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Dancers at the Six Nations Pow Wow. They later welcomed to the reserve a group of Lenape, who speak Munsee, an Algonquian language. Six Nations of the Grand River is the most populous reserve in Canada. As of March 2023, there were 28,520 band members, of whom 11,688 lived on the reserve. The population consists of the following bands: [22]
Ohsweken (/ oʊ ʃ ˈ w iː k ɛ n /) is a dispersed rural community located within the Six Nations of the Grand River, in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada. [7] [8] Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and administrative offices.
Canada has numerous Indian reserves, also known as First Nations reserves, for First Nations people, which were mostly established by the Indian Act of 1876 and have been variously expanded and reduced by royal commissions since. They are sometimes incorrectly called by the American term "reservations". [1] [2] [3] [4]
Canada, shared governance between Kahnawà꞉ke and Kanehsatà꞉ke. Southern Ontario: Kenhtè꞉ke (Tyendinaga) "On the bay". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections. Wáhta (Gibson) "Maple tree". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections. Ohswé:ken "Six Nations of the Grand River". Traditional governance, band/tribal elections.
They control the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which is a 7,362.5 ha (18,193-acre) [1] Mohawk Indian reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Deseronto. [2] They also share Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River reserves with other First Nations.
This is a list of First Nation reserves in Canada which have over 500 people, listed in order of population from data collected during the 2006 Census of Canada, unless otherwise cited from Aboriginal Affairs. [1] Approximately 40% of First Nations people live on federally recognized Indian reserves. [2]
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Many Seneca and other Iroquois migrated into Canada during and after the Revolutionary War, where the Crown gave them land in compensation for what was lost in their traditional territories. Some 10,000 to 25,000 Seneca are citizens of Six Nations Reserve and reside on the Grand River Territory, the major Iroquois reserve, near Brantford, Ontario.