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Thayendanegea

Born in Ohio in a Mohawk family, his life will be influenced by the British, long-time allies of the Iroquois. He receives the Christian name of Joseph Brant and is educated in the European way.

Still a teenager when he fought his first battle in the English ranks, Brant soon realized that Aboriginal peoples were at a crossroads, and began to unite various tribes to protect their interests.

Warlord and British officer, he is respected on both sides. At the end of the American war of independence, the warrior stands as a statesman to negotiate land allocation to the Mohawk. Handling both the cup of tea and the tomahawk, he went to England twice, where, under the eloquence of defending the cause of his family, he seduced King George III and his court.

The Six Nations are given a vast territory in the Grand River Valley, now Ontario, where Brant continues to direct their economic, political and religious destinies. Renewing the missionary work undertaken in his youth, he continues to translate Bible passages in the Mohawk language.

In the 1780s, a school came into being, a sawmill and a mill, and finally the Protestant church, which is now the oldest in Ontario. The Royal Chapel of Her Majesty of the Mohawk is a historic place dear to the citizens of Brantford. There lies in peace the man who gave his name to the city, a clairvoyant being who influenced two cultures and preserved the respect and good understanding between them. His Mohawk name has something fundamentally prophetic: it means “two sticks tied together”.

We value this coin at $50.

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