Mohawk Institute

Mohawk Institute
Type	School or university

Mohawk Institute is a residential school also known as the Mush Hole.^[1]

In Anishinabek News

December 2016: Jenny Kay Dupuis supported teachers from Hamilton in visiting this former school site. The visits included Survivors and helped create a play and educational materials for students.^[2]
January 2021: Geraldine Robertson attended this institution and later spoke publicly about her experiences there to help other survivors. The school is cited as a source of the intergenerational trauma that Geraldine Robertson worked to overcome through community programming.^[3]
January 2022: As a child, Zig Misiak lived near the Mohawk Institute, which was locally referred to as the mush-hole. Zig Misiak recalled playing with children from the residential school in a nearby field and orchard before being chased off by an adult.^[4]
February 2022: The Mohawk Institute was situated on Six Nations Territory in Brantford, Ontario. The Survivors' Secretariat is dedicated to uncovering and sharing the truth about what occurred at this institution. A tip line was established for witnesses to share information about criminal acts or the deaths of children at the school.^[5]
October 2022: The school opened in the early 1830s in Brantford, Ontario. The 2022 Canada Post reconciliation stamps were cancelled in the community where this institution was located.^[6]
January 2025: Del Riley was sent to this institution in 1950 when he was six years old. The school is described as a place where children were subjected to forced labour and stripped of their human dignity.^[1]