Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario

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Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory is an 73 km² (18000-acre) Mohawk Indian reserve on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, east of Belleville and immediately to the west of Shannonville.

The community takes its name from a variant spelling of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant's traditional Mohawk name, Thayendanegea.

It was founded in 1784 by a group of Mohawk's led by John Deseronto.

Tyendinaga is home to First Nations Technical Institute, an educational partner with Loyalist College, St. Lawrence College, Canadore College, Humber College, Ryerson University, First Nations University of Canada, Trent University, Queens University.

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