GRAND RONDE INDIAN RESERVATION

The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde of Oregon comprise several Native American groups from northern California and western Oregon. Among them are the Calapooia, Chinookan Clackamas, Mollallas, Rogue River, Shasta, Umpqua and affiliated bands. Representative languages are Chinuk and Wawa.
The Grand Ronde Reservation was established by treaty in 1854 and 1855, followed by an Executive Order of President James Buchanan on June 30, 1857. The reservation, located at the headwaters of the South Yamhill River on the eastern side of the coastal range, comprised 69,000 acres. Commencing in 1856, U.S. government soldiers forcibly extracted at least 20 Indian bands from their ancestral territories, then moved them onto the reservation. Much of the land was lot over the next 100 years or so.
In 1983, the Congress reversed its policy with Public Law 98-165, the Grand Ronde Restoration Act. Through the efforts of Grand Ronde representatives that had begun in the '70s, Congress in effect restored the federal relationship with the Grand Ronde community. From then on, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde would be a tribal unit to formalize government recognition and establish eligibility for federal benefits. In addition, the act provided for tribal self government, tribal enrollment — and the establishment of a reservation.
In 1989, the confederation came into possession a 10,300-acre reservation, consisting largely of timber land, near the Polk County city of Grand Ronde.
It is unknown when the Reservation began issuing validation stickers for their sportsmen. These were required to be placed on the Tribal ID card. The last year these stickers were issued was in 1993. Outside of this one license, no other examples have been recorded.
Paper color
GR 1 1993 Fishing black on tan
GR 2 1993 Hunting black on blue

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