A panel that includes Grand Ronde tribal chairwoman Cheryle Kennedy, second from right, addresses the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission at a meeting held in Salem on Aug. 4 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers at the federal and state levels are throwing their support behind a bill that would amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act and restore the tribes’ right ...

which stripped the 61 western Oregon tribes of their federal status. For 30 years, Grande Ronde tribal members had no land and no right to their identity. The act severed the trust between the ...