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The Grand Ronde Community is an Indian reservation located on several non-contiguous sections of land in southwestern Yamhill County and northwestern Polk County, Oregon, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) east of Lincoln City, near the community of Grand Ronde.
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) is a federally recognized tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau.They consist of at least 27 Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the western boundary of the Oregon Coast and the eastern boundary of the Cascade Range, and the northern boundary of southwestern ...
The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people in Michigan named for a 19th-century Ojibwe chief. . They were formerly known as the Gun Lake Band of Grand River Ottawa Indians, [1] the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Inc., [1] and the Gun Lake Tribe or Gun Lake Band
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
In 1983, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon came together and regained federal status under the Grand Ronde Restoration Act, after engaging in lobbying, fundraising efforts, and testimony before the United States Congress. [64]
The Grande Ronde Valley floor is at about 2,700 feet (820 m) above sea level. [3] Its horizon is dominated by the Blue Mountains. Eagle Cap Wilderness is to the southeast. . The highest nearby mountains are Mount Fanny to the east, with an elevation of 7,136 feet (2,175 m); [4] Mount Harris to the northeast, elevation 5,335 feet (1,626 m); [5] and Mount Emily to the northwest, elevation 6,110 ...
Flags of Wisconsin tribes in the Wisconsin state capitol. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [4]
The Grande Ronde Massacre, also known as The Battle of the Grande Ronde, was a significant event that took place in northeast Oregon Territory on July 17, 1856, in what is now Union County. It involved an assault by 175 mounted volunteer soldiers on a Native American village inhabited by Walla Walla , Umatilla , and Cayuse families near present ...