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Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1853–1857, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 67,555 km² in 7 cessions across California, Oregon.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Calapooia · Confederated Bands of Willamette valley · Rogue River Indians · Umpqua · Coast tribes of Oregon · Molalla · Indians on coast of Oregon

Royce 407, 1857Royce 352, 1855Royce 397, 1855Royce 401, 1855Royce 479, 1855Royce 344, 1854Royce 312, 1853
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
312September 10, 1853 Rogue River Indians · with Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation, Oregon Royce’s schedule · treaty text
344November 29, 1854 Calapooia; Umpqua · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
352January 22, 1855 Calapooia; Confederated Bands of Willamette valley · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule · treaty text
397August 11, 1855 Coast tribes of Oregon · with 4 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
401December 21, 1855 Molalla Royce’s schedule · treaty text
479November 9, 1855; December 21, 1865; August 15, 1894 Indians on coast of Oregon · with 4 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
407June 30, 1857 Confederated Bands of Willamette valley · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule

Trails across these lands

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.