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36-511: The average student-teacher ratio across all schools is 18 to 1. During state testing, 53% of students scored below average in reading and writing and 79% scored below average in math. Students at Scappoose High School on average score a 1170 on the SAT and a 24 on the ACT and the graduation rate is 87%, which is slightly above the average graduation rate of 81.3%. The University that most graduates attended

72-813: A Round Dance. The community has an 11,288-acre (46 km ) Indian reservation , the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation , located in Yamhill and Polk counties of Oregon. In the 2000s, the tribe's population was more than 5,500 members. The Tribes employ around 1,600 people. Since 1996, the tribes have generated most of their income by operating the Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand Ronde, between Lincoln City and Salem . The most successful casino in Oregon, it attracts considerable tourist traffic from

108-486: A combined student enrollment of 504. The two elementary schools serve grades K-3. An upper elementary school, Otto Petersen Elementary serves grades 4-6 and enrolls students from both Grant Watts and Warren. It has a student-teacher ratio of 20:1 and a student enrollment of 412. A long-range facility plan proposes that Otto Petersen is closed and the K-3 elementary schools are expanded to hold K-5. This may or may not be enacted in

144-551: A member of the tribe has an estimated financial benefit of between $ 5500 and $ 7000 per year when such things as housing benefits, student scholarships and per capita payouts from casino revenue are added up; however, that does not include health care or elder pension. Created by the Tribal Constitution, the Grand Ronde Tribal Council was set up to be the tribe's primary governing and legislative body. The council

180-407: A semi-monthly publication schedule, and a tabloid newspaper format. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde has a curriculum specialist who created tribal history lessons funded in part by Oregon Senate Bill 13, which supplies funds for each of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon to create curriculum about Native Americans' contributions to Oregon history. A Chinuk Wawa immersion program

216-473: Is available for kindergarteners and first graders. The tribe published Chinuk Wawa: As our elders teach us to Speak It , a Chinuk Wawa dictionary, in 2012. In 2010, the tribe built a plank house on the reservation. In 2011, Grand Ronde Canoe Journey , an exhibit about the tribe's canoe traditions, was installed at the Willamette Heritage Center . Every year the reservation hosts powwows and

252-454: Is located in Warren on the campus of Warren Elementary. It serves grades K-8, with a student enrollment of 58 and a student-teacher ratio of 19:1. Students at the school attend school one day per week to meet with their teachers, and do the rest of their schoolwork at home. This is commonly an option for parents in the district who wish to homeschool . The school is independent from the district but

288-532: Is made up of nine standing members. Each member is meant to serve a three-year term with three council seats up for re-election every year and no restrictions for how many terms a council member can serve. To qualify for a position as a council member, a person simply needs to be 18 years or older and be an enrolled member of the Tribe according to the Tribal Constitution. To vote for council members, confirmed tribal members mail in ballots with verified signatures on file with

324-841: Is sponsored by it as most graduates go on to attend Scappoose High School . Scappoose High School Scappoose High School is a public high school in Scappoose, Oregon , United States . It is the only high school in the Scappoose School District. In 2008, 95% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma . Of 168 students, 160 graduated, 5 dropped out, 1 received a modified diploma , and 2 remained in high school. Scappoose High School offers four Advanced Placement (AP) classes and eight opportunities for college credit through Oregon Institute of Technology , Western Oregon University , and Portland Community College . Scappoose High School athletic teams compete in

360-403: The Grand Ronde Indian Reservation . Established in 1856, the reservation occupies parts of Yamhill and Polk counties. Because the tribes had lived near each other, and often spoke more than one language for use in trading, after they were grouped in the 19th century on the reservation, they refined a creole language that became known as Chinook Wawa . Although long forced to speak English ,

396-470: The OSAA 4A-1 Cowapa League. Students in the district have the choice to enroll at three alternative schools : Sauvie Island School is located on Sauvie Island and serves grades K-8. The school is independent from the district but is sponsored by it as most graduates go on to attend Scappoose High School . It has a student enrollment of 211 and a student-teacher ratio of 16:1. South Columbia Family School

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432-468: The OSAA 4A-1 Cowapa League. The athletic director is Dale French and the athletics secretary is Brenda Lohman State Championships: In 2012, The Oregon Department of Education issued a ban on all Native American mascots. However, in 2016 they approved a resolution allowing to keep such mascots by 2017 with a federally recognized tribe. The Scappoose School District came to an agreement with The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde allowing them to keep

