TheGrand Ronde Community is anIndian reservation located on several non-contiguous sections of land in southwesternYamhill County and northwesternPolk County,Oregon, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) east ofLincoln City, near the community ofGrand Ronde. In the mid-19th century, the United States government forced various tribes and bands from all parts of Western Oregon to beremoved from their homes and placed on this reservation. It is governed by theConfederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. The reservation has a land area of 19.197 square miles (49.72 km2). The community had a population of 2,010 in the2020 United States census. However, there are approximately 5,400 enrolled tribal members, most of whom live elsewhere.[1][2]
Policing is handled by the Confederated Tribes of Grand RondeTribal Police.[3]
1854–1857: In the wake of theRogue River Wars, the Grand Ronde reservation established by treaty arrangements in 1854 and 1855 and an Executive Order of June 30, 1857
1860s: Arrival of the Belgian Catholic missionary Father Adrien Croquet (renamed Crockett), uncle of theCardinal 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.[5]
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[citation needed].
1901: U.S. Inspector James McLaughlin declared a 25,791-acre (104.37 km2) tract of the reservation "surplus" and the U.S. sold it for $1.16 per acre ($287/km2).
1954: Under theTermination Act, the tribe's federal status was ended.
1983: Grand Ronde Restoration Act: On November 22, 1983, PresidentRonald Reagan signed the Grand Ronde Restoration Act, restoring federal recognition to the people as a tribe.
1988: Tribe regains 9,811 acres (39.70 km2). This is now about 10,052 acres (40.68 km2).
C.F. Coan, "The Adoption of the Reservation Policy in Pacific Northwest, 1853–1855,"Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol. 23, no. 1 (March 1922), pp. 1–38.In JSTOR.
Melinda Marie Jetté, "'Beaver Are Numerous, but the Natives ... Will Not Hunt Them': Native-Fur Trader Relations in the Willamette Valley, 1812–1814,"Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 98, no. 1 (Winter 2006/2007), pp. 3–17.In JSTOR.
Tracy Neal Leavelle, "'We Will Make It Our Own Place': Agriculture and Adaptation at the Grand Ronde Reservation, 1856–1887,"American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 4 (Autumn 1998), pp. 433–456.In JSTOR.
Ronald Spores, "Too Small a Place: The Removal of the Willamette Valley Indians, 1850–1856,"American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2 (Spring 1993), pp. 171–191.In JSTOR.
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