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.
He announces himself before he is seen. A sharp, mechanical chatter—too deliberate to be dismissed as noise, too constant to ignore—cuts across the yard in rapid bursts, a declaration. By […]
Historically, a Letter of Marque empowered privateers to engage in state-sanctioned economic warfare, seizing vessels and goods from hostile nations. This historical precedent offers a potent analogy for understanding Ontario’s […]
What follows is a formal address from the posterity of the Mohawk Loyalists to His Majesty King Charles III. It is written not as a plea for recognition within Canada’s […]
What would it mean if Mohawk jurisdiction were treated as real? Not a slogan. Not a symbolic aspiration. Not something to be deferred behind consultation tables, municipal process, or provincial […]
Across North America, Indigenous self-determination is no longer confined to court filings or archival debates. It is re-entering public life in practical form — through land-use decisions, housing priorities, registry […]
Editor’s Note Mohawk history is often told through the names of great figures, yet within Haudenosaunee culture the idea of a hero has always been complicated. Elders have long reminded […]
In 2026, the public language of security is saturated again with the idea of “sleepers.” The headlines and warnings shift from country to country, but the underlying fear is familiar: […]
What follows is a formal address from the posterity of the Mohawk Loyalists to His Majesty King Charles III. It is written not as a plea for recognition within Canada’s […]
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 […]
