Of Mohawk descent, born in 1841 at Six Nations near what is now Brantford, Ontario, Oronhyatekha ("Burning Sky") was baptized Peter Martin and later attended Oxford where he became an MD.
In the 2006 Toronto election, he pledged to stop deportations and legalize all immigrants and indicated that he supported the Six Nations in Grand River land dispute.
Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Reserve southeast of Brantford, Ontario.
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Cogwagee (Thomas Charles Longboat) (June 4, 1887 – January 9, 1949) was an Onondaga distance runner from the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, and for much of his career the dominant long distance runner of the time.
The Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora.