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In light of the many complaints of intruders trespassing on Six Nations land located upon the Grand River, the Indian Department has proposed that the Indians set aside 22,000 acres of reserve land for themselves, leaving the remainder of their lands to be sold by the Government, for their benefit. Should there be any division amongst council, the Government will take the matter into their own hands, to push the proposal through with the assistance of those upstanding Indian individuals.

Date correspondence signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 119-122.

15 January 1841, Letter Concerning Plans for Six Nations Land, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 129, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2913, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).