haldimand Lands Trust Account as the dedicated trust account for receiving and holding revenues, settlements, and financial recoveries arising from the Crown’s outstanding Haldimand obligations — presently unfunded by the Crown, a recorded default.

Gazette No. 26 — National Identification Framework – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — National Identification Framework This instrument establishes the National Identification Framework, setting out the architecture of identity documents, credentials, and certificates issued by the Secretariat within its jurisdiction.

Gazette No. 27 — Haldimand Accounting Instrument – 28 March 2026 · Schedule and Exhibit — Haldimand Accounting Instrument This schedule records the Haldimand Accounting Instrument, being a structured account of the Crown’s outstanding financial obligations to the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, transmitted as a schedule to the Representation to His Majesty King Charles III.

Gazette No. 28 — Declaration of Interest — Chapel of the Mohawks – 28 March 2026 · Constitutional Declaration — Declaration of Interest — Chapel of the Mohawks This declaration records the Nation’s formal declaration of interest in His Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks at Brantford as a Mohawk national heritage site and the subject of a reclamation and preservation initiative.

Gazette No. 29 — Notice of Sovereign Immunity (MNDRSI) – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of Sovereign Immunity (MNDRSI) This notice records the Nation’s assertion of sovereign immunity in respect of its institutional acts, instruments, vehicles, and persons, and declares that external enforcement actions against the Nation’s institutional expressions are not recognised as lawful.

Gazette No. 30 — Diplomatic Fund Establishment (MNFUND) – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Diplomatic Fund Establishment (MNFUND) This instrument establishes the Mohawk Nation Diplomatic Fund (MNFUND), providing the institutional and financial mechanism for the Nation’s diplomatic engagements with the Crown and external parties.

Gazette No. 31 — External Correspondence Record – 28 March 2026 · Registry Notice — External Correspondence Record This instrument records the External Correspondence Record as the formal and continuing record of all official correspondence between the Secretariat and Crown and external authorities.

Gazette No. 32 — Notice of Direct Crown Relationship — Privy Council Office – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of Direct Crown Relationship — Privy Council Office This notice records the Nation’s direct relationship with the Privy Council Office of Canada, asserting that the Mohawk Nation’s relationship with the Crown is not mediated by provincial or departmental channels.

Gazette No. 33 — Notice of Territorial Jurisdiction — Federal and Provincial – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of Territorial Jurisdiction — Federal and Provincial This notice places federal and provincial authorities on formal notice of the Nation’s territorial jurisdiction in the Grand River Territory, and sets out the constitutional basis on which that jurisdiction is asserted against conflicting claims.

Gazette No. 34 — Notice to the Governor General of Canada – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice to the Governor General of Canada This notice is addressed to the Governor General of Canada, placing the Governor General on formal record notice of the constitutional position of the Mohawk Nation and the Crown’s unextinguished obligations under the Haldimand instruments.

Gazette No. 35 — Representation to His Majesty King Charles III – 1 April 2026 · Representation — Representation to His Majesty King Charles III This representation is addressed to His Majesty King Charles III in his personal and regal capacities, asserting the continuing Haldimand covenant obligations of the undivided British Crown and invoking s. 109 of the Constitution Act, 1867; dispatched by registered mail to Buckingham Palace on 1 April 2026 and published in the Two Row Times.

Gazette No. 36 — COVID-19 State of Emergency Proclamation — Retrospective – 28 March 2026 · Retrospective Entry — COVID-19 State of Emergency Proclamation — Retrospective This retrospective entry records the Mohawk Nation of Grand River’s COVID-19 State of Emergency Proclamation, issued in the exercise of the Nation’s governing authority over the Grand River Territory and its members.

Gazette No. 37 — Notice of Interest — Arrowdale Lands – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of Interest — Arrowdale Lands This notice records the Nation’s formal notice of interest in the Arrowdale lands in Brantford, being lands within the Haldimand Tract disposed of without the knowledge or consent of the Mohawk Nation.

Gazette No. 38 — Notice re 1908 International Boundary Treaty – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice re 1908 International Boundary Treaty This notice places on record the Nation’s position regarding the 1908 Canada-USA International Boundary Treaty, which failed to address the riparian rights of the Mohawk Nation to the Grand River and Lake Erie.

