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3 1850s - The Grand
Ronde Reservation is established
by treaty arrangements and an
executive order. More than 30
Tribes and Bands from western
Oregon, northern California and
southern Washington forcibly
relocated to the reservation be
ginning in February 1856.
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1887 - The General Allot
ment Act, which gave 270 allot
ments totaling more than 33,000
acres on the reservation to indi
vidual Tribal members, became
law. This action led to the loss of
major portions of the reservation
to Indian non-ownership.
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Nov. 22, 1983 -presi-
dent Ronald Reagan signs Bill HR
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Grand Ronde is reborn with 2,200
members.
October 1983 - Kimsey, Whisler,
Kathryn Harrison, Frank Harrison and Karen
Acl-inc nlrvno uith Flirnhpfh Fnrsp trnvpl, )
Washington, D.C., to testify before Congress
about restoring the Grand Ronde Tribe.
Late 1970s - The Res
toration effort receives a $90,000
grant, which funds the effort for
a year and gives core members-!
enough money to quit their jobs and
devote all their time to Restoration.
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Tribal Events
r Restoration
P 1901
1975-79 - A period of "no gains
whatsoever," says Marvin Kimsey. How- j
ever, a core group of Kimsey, Jackie Whisler,
Merle Holmes, Jackie Provost and Margaret
Provost and others continue working toward
Restoration.
- U.S. Inspector James
McLaughlin declares a 25,791 -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.
KirstiofTicial Tribal Council, sworn inl
-0li8'Krhe..Tribc regains 9,81 1. acres
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Mid-1970s - Tribal members
i working on Restoration base their head-
quarters in the maintenance shed at the
iTrifce's only remaining land - the 2.5-acre
f cenietery. Shortly after Restoration efforw
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lionimunity effort, as children, adults ana
p . Riders held bake sales, car washes, etc..
I ?.ftjr raise money for postage and travel
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More Key Tribal Events
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