Grand River
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- proper noun
- The Grand River winds through the picturesque landscapes of southern Michigan.
- Grand River Territory
- Nations of the Grand River
- Grand River Haudenosaunee
Examples
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As a result, non-Native development proceeded along the Grand River as if the claims had never been made.
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Some early censuses report Grand River settlers from many additional nations, including the Cherokees and Creeks.
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Norton and the settlement at Grand River certainly seem to fit this model.
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Ultimately, the council chose the Lewis Ross plantation located along the Grand River as the site of an orphanage.
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In addition, there are Oneidas in other territories, including Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, as well as reservations in Oklahoma.
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The Grand River Haudenosaunee never agreed to Simcoe's alterations.
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On the other hand, within the Confederacy, Grand River is recognized as the strongest repository of traditional Haudenosaunee knowledge.
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In the Haldimand Proclamation of October 25, 1784, the Crown promised to forever protect Haudenosaunee land rights in the Grand River Territory.
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In reconstructing the history of the territory that produced the people of Grand River today, I need to reconcile the contradictions that exist within the truths of both of these assessments.
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The first is the original government, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council, which has governed the Grand River Territory since permanent Haudenosaunee settlements were made along the river in the 1780s.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Grand + river
Although 'Grand River' is a proper name, its constituents are compositional: 'grand' (large, impressive) plus 'river' (a natural watercourse) directly indicate a river, likely a large one or a river named 'Grand'. A B1 learner who knows the words 'grand' and 'river' would readily understand the denotation (a river) and likely infer the descriptive sense, so the phrase is transparently interpretable.
Etymology
Grand River comes from early settlers who called the waterway grand meaning 'big' because it looked much larger than other streams, so they simply named it the river. That's why today Grand River is the name of the long river in Michigan.