Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) National Historic Person
Six Nations Grand River Reserve, Ontario
portrait of Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) ca. 1780
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Address :
Ohsweken, Six Nations Grand River Reserve, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1972-05-29
Life Date:
1742 to 1807
Other Name(s):
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Thayendanega (Joseph Brant)
(Designation Name)
Research Report Number:
1972-010
Importance:
Mohawk leader, British ally, founded settlement in Brantford area
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Six Nations Veterans Park, Six Nations Grand River Reserve, Ontario
This celebrated Mohawk chief of Canajoharie Castle and Johnson Hall grew up in the Mohawk Valley. He received his baptism of fire at the battle of Lake George in 1755. He served with Sir William Johnson in the Niagara expedition of 1759 and fought in Pontiac's uprising of 1763. He and his Mohawks actively supported the British during the American Revolution. His vision of a new social and economic order to protect the Indian way of life vanished at the Sandusky Council after the war. He then led his people to Upper Canada where they settled on the Grand River. He died at Wellington Square, now Burlington, Ontario.