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What was the name of the Chinook language?
Chinookan
Chinook Indians geography?
Chinookan People are a large group of Native Americans who speak the Chinook language and have traditionally lived along the Columbia River from it's mouth to about The Dalles in Oregon. Chinookan Tribes include the Clatsop, Shoalwater Bay, Grand Round, Wasco, and Warm Springs to name a few.The Chinook Indian Nation is made up of the five westernmost groups of Chinookan people. The Clatsop, Willapa, Lower Chinook, Kathlamet and Wahkiakum.It is important to know that not all Chinookan people are members of the same Tribe. There are many different Tribes of Chinookan people.
What do Chinook Indians look like?
The site linked below has old photos of the Chinookan people.
What were individual tribes found in Chinook?
The Chinook Nation consists of the western most Chinookan people. Chinook history and constitution define them as being Lower Chinook, Clatsop, Willapa, Wahkiakum and Kathlamet. They have always resided in the lower Columbia River region and always will.
What was the Chinook location?
Chinook can be defined as several groups of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States , speaking the Chinookan languages. In the early 19th century, the Chinookan-speaking peoples lived along the lower and middle Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington. The Chinook tribes were those encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 on the lower Columbia
What did the Chinook tribe make?
the Chinook Indians used canoes for water transport and walked for ground transport. The Chinook made large dugout canoes by hollowing out cedar or fir logs. The Chinook used these canoes to travel up and down the coast for trading, fishing, hunting and war. Today, of course, Chinook people also use cars (and non-native people also use canoes).
The Chinook used what to fish for salmon?
Chinookan people fished using nets and weirs as well as spears."Fishing provided the lifeblood of Chinook subsistence and culture. Annual fish runs of salmon, sturgeon, steelhead trout, eulachon and herring were eaten fresh and smoke-dried for winter consumption or trade. A number of explorers and traders witnessed Chinook fishers near the mouth of the Columbia in the early 19th century, and recorded their observations. Gabriel Franchere described Chinookan dip-net fishing in fall and summer in 1810, noting that fishers built stages over waterfalls to dip-net upriver sites. Between 1811 and 1814, Alexander Ross wrote about eulachon (smelt) fishers who used scoop nets or rakes to harvest the fish and then smoke-dried and skewered them to trade to people living in The Dalles, Oregon. In 1857, James Swan published drawings of salmon seine fishers and described detachable gaff hooks, the most common tool used by Chinookan sturgeon fishers. The prized sturgeon were then steamed in an earth oven or smoke-dried for later consumption." - ChinookStory.orgThe photograph is Chinookan people on the Lower Columbia river Seine fishing.
What tribes were from the pacific coast region?
The Chinook were Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In the early 19th century, the Chinook peoples lived along the lower and middle Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington. The Chinookan tribes were those encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 on the lower Columbia.
What religion were the Chinookan?
Whatfuh
What is the Chinook Tribe known for?
Chinookan groups include:CathlametCathlahmahsChilluckittequawClatsopChahcowahClackamasClowwewallaCushookEchelut (Wishram-Wasco),KilooklaniuckMultnomahSkillotWahkikum (Wac-ki-cum)WappatoWascopaWatlata (Cascade or Wishram)In modern times Chinookan natives still live in their historic territory in preset day Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon.
Chinook Indian home?
Chinook Indians on the lower Columbia river lived in cedar plankhouses, also called long houses. The houses could be up to 100 feet long and housed an extended family and any slaves the family might have. The most important people lived at the far end of the house and the least important lived near the door.You can visit a reproduction chinookan style plankhouse in Ridgefield, Washington. More information: RidgefieldFriends.org
Are Chinook the same as Pacific Northwestern people?
No, the Chinook are Pacific Northwestern people; however, the term Chinook refers to those Pacific Northwestern people who can claim a Pacific Northwestern heritage of more than 150 years. Most Pacific Northwestern people are of European heritage. Not everyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest is Chinook, and not all Chinook live in the Pacific Northwest.
