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Reservation established by treaty
arrangements and an executive
order. More than 20 Tribes and
bands from western Oregon,
northern California and northern
Nevada forcibly relocated to the
reservation beginning in Febru
ary 1857.
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1887 -The General Al
lotment Act, which gave 270
allotments totaling more than
33,000 acres on the reservation
to individual Tribal members,
became law. This action led to
the loss of major portions of
the reservation to non-Indian
ownership.
ribal Events
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.The Tribe regains 9,8 1 1 acres
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1901 - U.S. Inspector James
McLaughlin declares a 25,791 -acre tract
of the reservation "surplus" and sells it
for $ 1 . 1 6 per acre. Much of the land pur
chased was by local timber interests.
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NOV. 22, 1983 -Presi-
dent Ronald Reagan signs Bill HR r
Grand Ronde is reborn with 2,200
members.
October 1983 - Kimsey, Whisler,
Kathryn Harrison, Frank Harrison and Karen.
Asians, along with Elizabeth Furse, travel O
Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress ,
about restoring the Grand Ronde Tribe.
Late 1970s - The Res- ; "
toration effort receives a $60,000 f
Association for Native Administra
tion grant, which funds the effoi
for a year and gives core members
enough money to quit their jobs
and devote all their time to Restoration.
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whatsoever," says Marvin Kimsey. He
ever, a core group of Kimsey, Jackie Whisler,
Merle Holmes, Jackie Provost and Margaret
Provost continue working toward Restoration.
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Mid-1970s - Tribal members
working on restoration base their head
quarters in the maintenance shed at the
Tribe's only remaining land - the 7.5-acrd
ietery. Shortly after Restoration eff
n, funding for nrrrttion became
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