Ohsweken, Ontario

Ohsweken

name in indigenous languages

*Oswé:gęˀ ^[1]* (Cayuga)
*Oshwé:ken ^[2]* (Mohawk)
*Oshwe·kʌ̀· ^[3]* (Oneida)
*Ohcwé·gęh ^[4]* (Onondaga)
*Swe:gë’ ^[5]* (Seneca)
*Swekęˀ ^[6]* (Tuscarora)
Ohsweken name in indigenous languages Oswé:gęˀ (Cayuga); Oshwé:ken (Mohawk); Oshwe·kʌ̀· (Oneida); Ohcwé·gęh (Onondaga); Swe:gë’ (Seneca); Swekęˀ (Tuscarora); ;
	Ohsweken Ohsweken
	Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 80°07′03″W / 43.06917°N 80.11750°W
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Government
• Governing Body	Six Nations Band Council
• MP	Larry Brock (Conservative)
• MPP	Will Bouma (Conservative)
Area
• Total	75 km2 (29 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (656 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	Approx. 1,500
	Roughly 10% of Six Nations' total population
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code	N0A
Area code	Area code 519
GNBC Code	FCGSY
Website	http://www.sixnations.ca

Ohsweken (/oʊʃˈwiːkɛn/) is a dispersed rural community located within the Six Nations of the Grand River, in the County of Brant, Ontario, Canada.^[7]^[8] Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and administrative offices.^{[citation needed]}

^ Dyck, Carrie, Froman, Frances, Keye, Alfred & Keye, Lottie. 2024. A grammar and dictionary of Gayogo̱hó:nǫˀ (Cayuga). (Studies of Amerindian Linguistics). Berlin: Language Science Press. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10473483. Pg 1061 [1]
^ "History and Culture" Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Kanakeráhsera Ne Ià:ia’k Nihononhontsá:ke Accessed December 10th 2011. http://www.kahnawakelonghouse.com/index.php?mid=2 Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ Rudes, Blair A. (2015). "Ohsweken". Oneida–English/English–Oneida Dictionary. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 1325. ISBN 9781442628809.
^ Woodbury, Hanni (2003). "Ohcwé·gęh". Onondaga-English / English-Onondaga Dictionary. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 752. ISBN 9781442623637.
^ Chafe, Chafe (2014). "Canada, Grand River Reserve." (PDF). English-Seneca Dictionary. Onöndowa'ga:' Gawë:nö' (Seneca Language) Department. p. 26.
^ Rudes, Blair A. (2015). "Grand river indians". Tuscarora-English/English-Tuscarora dictionary. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 418. ISBN 9781442628809.
^ ^a ^b "Ohsweken". Natural Resources Canada. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on May 6, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ "Six Nations (Part) 40". Statistics Canada. November 2, 2016. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

Ohsweken name in indigenous languages Oswé:gęˀ ^[1] (Cayuga) Oshwé:ken ^[2] (Mohawk) Oshwe·kʌ̀· ^[3] (Oneida) Ohcwé·gęh ^[4] (Onondaga) Swe:gë’ ^[5] (Seneca) Swekęˀ ^[6] (Tuscarora)
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Coordinates: 43°04′09″N 80°07′03″W / 43.06917°N 80.11750°W / 43.06917; -80.11750
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Government
• Governing Body	Six Nations Band Council
• MP	Larry Brock (Conservative)
• MPP	Will Bouma (Conservative)
Area
• Total	75 km² (29 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (656 ft)
Population (2018)
• Total	Approx. 1,500
	Roughly 10% of Six Nations' total population
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Postal code	N0A
Area code	Area code 519
GNBC Code	FCGSY^[7]
Website	http://www.sixnations.ca