Between 1853 and 1855 the federal government negotiated treaties with the Tribes who came to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. These tribes were promised what amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars in money, services, security and a permanent reservation forever. I have already established in other essays that the tribes were not correctly paid annually, but that things like food and services were not consistently provided due to transportation problems from the east coast and federal malfeasance. Many Tribal members died in the first few years, as a result of starvation, malnutrition and illnesses from having been exposed to … Continue reading Did The Grand Ronde Tribes Get Paid for all Their Ceded Lands?