The Chinook Indians made hollowed out canoes from cedar logs and also built their rectangular houses. To this day they still make buildings out of cedar but these buildings are mostly for ceremonies now.
Chinook Indians traveled in canoes that were carved from cedar logs.
Cedar planks.
Cedar planks.
Chinook Indians lived in long houses made of cedar boards.
The Chinook used cedar wood to build their houses.
Canoes carved out of single cedar trees.
Clothing was made from woven cedar park.
They lived in cedar plank houses.
Clothing was made from woven cedar park.
I think they wore cedar bark or Grass skirts
Canoes made from giant cedar trees.
Chinook people lived in cedar plank houses. You can visit a modern plank house at Ridgefield, Washington. The Chinook lived in long houses with more than fifty people sharing one house. In 2005, a full-scale replica of a Chinook-style cedar plank house was built at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge near Ridgefield, Washington. This area was once an area of inhabitance for the Cathlapotle tribe (a Chinook people). The Chinook Indians lived in longhouses made out of cedar wood. The houses were usually up to 70ft. long.