Six Nations Surrender to Allow Letters Patent

Six Nations Surrender to Allow Letters Patent

Six Nations Surrender to Allow Letters Patent

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Introduction

Six Nations of Tyendinaga Township surrender a tract of land located in Tyendinaga to Her Majesty on the assumption that it will be re-granted to a third party, and held in trust for the benefit of the entire tribe.

Nation of Maker: Mohawk
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering tract of land

Place of Origin: Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Date Made or Date Range: 1846-07-11
Seasonal time
English: Summer
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Indian Treaties and Surrenders

Materials

paper, ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

Marks of 4 Chiefs

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 139
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 133-136.

GKS Reference Number: 72
How to Cite this Item

11 July 1846, Six Nations Surrender to Allow Letters Patent, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9338, GAD REF IT 139, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2924, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

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).

Approximate Place of Origin

44.19227463, -77.138229

Source of Information about Places

Location of surrendered lands

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