Haldimand Proclamation

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The Haldimand Proclamation was a 1784 British colonial decree granting the Mohawk and other Haudenosaunee allies land along the Grand River in what is now Ontario as compensation for losses suffered during the American Revolutionary War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Haldimand Proclamation canonical 6
Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British royal proclamation ⓘ
colonial land grant ⓘ
historical legal document ⓘ
appliesTo Grand River ⓘ
Grand River territory ⓘ
present-day Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
archivedIn Library and Archives Canada ⓘ
beneficiary Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Loyalist Haudenosaunee allies ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Six Nations ⓘ
countryAtTimeOfIssue Great Britain ⓘ
currentCountryOfTerritory Canada ⓘ
currentProvinceOfTerritory Ontario ⓘ
date 1784-10-25 ⓘ
documentType proclamation ⓘ
grants Six Nations land on the Grand River ⓘ
land along the Grand River ⓘ
grantsTo Haudenosaunee allies ⓘ
Mohawk Nation ⓘ
linked to: Mohawk people

other Six Nations ⓘ
hasConsequence establishment of the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve ⓘ
ongoing land claims by Six Nations ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of British compensation to Indigenous allies after the American Revolution ⓘ
foundational document for Six Nations land rights on the Grand River ⓘ
issuedBy British Crown ⓘ
Frederick Haldimand ⓘ
issuedIn Province of Quebec ⓘ
jurisdiction British Empire ⓘ
colonial Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalBasis loyalty to the British Crown ⓘ
locationMentioned Grand River ⓘ
Lake Erie ⓘ
Niagara region ⓘ
linked to: Niagara Region
namedAfter Frederick Haldimand ⓘ
purpose compensation for losses during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
grant of land to Haudenosaunee allies of Britain ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Indigenous land rights in Canada ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
United Empire Loyalists ⓘ
linked to: American Loyalists

treaty and land claims disputes in Ontario ⓘ
territoryExtentDescription from the mouth of the Grand River to its source ⓘ
six miles deep on each side of the Grand River ⓘ
year 1784 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mohawk people → treaty → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River → historicalOrigin → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Frederick Haldimand → notableFor → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Frederick Haldimand → issued → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Grand River territory → legalBasis → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Six Nations Reserve → hasHistoricConnection → Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
Indigenous communities of the Six Nations of the Grand River → hasTreaty → Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 ⓘ
linked to: Haldimand Proclamation