Gazette No. 39 — Mohawk University — Founding Instrument — Retrospective – 28 March 2026 · Retrospective Entry — Mohawk University — Founding Instrument — Retrospective This retrospective entry records the founding of Mohawk University in 2015 as the Provisional Revolutionary Government of Grand River, constituting the institutional predecessor of the Secretariat whose authority the Register formalizes.

Gazette No. 40 — Kanyèn’kehà:ka Land Registry System — Retrospective – 28 March 2026 · Retrospective Entry — Kanyèn’kehà:ka Land Registry System — Retrospective This retrospective entry records the establishment of the Kanyèn’kehà:ka Land Registry System in 2014 as the direct predecessor of the Land Registry constituted within the Register of the Nation.

Gazette No. 41 — Notice of Parliamentary Record – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Notice of Parliamentary Record This notice records the Mohawk Nation’s position in the parliamentary record of Canada, placing on record that the constitutional questions raised by the Haldimand instruments have been raised before and not resolved by federal legislative processes.

Gazette No. 42 — Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive (MNBH) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Birth and Heritage Registrar Directive (MNBH) This directive establishes the Birth and Heritage Registrar and sets out the procedures for verifying and recording claims of Haldimand heritage and Loyalist Mohawk posterity.

Gazette No. 43 — Nationalized Driver Insurance Program (GRNDIP) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Nationalized Driver Insurance Program (GRNDIP) This directive establishes the Grand River Nationalized Driver Insurance Program (GRNDIP), providing the institutional framework for Mohawk Nation driver insurance operating within the jurisdiction of the Nation.

Gazette No. 44 — Mohawk National Vehicle Registry Initiative (NVR) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Mohawk National Vehicle Registry Initiative (NVR) This directive establishes the Mohawk National Vehicle Registry Initiative (NVR), providing the institutional framework for the registration of vehicles under Mohawk Nation authority and the issuance of NVR plates.

Gazette No. 45 — Mohawk National Transportation and Safety Initiative (MNTSI) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Mohawk National Transportation and Safety Initiative (MNTSI) This directive establishes the Mohawk National Transportation and Safety Initiative (MNTSI), providing the institutional framework for the governance of transportation within the Grand River Territory.

Gazette No. 46 — Mohawk National Driver’s Identification Card (MNDIC) – 28 March 2026 · Certificate — Mohawk National Driver’s Identification Card (MNDIC) This certificate instrument sets out the issuance and management regime for the Mohawk National Driver’s Identification Card (MNDIC), establishing the credential form, issuance authority, and verification procedure.

Gazette No. 47 — Mohawk Nation Resident Identification Card (MNRID) – 28 March 2026 · Certificate — Mohawk Nation Resident Identification Card (MNRID) This certificate instrument sets out the issuance and management regime for the Mohawk Nation Resident Identification Card (MNRID), establishing the credential form, issuance authority, and resident standing procedure.

Gazette No. 48 — Mohawk Environmental Protection and Sustainability Initiative (MEPSI) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Mohawk Environmental Protection and Sustainability Initiative (MEPSI) This directive establishes the Mohawk Environmental Protection and Sustainability Initiative (MEPSI), providing the institutional framework for the Nation’s environmental governance and stewardship within the Grand River Territory.

Gazette No. 49 — Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative (MNHI) – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative (MNHI) This directive establishes the Mohawk Nation Housing Initiative (MNHI), providing the institutional framework for Mohawk Nation housing authority within the Grand River Territory.

Gazette No. 50 — Assertion of Sovereignty, Diplomatic Relations, and Establishment of Mohawk Agencies – 28 March 2026 · Constitutional Declaration — Assertion of Sovereignty, Diplomatic Relations, and Establishment of Mohawk Agencies This declaration asserts the sovereignty of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, establishes the framework for diplomatic relations with external parties, and constitutes the Mohawk Agencies and appointments through which those relations are conducted.

