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The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon consists of five tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the Coast Range and the Cascade Range: A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, circa 1908. ... State nickname: Beaver State Other U.S. States Capital Salem Largest city Portland Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) Senators Ron Wyden (D) Gordon Smith (R) Official languages None Area 255,026 km² (9th) - Land 248,849 km² - Water 6,177 km² (2. ... The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along west coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico. ... Mount Adams in Washington state The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ...
The community has an 11,040-acre (45 km²) Indian reservation is the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, located in Yamhill and Polk counties. The Shasta are an indigenous people of Northern California and Southern Oregon in the United States. ... The Kalapuya (also spelled Calapooya or Calapooia) are a Native American ethnic group that once inhabited the area present-day western Oregon in the United States. ... The Molala (also Molale, Molalla, Molele) were a people of the Plateau culture area in central Oregon. ... Rogue River is the name of an Native American group originally located in southern Oregon in the United States. ... The Confederated Tribes of Siletz in the United States is a federally-recognized confederation of 27 Native American tribal bands that once inhabited a range from northern California to southwest Washington. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Umpqua refers to two distinct groups of Native Americans that live in south central Oregon in the United States. ... There are five Indian Reservations in Oregon which are the major part of the lands occupied or held in trust by the nine federally recognized tribes in the state: Burns Paiute Indian Reservation, for the Burns Paiute: 13,738 acres (56 km²) in Harney County; Grand Ronde: 11,040 acres... Yamhill County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ... Polk County is a county located in the state of Oregon. ...
Since 1996, the tribes get the bulk of their financial support from the Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde. They also receive revenue from timber. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Grand Ronde is a census-designated place located in Polk County, Oregon. ... Timber Timber is a term used to describe wood throughout its processing from the time it is planned for use in industrial products to the time it is used as a structural material or in other industrial product, such as wood pulp for paper production. ...
Reference
5 Tribes of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Smoke Signals special publication (undated); stories written by Oscar Johnson, Smoke Signals reporter.
External links
Official website, including tribal documents and history
Originally named "GrandRonde Agency", the name of this city is a variation of the French GrandeRonde or "fine large valley", a description the early French-Canadian trappers gave the area.
GrandRonde was the location of the headquarters of the GrandRondeIndian Reservation, which covered parts of Polk and Yamhill counties until the agency was closed in 1925.
The organizational structure of the reservation was replaced by the ConfederatedTribes of the GrandRondeCommunity of Oregon, which was first incorporated May 13, 1935, terminated August 13, 1954, then reestablished in November, 1983.
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