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Six Nations

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the original Five Nations together with the Tuscarora nation, which joined the confederacy in the early eighteenth century (1722), many of whom remained loyal to the British Crown, moving north to reservations in Canada, especially that on the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario.

See: Five Nations

Quotations

1765

The Six Nations . . . we are assured having agreed to the Particulars recommended to them by the King's Orders.

1783

Captain Joseph Brant, with several Indians of the Six Nations went up to Cataraqui Falls and made excursions into the woods.

1886

Certain of the chiefs of the Six Nations have, it seems, passed a resolution declaring that the Indians do not want the franchise.

1959

For weeks Joseph Logan, 81, one of the deposed chiefs . . . talked up their plan among the 6,400 members of the Six Nations who live on and near the Grand River reserve.