Six Nations of the Grand, Ohsweken, ONTARIO
Grand River
Ancestral lands of the Mississauga, Attiwonderonk, Anishinabewaki, Haudenosaunee

Google Earth Coordinates: 43.098321, -80.093871 - photograph © courtesy Day of a Thousand Canoes


Jersey paintings © Liam Birch
Current Jersey


photograph © Liam Birch

Regatta 2005


photograph © courtesy Aka:we C.C.

Pauline Johnson Regatta

Founded:
1999
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Official Name: Aka:we Canoe Club
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Telephone:
519-445-1679
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INFORMATION
The Aka:we Canoe Club joined the CCA in 2004 as the fourth First Nations sprint club, part of an association initiative to expand First Nations representation. Aka:we first began in 1999 with the assistance of canoeing great Bert Oldershaw. The club promotes fun, health and well-being while keeping the cultural aspect of canoeing alive. “Aka:we” is a Mohawk word meaning “paddle.” Aka:we hosts the Pauline Johnson Regatta, named after the popular Mohawk writer and member of the former Brantford Canoe Club. It is interesting to note that a "Mohawk Aquatic Association" hosted the Western Divisional trials in 1934 in nearby Caledonia.
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