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
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1 843-1 845-The Oregon Trail Brings
Thousands of White Settlers to the
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1 901 -Sale of surplus reservation
lands for $28,500 (about $1.10);
Reservation: 440 acres
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1 936-lndian Reorganization Act
allows Tribe to buy land for
subsistence farming;
Reservation: 440 acres
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Reservation: 5 acres
1988-Reservation Act signed;
Reservation: 9.811 acres
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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.
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