9 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 ▁students ▁per ▁year . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁operated ▁by ▁the ▁Ang lic an ▁Church ▁of ▁Canada ▁from ▁its ▁found ing ▁as ▁the ▁" Me chan ics ' ▁Institute " ▁( a ▁day ▁school ▁for ▁boys ▁on ▁the ▁Six ▁Nations ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁River ▁reserve ) ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁when ▁control ▁was ▁handed ▁over ▁to ▁the ▁Canadian ▁federal ▁government . ▁The ▁Moh awk ▁Institute ▁was ▁established ▁on ▁ 3 5 0 - ac res ▁of ▁farm ▁land , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁were ▁or ▁had ▁been ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁Six ▁Nations ▁at ▁some ▁point . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 1 , ▁the ▁school ▁began ▁to ▁function ▁as ▁a ▁resident ial ▁school ▁for ▁boys , ▁and ▁starting ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 4 , ▁girls ▁were ▁taken ▁in ▁as ▁board ers ▁as ▁well . ▁Children ▁from ▁Six ▁Nations ▁were ▁sent ▁there , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁from ▁the ▁New ▁Cred it , ▁and ▁Mor avi ant own , ▁S arn ia , ▁Wal pole ▁Island , ▁Mun ce y , ▁Sc ug og , ▁St oney ▁Point , ▁Sau ge en , ▁Bay ▁of ▁Qu inte ▁and ▁K ah na w ake ▁res erves . ▁ ▁While ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁originally ▁nearby ▁the ▁Moh awk ▁village , ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 ▁the ▁colonial ▁government ▁of ▁Upper ▁Canada ▁ordered ▁Six ▁Nation ▁residents ▁to ▁res ett le ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁River , ▁kilometres