NEWS BRANTFORD – Rumours have haunted Oxbow Road for decades... A prominent thread running through the narrative of the Grand River Saga centres on a documented story of land theft. In the notoriously turbulent mid-nineteenth century, this particular land theft might have gone unnoticed except for one woman's determination. That woman was the mother of Squire Tehawennihárhos. Her name was Margaret Riley (O'Reilly) Davis. For simplicity, Margaret. At the time of Margaret's hu

Photos below show the actual river and mansion referenced in the Grand River Saga novels. Continue scrolling to see the images of John...

T he Grand River is situated in southwestern Ontario. From its source near Wareham it flows southeast through the Grand valley–Fergus,...

Squire Davis had several run-ins with the authorities. Was he a forerunner of #IdleNoMore, or a scofflaw, or both? Squire’s claim to...

"The Grand River project was unique in one particular way. It was the only major project in Canadian history financed by Indian funds. . . . Their total investment subscribed without their knowledge or consent, amounted to over £40 000. Over a hundred years of protest by the Six Nations Indians and the periodical efforts of lawyers have not reimbursed them.” B. E. Hill Bruce Hill brings to light a serious 19th-century financial and land-jobbing scandal. Unvested writers, his

From the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology – final note on the return of the wampum belts Pauline Johnson...

In 1791 a few years after the end of the American rebellion – and to handle the ensuing flood of American-speaking displaced persons...