Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) National Historic Person

Six Nations Grand River Reserve, Ontario
Thayadaneega [Thayendaneken, Joseph Brant] © Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2849 / Peter Winkworth Collection de Canadiana | collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
portrait of Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) ca. 1780
© Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2849 / Peter Winkworth Collection de Canadiana | collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
Thayendanega (Joseph Brant) © Parks Canada | Parcs CanadaThayadaneega [Thayendaneken, Joseph Brant] © Library and Archives Canada | Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-2849 / Peter Winkworth Collection de Canadiana | collection de Canadiana Peter Winkworth
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):
  • 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.