Nation
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of OregonConfederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
Not yet reviewed by this nation. What follows comes from public records and research. It does not speak for the nation.
- Official name
- Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Chasta, Kalapuya, Molala (Molel), Rogue River and Umpqua in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty under documented pressure540 thousand
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
1 cession. Follow Chasta through the years on the map
- Treaty under documented pressure1 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
1 cession. Follow Molala (Molel) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 8, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Rogue River Indians in California and Oregon, ceded 1853 (area 312)1853
- Land of the Calapooia and Umpqua in Oregon, ceded 1854 (area 344)1854
- Land of the Chasta, Grave Creek and others in Oregon, ceded 1854 (area 343)1854
- Land of the Calapooia and Confederated Bands of Willamette valley in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 352)1855
- Land of the Coast tribes of Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 397)1855
- Land of the Indians on coast of Oregon in Oregon, ceded 1894 (area 479)1855
- Land of the Molalla in Oregon, ceded 1855 (area 401)1855
- Reservation of the Confederated Bands of Willamette valley in Oregon (area 407)1857
Carries the treaty history of 5
Sources
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
- grandronde.org/culture-history/our-homelands/unclassified
Chasta (often combined with Rogue River)
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
- High
- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation