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New Credit, River Credit Reserve


Chief Rocky Boy had a busy year in 1903. He was set aside a small Ojibway Reserve within Grand River Reserve (River Credit Reserve) in southern Ontario. During those times Canada was accepting many Montana Ojibwa's! Below are links to google earth photos of Ohsweken and what might be considered a town known as New Credit. There never was a Grand River Reserve belonging to the Six Nations. Ojibwa leaders agreed to set aside some land for Ojibwa's from New York near the Bay of Quinte. That's where they set a lure to lead people away to Grand River at south Ontario. Ojibwa leaders did set aside some land at south Ontario in exchange for ending the conflict going on at that time or 1784. Some land was set aside where the old Italian village of Taranto is located and near Niagara Falls and adjacent to Lake Ontario's northeast shores. A fort was built by the English where Taranto was located and named Fort York. During the War of 1812 Ojibwa Soldiers pillaged Fort York. Later, they pillaged Washington D.C. Negotiations to cede large areas of Ojibwa land at south Ontario were rejected by Ojibwa leaders. English leaders wanted a large land cession and from that land cession they told Ojibwa leaders that near 600,000 acres would be set aside as their Reserve. It's location was from River Credit's mouth near what is now Mississauga, Ontario to source of Grand River then to Grand Rivers mouth at Lake Erie. After the War of 1812, Ojibwa leaders agreed to cede land and were set aside 550,000 acres from River Credits mouth then to source of Grand River then to Grand Rivers mouth at Lake Erie. Within 25 years English leaders demanded Reserve land cessions. Many Ojibwa's of River Credit Reserve had to relocate to Chippewa's of the Thames Reserve and what remained of original River Credit Reserve which had a land area of 550,000 acres. That took place in 1848. We can trace the name change to 1848 when a group of Ojibwa's or Mississauga Ojibwa's who are Shawnee Ojibwa's, were told to get lost or leave the Mississauga, Ontario region. At the south portion of River Credit Reserve they were set aside 4,800 acres or 1,900 hectares. To this day they continue to cling to this Reserves original name of River Credit. It's not Grand River. On June 15, 1903 more land was set aside for chief Rocky Boys Montana Ojibwa Subjects. A total of 1,200 acres or 490 hectares was added to the 1848 land set aside for Ojibwa River Credit refugees. This small Ojibway community is located between First Line Road and Second Line Road or 2nd Line Road, with nearly all housing units located on New Credit Road. Using google earth I counted around 35 housing units. Average household size for NCR is 3.0 persons per household. Population of this small Ojibway community is around 100 to 110. Citizens of NCR have forgotten about their history and that Grand River Reserve is really River Credit Reserve! We have to find evidence along a trail! Ohsweken is a large community with nice housing. We can't obtain demographics of New Credit and Osweken because Canada does not include that information. Only demographics of Reserves!



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