Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde includes over 30 Tribes and bands from western Oregon, southwest Washington and northern California. Since time immemorial, they had relied on their traditional landscapes for their livelihood. However, the treaties between the Tribes and the United States Government that came with western expansion resulted in the forced removal of tribal people from these ancestral homelands to the Grand Ronde Reservation.
The original Grand Ronde Reservation was 61,000 acres and was established by Executive Order on June 30, 1857. However, numerous federal actions in the late 1800s quickly decreased the Grand Ronde Reservation land base. The Grand Ronde Tribe's federal recognition ended when Congress passed the Western Oregon Termination Act in August of 1954. This legislation stripped the Tribe of its federal status, severed the Tribe's trust relationship with the federal government, and robbed the Tribe of its social, economic and political fabric.
After termination, Grand Ronde remained a community interconnected by families. Tribal leaders refused to accept termination as the Tribe's fate and began working to restore the Tribe's federal status. That dream was realized on November 22, 1983 with the signing of the Grand Ronde Restoration Act (Public Law 98-165) and in 1988 when the Tribe regained 9,811 acres of the original reservation lands under the Grand Ronde Reservation Act. Since restoration, the Grand Ronde Tribe has focused on rebuilding its institutions, developing programs to meet the needs of its members and are strengthening its cultural ties.
Address
9615 Grand Ronde Road,Grand Ronde, OR 97347
