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 […]