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Chinookan groups include:
- Cathlamet
- Cathlahmahs
- Chilluckittequaw
- Clatsop
- Chahcowah
- Clackamas
- Clowwewalla
- Cushook
- Echelut (Wishram-Wasco),
- Kilooklaniuck
- Multnomah
- Skillot
- Wahkikum (Wac-ki-cum)
- Wappato
- Wascopa
- Watlata (Cascade or Wishram)
In modern times Chinookan natives still live in their historic territory in preset day Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe Chinook tribe originated in the Pacific Northwest at the mouth of the Columbia river in Oregon and Washington. Most Chinooks still live near where their ancestors lived. Chinook women gathered plants, herbs and clams and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters.
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∙ 12y agoan interesting fact is that when an infant that they would push down on their head so when older they thought it would make them smart and someone with a rounded head would not be smart
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∙ 11y agogood trading
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Was the Chinook tribe violent?
no - peaceful
Who discovered the Chinook tribe?
Lewis and Clark
Is the Chinook tribe plateau or Chinook?
Chinook people are not plateau people. Traditionally, Chinooks live along the Columbia River and around Willapa Bay.
How do you pronounce Chinook?
The word Chinook refers to the people of the lower mouth of the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon and the related languages. From that came the name of the trade language, the Chinook Jargon and the warming wind that melts snow. It comes from the name of a Lower Chehalis (Salishan) tribe village called /činúk/. Lewis and Clark first used it. The meaning is not known
How did the Chinook tribe hair look like?
The first Chinook people hatched from thunder bird eggs in the time when the animals thought they were people. The Chinook people have been a tribe for 10,000 years... and still are!
What were the Chinook tribe known for?
The Chinook people were good traders and the people who hosted Lewis & Clark in the winter of 1805 and 1806
What house did the Chinook tribe use?
the Chinook tribe lived in longhouses made out of wood.
Was the Chinook tribe Nomadic?
no
What did the tribe Chinook tribe hunt?
Elk and deer mostly.
What houses did the Chinook use?
the Chinook tribe lived in longhouses made out of wood.
What the Chinook tribe live in?
In longhouses
What did the Chinook tribe do for ceremonies?
potlatch
Was the Chinook tribe violent?
no - peaceful
Did Pontiac live in the Chinook tribe?
yes
What did the Chinook tribe speak?
this doesn't answer my question
Why did the Chinook tribe use canoes?
to travel
Who discovered the Chinook tribe?
Lewis and Clark
