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About Smoke signals. (Grand Ronde, Or.) 19??-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1994)
Over the last year many of you have heard about the Tribe's strategic planning. This section of Smoke Signals describes how that plan has been de veloped, and asks for your advice on what it will con tain. The Confederated Tribes of The Grand Ronde recently celebrated their 10-year anniversary of Restoration. During those ten years, the Tribal Council focused on estab lishing a tribal organiza tion, long-run endowments for operation and services, and a community center in Grand Ronde. Those goals are now mostly accomplished. With a solid organiza tional foundation, the Council is ready to begin the next phase of Tribal de velopment, in which it can expand the services it of fers to all Tribal members. The development of a gam ing facility in Grand Ronde is just one of several eco nomic opportunities the Council has been consid ering. The big question for the Council, and for you, is how the Tribe should grow. Should that growth empha size new facilities or new programs? Should it focus on the Grand Ronde area? What services should it em phasize? About a year ago, the Council and staff started a strategic planning process to help them and Tribe members answer these questions. Strategic Planning Brings the Tribe's Past Into the Future The past has shaped who we are today and it should be a part of our future. The timeline on this page summarizes the his tory of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. It divides that history into two phases. The first, and by far the longest, includes all history prior to the recent efforts to restore the Tribe to federally recognized tribal status. The second phase starts in about 1975 and continues to to day. Since Restoration almost 1 1 years ago, the Tribe has: Acquired over 600 acres of land for use as a Homelands area and about 9,800 acres for timber; Developed facilities in Grand Ronde that benefit Tribal members (for ex ample, the Community Center); ' Reorganized the Tribal gov ernment to increase its abil ity to deliver services to Tribal members. Reorgani zation resulted in the cre ation of separate divisions that focus on specific ser vices to Tribal members (for Overview of Tribal History Centuries of Tribal History 1 : m mono vvniie seiuemem TBS 1 843-1 845-The Oregon Trail Brings Thousands of White Settlers to the Oregon Territory If 1857-Reservation Treaty Ratified; P iaoivniun. o,iyu acres IT J 1 872 Indian families allotted farmland at Grand Ronde immtmmwMmMtewmmMMmBmmmm 1 901 -Sale of surplus reservation lands for $28,500 (about $1.10); Reservation: 440 acres si I 1 936-lndian Reorganization Act allows Tribe to buy land for subsistence farming; Reservation: 440 acres 1954-Termination Act signed 1 i... f- I I .. L W uy reuuiai yuvernmeiu TmmmmmfflmmmmmiMmmfflmm ft 1983--Grand Ronde Restoration j Act signed; Reservation: 5 acres 1988-Reservation Act signed; Reservation: 9.811 acres 1994 Tribal Strategic Plan fT. Ii'3 J,:,. I mm I p The Tribe's history con be seen os tvo distinct phoses. The first includes oil of time prior to vhlte settlement In Oregon up to termlnotlon of the orlqinol Tribol reservo tion. The second phose includes the restorotlon of the Tribe ond continues through the present. example, for education, health, and business devel opment); and ' Established the Spirit Moun tain Development Corp. to assist the Tribe in diversify ing its economy. The Tribal organization is now well established and pro vides a foundation for future growth of Tribal services and fa cilities. The strategic plan will describe what those services and facilities will be, and how they will be achieved. " 111 " r a---"ftiiir- .yisnfta:"-"'" -v. - ,,,,., .(-,... - -i --' zzy ' Jk:' The proposed qominq center os shovn In on orchltecturol rendering.
