This page features Six Miles Deep articles—clear, source-based writing on the Grand River record, the meaning of key instruments and terms, and how present-day issues are being framed. New posts are added as research develops and as new documents, timelines, and case notes are published.
Brantford calls it the West Brant Access Route. In municipal terms, it is a Schedule C Environmental Assessment studying a new north–south arterial corridor and a new crossing of the […]
The Grand River Territory was not a charitable land grant. It was acquired territory—acknowledged and set apart in 1784 for the “exclusive use and enjoyment” of the Mohawks and their […]
The Mohawks did not receive the Grand River lands as a charitable grant, an internal allocation of Crown property, or a revocable favour. They acquired territory through alliance, military service, […]
When critics ask why Canada continues to “give money” to Indigenous communities, they reveal a false premise: that restitution is charity. It is not. What is often described as “funding” […]
There has been increasing discussion about legal action concerning the Haldimand Proclamation of 1784 and the rights of Mohawk Loyalist posterity along the Grand River. It is important to be […]
Most Canadians have been trained to hear Indigenous land issues in one familiar language: Aboriginal rights, Aboriginal title, collective claims, duty to consult, reconciliation through negotiation. That language fits many […]
A lot of people already understand this story instinctively, even if school never taught them the language for it. They know the Mohawk world along the Grand River is not […]
When the Haldimand Proclamation is discussed, a familiar question often arises: What right did the Crown have to give the Mohawks their own land? It’s a fair question—but one rooted […]
The ongoing litigation advanced by the Six Nations Band of Indians, through named litigants Lonnie Bomberry and Phil Montour, is often described as a way to resolve historic land grievances […]
When most people talk about the Grand River, they talk about it as a local feature: a place to fish, paddle, walk the trail, or worry about spring floods. Almost […]
For many people living and working along the Grand River, land-title questions only surface when something feels wrong. A development stalls without explanation. A lender hesitates. A “First Nations” clause […]
In this series, we have examined the Grand River not as a single dispute, but as a sequence of decisions that were never meant to be understood in isolation. […]
When a newcomer becomes a Canadian citizen, they stand in a room, raise their right hand, and swear an oath to the King. When a councillor, police officer, judge, or […]
There is a quiet confusion running through our communities right now. More and more people are talking about the Haldimand Proclamation as if it were a kind of general membership […]
When you strip away all the legal jargon and colonial dust, the story of the Grand River is actually very simple: the Crown made specific, written promises to the Mohawk […]
The modern story of the Haldimand Tract rests on a misunderstanding large enough to reshape an entire region’s legal and political identity, even citizenships. Most people today believe the land […]
It is the year 2040, and the Crown has remembered its own handwriting. After two and a half centuries of delay, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the […]
In 1784, the Crown granted the Grand River lands “for the use of the Mohawk Nation and their posterity forever.” That covenant, confirmed by Canada in 1791, remains the constitutional […]
Mandamus is a constitutional legal instrument used to compel a public authority to perform a clear and non-discretionary duty that it has neglected or refused to carry out. It functions […]
