Chief honoured on silver dollar
200th anniversary of Joseph Brant's death
TORONTO SUN
BURLINGTON -- A coin bearing the portrait of Joseph Brant, the loyalist Mohawk who supported the British in battles more than 200 years ago, is not only "cool" but ironically appropriate, a descendant said yesterday.
The Mohawks are battling Ottawa over rights related to land leased by Brant after he was granted 3,450 acres around Burlington, Linda Powless said.
Thayendanegea, who changed his name to Brant, negotiated leases with settlers that were to yield payments in perpetuity, "so this coin is very appropriate," she said at the Royal Canadian Mint 2007 silver dollar's unveiling here.
The 6th generation descendant said Brant "was one of the first people to build this country."
After meeting Shelburne-area artist Laurie McGaw in a packed room in the Joseph Brant Museum on North Shore Blvd. Powless said "the likeness is perfect ... very cool."
The museum is a replica of the chief's colonial-style home.
She said Brant, born in the mid-1700s "at a time of great conflict and change in North America," remained loyal to the British during the Seven Years War with France, then during the American Revolution that began in 1776.
There are two versions of the coin -- issued for the 200th anniversary of Brant's death -- 65,000 gold-plated in proof sets, plus 35,000 uncirculated silver dollars.
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