Gazette No. 51 — Grand River Location Determination Rules (MNLDR) – 28 March 2026 · Rules — Grand River Location Determination Rules (MNLDR) This instrument sets out the Grand River Location Determination Rules (MNLDR), establishing the procedure for determining whether a given parcel falls within the Haldimand Tract and authorising the issuance of Location Determination Certificates and Jurisdiction Determination Certificates.

Gazette No. 52 — Directive for Reclamation and Preservation of His Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks – 28 March 2026 · Directive — Directive for Reclamation and Preservation of His Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks This directive records the formal initiative for the reclamation and preservation of His Majesty’s Chapel of the Mohawks at Brantford as a Mohawk national heritage site.

Gazette No. 53 — Mohawk University Declaration of Independence – 28 March 2026 · Constitutional Declaration — Mohawk University Declaration of Independence This declaration records the Mohawk University Declaration of Independence, asserting the full and unqualified sovereignty of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River and its independence from all external governing structures.

Gazette No. 54 — Notice of Rejection — Haudenosaunee Development Institute – 3 April 2026 · Notice — Notice of Rejection — Haudenosaunee Development Institute This notice records the Mohawk Nation of Grand River’s formal rejection of the Haudenosaunee Development Institute’s representation that it speaks for, or may negotiate on behalf of, the Mohawk Nation’s interests in respect of the Haldimand Tract.

Gazette No. 55 — Notice of Predecessor Secretary-General — Arnold R. Douglas – 28 March 2026 · Instrument of Attestation — Notice of Predecessor Secretary-General — Arnold R. Douglas This attestation records the office and tenure of the predecessor Secretary-General, Arnold R. Douglas (2007–2014), confirming the unbroken institutional continuity of the Secretariat from 2007 to the present.

Gazette No. 56 — First Certificate of Determination of Location and Jurisdiction – 28 March 2026 · Certificate — First Certificate of Determination of Location and Jurisdiction This certificate records the first Location Determination Certificate issued by the Surveyor General under the Grand River Location Determination Rules, confirming the procedural framework in active operation.

Gazette No. 57 — Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation Study — Brantford and County of Brant – 28 March 2026 · Notice — Objection to the Proposed Amalgamation Study — Brantford and County of Brant This notice records the Mohawk Nation of Grand River’s formal objection to the proposed amalgamation study of the City of Brantford and the County of Brant, asserting that amalgamation of municipalities within the Haldimand Tract requires Mohawk Nation consent.

Gazette No. 58 — Comprehensive Objection to Six Nations Band Council Claims and Actions – 3 April 2026 · Notice — Comprehensive Objection to Six Nations Band Council Claims and Actions This notice records the Mohawk Nation of Grand River’s comprehensive objection to the claims and actions of the Six Nations Elected Council in respect of the Haldimand Tract, and confirms that the Secretariat does not recognise the SNEC as representing the Mohawk Nation of Grand River.

Gazette No. 59 — Notice of Interest — 423-Acre Tract, Brantford (Panattoni Development) – 3 April 2026 · Notice — Notice of Interest — 423-Acre Tract, Brantford (Panattoni Development) This notice records the Mohawk Nation’s formal notice of interest in the 423-acre tract in Brantford subject to the Panattoni development, asserting the constitutionally preserved Mohawk Crown covenant interest and placing the developer, the City, and all parties on formal notice.

Gazette No. 60 — BlueBelt + Grand River — Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy – 3 April 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — BlueBelt + Grand River — Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy This instrument establishes the BlueBelt + Grand River as the Haldimand Tract Land Trust Conservancy, providing the institutional framework for the conservation and stewardship of the natural and ecological heritage of the Grand River Territory.

Gazette No. 61 — Schedule of Unjust Enrichment – 5 April 2026 · Schedule and Exhibit — Schedule of Unjust Enrichment This schedule records the Schedule of Unjust Enrichment, establishing a conservative aggregate estimate of approximately $2.96 trillion CAD in economic benefits derived from the Haldimand Tract without the consent of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River, across eight layers of benefit.

Gazette No. 62 — Master Conventions File v2 – 5 April 2026 · Instrument of Establishment — Master Conventions File v2 This instrument records the Master Conventions File v2, setting out the core conventions governing the Secretariat system and unifying naming, numbering, registry display, publication, tracking, and document practice across the entire institutional system.