| People | Mohawk |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Tyendinaga |
| Province | Ontario |
| Land | |
| Main reserve | Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory |
| Other reserve(s) | |
| Land area | 73.63 km2 |
| Population | |
| On reserve | 2169 |
| Off reserve | 7685 |
| Total population | 9875 |
| Government | |
| Chief | R. Donald Maracle |
| Council size | 4 |
| Website | |
| mbq-tmt.org | |
The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) (Mohawk: Kenhtè:ke Kanyen'kehà:ka Mohawk pronunciation: [gʌ̃h'dè:ge ganjʌ̃ge'hà:ga]) are a Mohawk community within Hastings County, Ontario. They control the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, which is a 7,362.5 ha (18,193-acre)[1] Mohawk Indian reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Deseronto.[2] They also share Glebe Farm 40B and the Six Nations of the Grand River reserves with other First Nations.
The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea (standardized spelling Thayentiné:ken), which means 'two pieces of fire wood beside each other'.[3] Officially in the Mohawk language, the community is called Kenhtè:ke, which means "on the bay" (from Mohawk kénhte "bay", which is also the origin of the word "Quinte"). The Cayuga name is Tayęda:ne:gęˀ or Detgayę:da:negęˀ, 'land of two logs'.[4] The nation's band number is 164.[5]
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- ^ "Cayuga: Our Oral Legacy - Home. Cayuga Digital Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
- ^ "Geography". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2018.