Grand Ronde Community

Geography

Historical summary

• Since 6,000 BCE 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
• 1860s: Arrival of the Belgian Catholic missionary Father Adrien Croquet, uncle of the famous Cardinal Mercier, later followed by his nephew, Joseph Mercier. The non-ordained Joseph married into a local tribe, and many present-day tribespeople are among his descendants.
• 1887: the General Allotment Act makes allotments to individuals totaling slightly over of Reservation land. Most of this ends up in the hands of non-Indians.
• 1901: U.S. Inspector James McLaughlin declared a tract of the reservation "surplus" and the U.S. sold it for $1.16 per acre.
• 1936: Indian Reorganization Act enables the Tribe to re-purchase some land for homes
• 1954: Under the Termination Act, the tribe's federal status was ended.
• 1983: Grand Ronde Restoration Act: On November 22, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the Grand Ronde Restoration Act, restoring federal recognition to the people as a tribe.
• 1988: Tribe regains. This is now about.

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