468-742: The 1970s, Grand Ronde elders began teaching Chinook Jargon language classes in the community. In 1983, the Confederated tribes of Grand Ronde regained federal recognition as a sovereign tribe. As part of restoration, they established a formal language program for children, which they could support through revenues generated from gaming. They renamed Chinook Jargon as Chinuk Wawa (Talking Chinuk). The Grand Ronde tribe's immersion language program has produced native speakers, joining another half-dozen Native language immersion programs in such success. This program begins in preschool classes (Lilu) and continues into Kindergarten. The language program officials plan to expand

504-752: The Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (CTGR) is a federally recognized tribe of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau . They consist of at least 27 Native American tribes with long historical ties to present-day western Oregon between the western boundary of the Oregon Coast and the eastern boundary of the Cascade Range , and the northern boundary of southwestern Washington and the southern boundary of northern California . The community has an 11,288-acre (45.7 km ) Indian reservation ,

540-450: The Grand Ronde reservation, established by this treaty. "The Chief Tumulth descendants were classified as "provisionally dis-enrolled" Grand Ronde members in July 2014, which stripped them of almost all their tribal rights, including voting rights in the Grand Ronde elections. A three-judge Tribal Court of Appeals panel restored the 66 descendants as full tribal members." But, based on tribal law,

576-510: The Museum, by the Grand Ronde for religious, historical, and cultural purposes while maintaining its continued presence at the Museum for scientific and educational purposes. The agreement recognizes the Museum's tradition of displaying and studying the Meteorite for almost a century, while also enabling the Grand Ronde to re-establish its relationship with the Meteorite with an annual ceremonial visit to

612-708: The Tribal Election Board, and the forty-five days preceding the September General Council meeting is when the elections are officially held. As a result of political conflict, in 2014 the tribal council voted to disenroll en masse 66 living descendants and six deceased descendants of the 19th-century Chief Tumulth. Chief Tumulth of the Cascade Band of Chinuk had signed the 1855 treaty with the United States that ceded tribal land and agreed to relocation to

648-412: The U.S. government. In 1954, US Congress "terminated" the tribe. The land of terminated tribes was no longer tax-exempt. Faced with the increased cost of land ownership, many lost their property. In addition, people from terminated tribes could no longer attend Chemawa School and had to pay for medical services. In 1956 the reservation was closed and the tribal council disbanded. In 1975, the tribal council

684-695: The coastal beaches and resorts. Six percent of the casino's profits goes to the Tribes' Spirit Mountain Community Fund, which supports and funds various organizations in the following 11 western Oregon area counties: Benton, Clackamas, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill. By 2017, the Spirit Mountain Community Fund had given more than $ 75 million to non-profit organizations, making it Oregon's eighth largest charitable foundation. They also earn revenue from

720-557: The court could not restore membership to six members, who were posthumously dis-enrolled in 2014. The law prohibits heirs and descendants from challenging such action. Attorney Gabriel Galanda defended the Tumulth descendants and has strongly opposed such "politically motivated" dis-enrollment. Russell Wilkinson, a spokesperson for the descendants, said that such dis-enrollment was a self-destructive practice of tribes. Tribal council elections were scheduled for September 10, 2016. In August 2016

756-467: The future. Scappoose Middle School serves grades 7 and 8, with a student enrollment of 313 and a student-teacher ratio of 18:1. In the facility plan that proposes the closure of Otto Petersen Elementary, it is proposed that SMS could be expanded to hold grade 6 as well. Scappoose High School is the district's only high school and serves grades 9-12 with a student enrollment of 656 and a student-teacher ratio of 18:1. The school's athletics participate in

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792-474: The immersion program to a pre-8 grade program, and offer classes for adults. This will create speakers of the language to help the language survive in perpetuity. The elected tribal council sets the rules for membership. Generally, membership requires direct descent from a person listed on the rolls at particular times and a percentage of Native American ancestry from among the tribes in the Confederation. Being

828-449: The issue by supporting certain candidates in the 2006 primary races for Governor of Oregon. Historically the tribe had people speaking 27 distinct languages. Numerous members of these tribes could speak more than one language due to their proximity and trading relationships. The Oregon Territory was one of the most linguistically diverse regions in the world. On the reservation, most Native Americans began communicating using Chinook Jargon,

