Grand Ronde Community

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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, USA, about 18 miles (29 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.

1 Historical summary
2 Geography
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[edit] 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).