The Secretariat operates through a constituted order of offices including executive, registry, legal, lands, treasury, communications, and related branches.
The Secretariat of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River is organized through an ordered body of offices established for record, administration, law, land, trust, communications, and public authority. These offices are not ceremonial. Each office exists to carry a real function within the institutional life of the Nation, whether presently held or constituted pending appointment.
The Order of Offices establishes the Secretariat as a complete administrative structure, including Executive Authority, Oversight and Accountability, Registry and Records, Legal and Jurisdiction, Crown and External Relations, Lands and Territory, Treasury and Economic Affairs, Public Safety and Enforcement, Communications, Infrastructure and Public Works, Social and Institutional Development, Economic Development and Commerce, and Advisory and Traditional offices.
At present, the operational core includes the Secretary-General, Registrar General, Attorney General, Inspector General, Surveyor General, Treasurer General, Director of Lands and Territory, Director of Crown Relations, and Director of Communications. These offices give current working form to the Secretariat’s executive, registry, legal, territorial, financial, and public-facing functions.
Each office of the Secretariat exists within the Register of the Nation and, where attested or activated, derives its public institutional form from instruments duly entered in the Register. In this way, the offices of the Secretariat are not informal positions, but parts of a continuous and ordered administrative record.
The Secretariat is organized through an ordered body of offices established to carry the Nation’s administrative, registry, legal, territorial, financial, and public functions. Some offices are presently active, while others are constituted and held open pending appointment. Together, they form the institutional structure through which the Nation maintains its official record and conducts its formal affairs.
Executive Authority
The Executive Authority of the Secretariat provides overall direction to the institutional life of the Nation. It includes the Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, and Chief of Staff. Through these offices, the Secretariat directs official correspondence, execution of instruments, and the general coordination of administrative affairs. The Secretary-General is the principal executive officer of the Secretariat and the chief public channel through which its external institutional acts are conducted.
Registry and Records
The Registry and Records branch is the institutional heart of the Secretariat’s record system. It includes the Registrar General, Deputy Registrar, Registrar of Titles, Commissioner of Records, and Notary Public / Commissioner for Oaths. This branch is responsible for the custody, integrity, certification, indexing, and administration of the Register of the Nation and related records. Through it, instruments become part of the Nation’s permanent official record.
Legal and Jurisdiction
The Legal and Jurisdiction branch provides the formal legal expression of the Nation’s governing and territorial authority. It includes the Attorney General, Solicitor General, Director of Jurisdiction, and Counsel to the Secretariat. The Attorney General serves as the principal legal and jurisdictional officer of the Secretariat, responsible for the assertion, defence, and external legal representation of the Nation’s authority, while internal advisory functions remain distinct.
Crown and External Relations
The Crown and External Relations branch is responsible for the Nation’s formal relationship with the Crown and with outside governments and institutions. It includes the Director of Crown Relations, Director of External Relations, and Intergovernmental Affairs Officer. This branch supports the orderly issuance of notices, representations, and formal communications touching the Nation’s covenant relationship, public position, and external affairs.
Lands and Territory
The Lands and Territory branch is responsible for territorial records, land administration, survey functions, planning, environmental stewardship, and riparian and water rights. It includes the Surveyor General, Deputy Surveyor, Director of Lands and Territory, Director of Land Use and Planning, Director of Environmental Stewardship, and Director of Riparian and Water Rights. This branch supports the Nation’s territorial administration and the maintenance of land, survey, and related registry systems.
Treasury and Economic Affairs
The Treasury and Economic Affairs branch is responsible for financial administration, trust and fiduciary accounting, revenue, and accounts. It includes the Treasurer General, Deputy Treasurer, Director of Trust and Fiduciary Affairs, Director of Revenue, and Director of Finance and Accounts. This branch is especially important in matters touching trust obligations, treasury records, settlements, receipts, and the financial administration of the Nation’s institutional affairs.
Public Safety and Enforcement
The Public Safety and Enforcement branch includes the Chief of Police, Deputy Chief of Police, Director of Public Safety, and Enforcement Officers. These offices are established as part of the Secretariat’s complete institutional order and provide the framework for public safety, enforcement, and protective authority where brought into active operation.
Communications
The Communications branch includes the Director of Communications, Press Secretary, and Records and FOI Officer. It is responsible for publication, official communications, notice, press functions, records access, and the organized public presentation of the Secretariat’s acts and instruments. Through this branch, the Secretariat gives public-facing form to its notices, gazettes, extracts, and communications systems.
Infrastructure and Public Works
The Infrastructure and Public Works branch includes the Director of Infrastructure, Director of Transportation, Director of Utilities and Energy, and Director of Public Works. These offices provide the institutional basis for the administration of roads, works, transportation systems, utilities, and related physical infrastructure where brought into operation under the authority of the Secretariat.
Social and Institutional Development
The Social and Institutional Development branch includes the Director of Housing, Director of Health and Social Services, Director of Education, and Director of Cultural Affairs. These offices support the internal development of the Nation’s social, educational, cultural, and housing functions as part of a complete institutional order.
Economic Development and Commerce
The Economic Development and Commerce branch includes the Director of Economic Development, Director of Trade and Commerce, and Director of Business Relations. These offices provide an institutional basis for commercial, trade, and development-related administration under the Secretariat.
Advisory and Traditional
The Advisory and Traditional branch includes the Council of Advisors and Hereditary Advisors. These offices recognize that the Secretariat’s formal administrative structure exists alongside the Nation’s broader continuity, counsel, and inherited institutional life.
Operational Core
At present, the operational core of the Secretariat consists of the Secretary-General, Registrar General, Attorney General, Inspector General, Surveyor General, Treasurer General, Director of Lands and Territory, Director of Crown Relations, and Director of Communications. These offices provide the current working form of the Secretariat while other offices remain constituted and held open pending appointment or activation.