864-750: The late 20th century to repatriate the meteorite to Oregon were not successful, but the CTGR (successor to the Clackamas, one of the confederation) reached a historic agreement in June 2000 with the American Museum of Natural History. The tribe can have periodic access to Tomanowos for religious and cultural purposes. They perform rites and ceremonies related to their belief in the Tomanowos' role in their sacred history. The American Museum of Natural History of New York City bought

900-477: The late 20th century, the tribe attempted to repatriate Tomanowos under NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990. The museum argued in federal district court in 2000 that the law applied to ceremonial objects made by the tribes, not to objects such as the meteorite, which occurred naturally and may be revered by peoples. It sued to be named as official owner of

936-541: The management of their timber resources. They have developed "other tribal enterprises in construction and environmental management, real estate investment and inventory logistics services." In the 21st century, the Grand Ronde tribes have opposed the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs ' plans to build an off-reservation casino in Cascade Locks, Oregon . They spent more than $ 800,000 trying to influence decisions on

972-466: The mascot. A petition was opened in 2020 calling on the Scappoose School District to change the mascot. This petition got over 1,000 signatures. However, many showed support for the "Indian" mascot and didn't want to see a change because the mascot is a symbol of "Pride and strength." This Oregon school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde The Confederated Tribes of

1008-575: The meteorite in 1906 from the Oregon Iron and Steel Company, which at the time owned the land on which it was found. This land was historically occupied by the Clackamas prior to European-American immigration. The museum has displayed the meteorite since then, known as the largest found in North America. Since 1999, it has been featured at the new addition known as the Rose Center for Earth and Space . In

1044-524: The meteorite. The museum and CTGR tribe reached an agreement in June 2000 to share custody of the meteorite to preserve it for both religious and scientific purposes. The American Museum of Natural History and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon today signed a historic agreement that ensures access to the Willamette Meteorite, a world famous scientific specimen at

1080-607: The people are working to conserve this Native language. They have taught Native speakers through immersion programs for young children. The tribes who were removed to the Grand Ronde reservation are: From 1854 to 1856, the U.S. Army resettled Native people from western Oregon, the Oregon coast, and along the Columbia River to territory along the South Yamhill River. It was here that the Grand Ronde Reservation

1116-726: The trade language that had developed earlier. The Chinook Jargon was widely spoken throughout the Northwest between tribes and newcomers to the region. At Grand Ronde reservation, Chinook Jargon developed as a creole language , and was the first language in most native homes. Tribal members continued to use this language, even as their children were educated in English and through the termination era (1954-1983). During this period, children were being sent to Indian boarding schools and forced to learn English; all individual tribal languages at Grand Ronde became extinct as their last native speakers died. In

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1152-424: The tribal Court of Appeals (en banc) overturned the tribe's mass dis-enrollment in 2014 of 66 living descendants of Chief Tumulth of the watlala Band of Chinuk, who had signed the 1855 treaty with the United States by which his tribe ceded communal land and agreed to the Grand Ronde reservation. This was the first such action by a tribal court overturning dis-enrollment of members by a tribe. Since 2000, members of

1188-528: The tribe travel to New York City annually in July to see Tomanowos , also known as the Willamette Meteorite . This meteorite was taken from Oregon years ago and has been displayed at American Museum of Natural History as a natural curiosity. The Clackamas people , one of the Grand Ronde tribes, perceive this 15-ton meteorite as a sacred Sky Person who fell to earth thousands of years ago and helped create their people and their world. Efforts since

1224-519: Was Oregon State University , followed by Portland State University . The district has a total of nine schools. This includes three elementary schools , one middle school , one high school , an early learning center, two charter schools , and an online school . There are two lower elementary schools. Grant Watts Elementary is located in Scappoose and Warren Elementary is located in Warren. They have

1260-471: Was established in 1857. In 1887, with the passage of the Dawes Act , the Grand Ronde Reservation was reduced through the privatization of property. Land that was not allotted to Natives through the process of privatization was made available to non-Native ownership. In 1936, Grand Ronde voted to confederate, accept an Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) government, and adopted a constitution and by-laws modeled after

1296-427: Was reconstituted. In 1983, House Resolution 3885 restored federal recognition status to the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. Five years after this resolution, a small portion of the original reservation was returned to Grand Ronde which is used today for timber, recreation, and traditional harvesting practices. The tribes began publishing Smoke Signals , then a monthly newsletter, in 1978; it has since shifted to

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