Standing up for our inherent rights and responsibilities
We are a free association of Mohawk people from the Bay of Quinte and the Grand River who are asserting our rights and responsibilities in our homeland.
The MRRA is dedicated to protecting our rights and upholding our responsibilities.
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Championing the Rights and Responsibilities of the Kanyen’keha:ka
Dedicated to protecting the rights, honoring the legacy, and promoting the responsibilities of the Kanyen’kehaka, we walk the path of our ancestors and uphold our sacred agreements.
Insights
Explore diverse perspectives on the Kanyenkehaka heritage, legal rights, and community responsibilities through our carefully curated articles and educational resources.
History
Who are the Mohawks of the Six Nations?
The Mohawk or Kanyen’kehà:ka people are the most studied and written about Indigenous Nation on Turtle Island. But there is much confusion about our actual identity and history.
Mohawk Gazette
June, 2024
Land Back
The lands “set aside” for the Mohawks and “such others”
The Haldimand Tract and the Simcoe Deed were set aside by the Crown for the Mohawks and “such others” of the Six Nations in compensation for the losses arising from the American rebellion.
Mohawk Gazette
Sept. 2024
Community Initiatives
Honouring Sha’teri Gene Hill Kenha
A warrior, farmer, ironworker, and fisherman, commonly known as Uncle Gene by those younger than him, he profoundly impacted many members of the Mohawk Rights and Responsibilities Association.
Mohawk Gazette
Sept., 2024
Honoring the Enduring Legacy of the Kanyenkehaka
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The Draft Constitution of our Association
The following is the draft constitution of the Mohawk Rights and Responsibilities Association.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the core rights economic rights of the Kanyenkehaka people?
The Mohawk (Kanyen’keha’ka) people are a free and sovereign people with the right to individual and collective self-determination, including the development of a self-supporting, self-regulated economy outside of the system of the Crown and its Canadian government.
What is the Mohawk relationship with the Crown?
Mohawk people are allies – not subjects – of the Crown and its Canadian government. We have a Covenant Chain treaty of peace and friendship with the Crown, but we have never surrendered our lands to the Crown. Because we are a free and sovereign people, we do not pay or collect tax to, or for the Canadian government, the Crown, or anyone else. We do not require Canadian licenses or regulations to run our businesses or economy.
How is the Mohawk Nation organized?
The Mohawk people are organized into nine clans and clan families connected to the bear, wolf and turtle totems. The Mohawk Rights & Responsibilities Association organizes in harmony with this traditional system and works to support it.
What about women’s rights?
Historically, the Mohawk are a matrilineal society. The MRRA recognizes this fact, as well as the fact that the Canadian government has been imposing a patriarchal system on us through the imposition of the racist Indian Act.
Consensus Governance
The way our traditional system of governance works is that our leaders serve our people, and express the consensus decisions made by the people. In the consensus decision making process of our people, all are equal, and all have a voice that must be taken into account when making collective decisions. As an association, we meet regularly at pre-arranged times in meetings that are open to all of our members.
Collective and Individual rights
We have inherent individual and collective rights as free and sovereign Mohawk people to consume, cultivate, process, utilize, and trade or exchange any part of creation in our territory for our own sustenance and benefit, as long as we do it in a way that does not harm others. The rights of the collective are defined by the individuals exercising their rights. We need to stop the Canadian government from determining what our rights are, and to assert them ourselves.
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