They gathered clams, oysters, nuts, berries, and wapato roots.
The Chinook People did not farm. They where a fishing people and their primary source of food came from the ocean, provided by the men and from what the women could gather from the land and tidal pools.
they survived on fish nuts and berrys
They gathered clams, oysters, nuts, berries, and wapato roots.
The traditional Chinook women did household chores, mothering their children, gather food and herbs, and participate in trade and the arts with their husbands.
Chinook people believe in supernatural beings
The Chinook people live in Washington state and Oregon. Chinook Indians are original people from the Pacific Northwest Coast area.
Today, Chinook people speak English. There are also less than 600 people who speak Chinook Jargon, which is a revived pidgin trade language.Historically, They spoke a set of languages called The Chinook Languages, which are all extinct.
Chinook people are not plateau people. Traditionally, Chinooks live along the Columbia River and around Willapa Bay.
Gather lots of food and dry it so it would be available all winter.
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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.
The Chinook word for Americans and white people in general was "Boston"