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.
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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"
The Chinook people were good traders and the people who hosted Lewis & Clark in the winter of 1805 and 1806
The Chinook people lived in Oregon and Washington and fished in the Columbia river and the pacific ocean.
There are many people with Chinook ancestry, who are enrolled on the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation. There are also over 2,000 people enrolled as members of the Chinook Nation.
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Chinook jargon was spoken from California to Alaska. It made it possible for many diverse people to communicate and carry out trade.