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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1981)
VOICES FROM THE PAST t PART II ANSWERS) , : i , - ;fA H'-' ' Question i. whet was the Tty yhicVilcVf fefet' AtS3w.M'.&fWwdfi; 1 Ronde Reservation? . w ' .1 ,t; ' f .i tVA$. H Answer: The. Federal Indian treaty. act of 1850J - The Willamette tribes j parties to 'i ; the treaty of January 1935 lt t f Jl IJf J - Question 2, What wa the actual'; size 'of ;lhe, original reservation? '.Vf' P $ Answer: The actual sjlze of the' origin I r?servatl- ?s sst apart by President t ' James Buchanan, June 30., 1857, was 40 34 cq-ara miles., - i . , Question 3, What was the 1901 land cession, and acres cded? , J ? , )l J K' ;. :- Answer: Unalloted land von the Grand Ron'. e was declared surplus and ceded, fcot J tlfe , ' I Z ' government as public domain," 25,791 acres. , The United" Stated , stipulates ' ' 3 and agrees to pay tribal members the t sum of , $28, 50tJV: dated June 27 1901"4 ,1 by Andrew Kershaw, "Superintendent and special disbursing, agent, K . " 'v; ' neia at uneraawa on March y. lyjY . Answer; Following the Fort Hall Reservation delegate, ,wHo adopts ; the .bill for his tribe, the Grand Ronde delegate, Harry Jones is" called to the-floor4, hears " his actual testimony. ? , 1' 'V' ",,r NEXT MONTH- PLEASE FOLLOW VOICES FROM THE PAST AND ,LARaM r ' A- lr1, -1 h J i- 2 . :. --j; . Question 1, Who were the Yemhill-aixdiafas? -' it:- ,. ?, , ..WIF-1! I'-'-;,'. 7 '-'"i Question Wlio waa'iloel Palmer? " ' ! . ' r( JfJr.V"! J'k0i'4riQUaaib-C34l-!WlVat- Phil 'Sheridan's associatiori with1 the -reservation? V ' ' S iv.. - Question 4, . What was the Wheeler-Howard Act df 1934? . '''Vl ' ' - 1 Question 5. What was the purpose of Fort Yamhill7 , -"..-r.-S To learn even more, plan to attend the monthly' generalvi your council ' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR aeetmg8 , and .talK. with We welcome your comments or contributions to 6ur .Newsietter sSend theVto tus " T at "Smoke Signals," The Confederated Tribes fGfand Ronde Inofians, Inc.;-: P.O. .-i' ;M Box 94, Grand Ronde, Oregon 97347 or call 879-253 t-.-lt. t ( A honor dinner for JOe Dele Cruz, ' President of the Quifiatt tribe was held, Sa'tur- t day, Dec 5, 1981 at the longhouse in Wapato, Wa1 sh'ing ton. t" HieV dinner was; held: ia V-, honor of Joe . being elected president of the National Congress 'of," American Indians ' JL '1 Grand Ronde Tribal members attending, were: Marv Kimaey, Beverly Cooney Nora Klimsey,,, ' The dinner was sponsored by the Yakima tribe in conjunction with The Af filiated- , j Tribes of Northwest Indians. '
