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v- 10 NOVEMBER 1 5, 2008 DMOKE DIGNALS NOVEMBER 15, 2008 Smoke Signals 11 U. ') 1850s The Grand Ronde t Reservation is established by treaty arrangements and an exec utive order. More than 20 Tribes and Bands from western Oregon, northern California and southern Washington forcibly relocated to the reservation beginning in February 1 856. 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. i :Sal Ever"v storation &i- S ')'HjHhihyvTrhc regains 9,S 11 acres: ) 1iTsf c) i.i.iniflbics.cijVtal iMiiyvhciiflc s i d cn tR'ca'uaii O 7 (siT?nsMnTu aiiolw.7r)tlt7lVscrxvjt ioiVctjiiil oSlaw' 1901 - U.S. Inspector James McLaughlin declares a 25,79 1 -acre tract of the reservation "surplus" and sells it for $ 1 . 1 0 per acre. Much of the land was purchased by local timber interests. ' ' 4 tt 'I , : ,) i,H- '.:!' -...... ., i fl it' '" ' ' " 6 M in" D'l " Hint iiii.BiniiHS . '-.4 'wll. imm' 10 v r, ' hwi i "in ii -mii S V' jm '' 1 mmmmwvvmvr uwwrvw ' 'ifc jfi l 'l"rr '"' ! J . t IttoiMlnr A T 1 1 mil mi .rfti t ' mi.- i-ifi " JS" 1 I ' ' !' "r ' 1 ' " ''' ijfi ? I if'- (' i , i 11 V ' t hi . ml ii .t I il -.linn! i mi nift .,. " ' . .... . 1 i' " r. , iim I jf" 1 N- - ! i-a. ' ra b as; 1 - j . J "I ir11 M ! l!' " "f"."' njn.v (t hi mi , H '-iMm -t J i V?X v ' ' 1 Wl Jrim- r 'f rt P nvW : 7: fvmnrt, : Irr . , ,: a. J iv s , , i( ini j fTl " ""r"'"""": '" ' i ' "' 1 m " ., r - I v mid . nil' ..' i -l , , . i., i v H I I " j f - -- -" F -4 'i I t- I " v -ii -i . mi J" - ' ' - ...V I' ' r" I 3 Nov. 22, 1983 - Presi dent RrtnalH Reaaan ian! Rill HR m f 3885 and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is reborn with 2,200 members. October 1983 - Kimsey, Whisler, Kathryn Harrison, Frank Harrison and Karen Askins, along with Elizabeth Furse, travel Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress i about restoring the Grand Ronde Tribe. Late 1970s - The Res toration effort receives a $90,000 grant, which funds the effort for year and gives core members enough' money to quit their jobs and devote all their time to Restoration. ,? 4 Mid-1970s - Tribal members working on Restoration base their head- qu -'S i- '"''"'""ance shed at the js? 111. 1975-79 - A period of "no gains whatsoever," says Marvin Kimsey. How ever, a core group of Kimsey, Jackie WhislerTjShy Merle Holmes, Jackie Provost and Margaret I Y Provost and others continue working toward ill Restoration. I v: More Key Tribal Eve 1Q6F .ThciTimbcrrTriist Fund is established - V l'lS rNKTj Hdorten s i t s i he a 1 1 h ic 1 mtr .1 i-iisaiuleaiis.cimV?slVnriii'- IXVifejLM 1 1 n . 1 fji7tfS' rand fl "'caTl ys- TlieUriTs. MJ- .ii). tbjeiv 1cK-r yiTfcHM?Ti-iai'' ? iv a- 1 1 i'i i ru7 cTTum . jlyll'hrTl y! Ipi iV i iTtyrTslTiii '-A'.U'.'')lTIV "-S' iVTjtam i 1 1 " v'i (aJm.I i; sl .i 10 i shX. I' C a s 1 1 1' t I l u Jt ". i s i lit if 1 1 u i u x iy i i s s p iTiT STi Tyi V it iVHI ! n.'V yii i 11 liTI . i i )-c s l-ii i pi i i..il-i- i ipp i ! vn 1 1 a I c l." I yj'MQXoi 1 1 p I . ..v'.i." s - w l h at i iiiI tlTiTis . 1 1 n. ii 1 1 ylTi U 1 1 1 sV'sfi iTuTil tT I Vi luj. asniT . s J I
