[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 54 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H1413-H1414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REMOVING RESTRICTIONS ON THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE GRAND RONDE 
                               COMMUNITY

  (Ms. SALINAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SALINAS. Mr. Speaker, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde 
Community have always been stewards of Oregon's land and natural 
resources. Like so many other indigenous peoples, they have faced 
tremendous injustices

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at the hands of the Federal Government.
  That is why I rise today in support of my very first bill in 
Congress, the Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023, to correct 
those past injustices.
  In 1994, the Tribes sought to fix a survey error, which led to the 
Federal Government making yet another error that removed Grand Ronde's 
right to pursue any further land claims even if more mistakes are 
discovered.
  No other Tribe in Oregon faces this kind of restriction. The 
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde shouldn't either.
  We are not responsible for the ills of the past, but we are 
responsible for remedying them today. My bill contributes to that, and 
I thank my Oregon colleagues for supporting it.

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