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Grand Ronde Tribe Reveals New Name for Willamette Falls Site

Grand Ronde Tribe Reveals New Name for Willamette Falls Site

Posted in Project Milestones, Tumwata/Willamette Falls | September 6, 2022April 6, 2023

In a move that further connects the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde with its ancestral homelands, the Tribe has chosen a new name for its 23-acre site near Willamette Falls…

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Demolition Begins at tumwata/Willamette Falls

Demolition Begins at tumwata/Willamette Falls

Posted in Project Milestones, Tumwata Vision, Tumwata/Willamette Falls | September 22, 2021April 6, 2023

Tribal leaders from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR) gathered on Tuesday, September 21 to commemorate the beginning of on-site demolition work at the former Blue Heron paper mill…

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People of tumwata

People of tumwata

Posted in Tumwata/Willamette Falls | August 13, 2021April 6, 2023

On August 13, 1954, President Eisenhower signed the Western Oregon Termination Act. This law was an effort to assimilate us. It stopped all our services, terminated our status as a…

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  • Grand Ronde Tribe Removes Old Blue Heron Admin Building to Create New tumwata village
  • Grand Ronde Tribe Reveals New Name for Willamette Falls Site
  • Second round of demolition for Blue Heron site approved
  • Demolition Begins at tumwata/Willamette Falls
  • People of tumwata
  • Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde receives grant for Willamette Falls environmental restoration

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