Grand River territory

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The Grand River territory is a tract of land in what is now southern Ontario that was granted to the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) as a settlement and reserve area following the American Revolutionary War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Grand River Territory 1
Grand River territory canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Haudenosaunee land ⓘ
Indigenous territory ⓘ
land grant ⓘ
associatedPeople Cayuga ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Oneida ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
borderedBy Grand River banks ⓘ
contains Mississaugas of the Credit reserve ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River reserve ⓘ
countryAfterColonialPeriod Canada ⓘ
currentPrimaryCommunity Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation ⓘ
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation ⓘ
disputedBetween Government of Canada ⓘ
Province of Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario

Six Nations of the Grand River ⓘ
follows Grand River ⓘ
governedBy British colonial authorities (historical) ⓘ
Government of Canada (modern jurisdiction) ⓘ
grantedBy British Crown ⓘ
Province of Quebec colonial administration ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec
grantedTo Haudenosaunee ⓘ
Six Nations ⓘ
hasLanguage Cayuga ⓘ
English ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ
Oneida ⓘ
Onondaga ⓘ
Seneca ⓘ
Tuscarora ⓘ
historicalContext Loyalist resettlement after American Revolutionary War ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Upper Canada ⓘ
legalBasis Haldimand Proclamation ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
southern Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ontario
namedAfter Grand River ⓘ
originalUse refuge for Haudenosaunee displaced from homelands south of Great Lakes ⓘ
partOf Haudenosaunee traditional territory ⓘ
purpose reserve area for Six Nations ⓘ
settlement area for Haudenosaunee allies of the British ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Loyalist migration to British North America ⓘ
subjectOf land claims ⓘ
treaty disputes ⓘ
timeOfGrant late 18th century ⓘ
post–American Revolutionary War period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Haldimand Proclamation → appliesTo → Grand River territory ⓘ
Six Nations Elected Council → locatedIn → Grand River Territory ⓘ
linked to: Grand River territory