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
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. 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
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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. '