Grand Ronde Community

The Grand Ronde Community is an Indian reservation located on several non-contiguous sections of land in southwestern Yamhill County and northwestern Polk County, Oregon, United States, about convert|18|mi|km east of Lincoln City, near the community of Grand Ronde. Various tribes and bands from all parts of Western Oregon were removed from their homes in the mid-1800s and placed on this reservation. It is owned by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The reservation has a land area of 42.434 km² (16.384 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 55 persons.

Historical summary

* Since 6,000 B.C. or earlier, the Rogue River, Umpqua, Chasta, Kalapuya, Molalla, Salmon River, Tillamook, and Nestucca Indians lived in their traditional homelands
* 1854-1857: In the wake of the Rogue River Wars, the Grand Ronde reservation established by treaty arrangements in 1854 and 1855 and an Executive Order of June 30, 1857
* 1856: Fort Yamhill built next to reservation
* 1887: the General Allotment Act makes allotments to individuals totaling slightly over 33,000 acres (130 km²) of Reservation land. Most of this ends up in the hands of non-Indians.
* 1901: U.S. Inspector James McLaughlin declared a 25,791 acre (104.4 km²) tract of the reservation "surplus" and the U.S. sold it for $1.16 per acre ($287/km²).
* 1936: Indian Reorganization Act enables the Tribe to re-purchase some land for homes
* 1954: Termination Act
* 1983: Grand Ronde Restoration Act
* 1988: Grand Ronde Reservation Act. Tribe regains 9,811 acres (39.7 km²). This is now about 10,052 acres (45 km²).

Geography

Grand Ronde Reservation is located near coor dms|45|3|42|N|123|36|56|W|city (45.061643, -123.615654)GR|1.

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P003&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=false&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=25000US1365&-search_results=25000US1365&-_showChild=Y&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Grand Ronde Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Oregon] United States Census Bureau

External links

* [http://www.grandronde.org Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde homepage]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode25/usc_sup_01_25_10_14_20_XXX-C.html 25 U.S. Code 713 et seq: Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community of Oregon]