The Six Miles Deep Lexicon is the key to reading our work on the Haldimand Tract, Mohawk Loyalist posterity, and the Crown Honour Superfecta. This is not a generic legal glossary. It gathers the specific words, phrases, and concepts that keep showing up in the Haldimand story: everything from “posterity forever” and “ascertain upon oath” to band councils, fiduciary duty, and structural pretendianism. Each entry is written in plain language so readers, researchers, and community members can follow the arguments without having to be lawyers or historians. The goal is simple: when a term appears in our articles, court materials, or community documents, this lexicon gives it a clear, consistent meaning rooted in the original documents and living Mohawk law. As new research and cases emerge, this lexicon will grow. Treat it as a living reference for anyone trying to navigate the overlapping worlds of Crown honour, Mohawk nationhood, and the law along the Grand River.
Misuse of telecommunications legislation refers to the way modern infrastructure—cell towers, fibre optic lines, broadcast networks, and online services—is extended over Haldimand lands under Canadian statutes, as if jurisdiction were […]
Mohawk Loyalist posterity are the descendants of Mohawk families who remained loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution, lost their original homelands as a result, and were then relocated […]
The Mohawk Nation of Grand River refers to the Mohawk people whose political, cultural, and legal identity is rooted in both the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the specific relocation to the […]
“Mohawk University” is the name for a developing intellectual and educational project rooted in Grand River Mohawk experience, law, and history. It is not just a campus idea; it is […]
Municipal overreach occurs when local governments act as though they have ordinary, unquestioned jurisdiction over lands that are in fact subject to special constitutional or treaty conditions. Municipalities write bylaws, […]
National liberation, in the Haldimand context, refers to the process by which the Mohawk Nation of Grand River seeks to recover effective control, recognition, and self-determined governance over its own […]
Need for a mandate is the principle that major projects undertaken in the name of Mohawk posterity—such as building a hereditary registry, launching Mohawk University, or advancing litigation and political […]
“No statute of limitations on honour” is the idea that, while ordinary legal claims may be barred after a certain number of years, the honour of the Crown is not […]
The oath of allegiance is the formal promise taken by new citizens and many public officials to be faithful to the Crown and to uphold the laws and constitutional order […]
Parallel record systems are the multiple, overlapping ways that identity and land have been recorded over time: church registers, militia rolls, land board minutes, Crown patents, census data, Indian Act […]
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), established after the 1899 Hague Peace Conference spearheaded by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, is one of the earliest modern institutions designed to resolve […]
Perpetual interest means a right that is meant to last indefinitely, not limited to the life of a person, a lease, or a statute. Some interests are expressly time-bound; others, […]
Personal vs. official liability distinguishes between what someone does within the lawful scope of their office and what they do outside it. When officials act within their jurisdiction and in […]
Posterity forever is the core phrase in Haldimand’s granting clause: the Grand River tract is land “which them and their posterity are to enjoy forever.” It combines three key ideas […]
A posterity-centred tax model is a rethinking of taxation on Haldimand lands that starts from a simple premise: if the Grand River tract was granted as a refuge for Mohawk […]
Pretendianism is the phenomenon of people falsely claiming Indigenous identity or ancestry in order to access jobs, grants, prestige, or moral authority. It can be individual (one person lying about […]
Propaganda and misclassification of Mohawk sovereignty captures the subtle and overt ways information systems are used to blur or erase Mohawk national status. This can take many forms: land acknowledgements […]
The Queen Anne Alliance refers to the early 18th-century diplomatic relationship between the Haudenosaunee (including Mohawk leaders) and Queen Anne’s government, symbolized by the 1710 delegation to London, the building […]
Quia timet (Latin for “because he fears”) describes legal relief granted to prevent future harm, rather than just compensate for harm that has already occurred. A court granting quia timet […]
Quo warranto (Latin for “by what authority?”) is a legal procedure used to challenge whether a person or body is lawfully holding an office or exercising a public power. Historically, […]
Reconciliation is often presented in Canadian politics as a process of healing relationships, offering apologies, and building better partnerships. It is important work, but on its own it can remain […]
“Retiring to their quarter” comes from Haldimand’s wording that the Tract is for the Mohawk Nation and “others of the Six Nations… who wish to retire to them, and to […]
Riparian rights are the rights held by owners of land along a river, including access to the water, use for domestic needs, certain protections against interference, and sometimes influence over […]
Roads as trespass flips the usual assumption that roads are inherently public and legitimate. In ordinary Canadian thinking, if there is a paved road with lines and signs, it is […]