From 10s of thousands of people pre-European contact to the 1000s in the early to mid-1800s. Some large villages went from several hundred people to just a dozen or so during the small pox epidemic.
no - peaceful
Lewis and Clark
Chinook people are not plateau people. Traditionally, Chinooks live along the Columbia River and around Willapa Bay.
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!
Chinook Indians have been living on the Columbia River (in current Washington and Oregon) for at least 10,000 years.
the Chinook tribe lived in longhouses made out of wood.
no
Elk and deer mostly.
the Chinook tribe lived in longhouses made out of wood.
In longhouses
potlatch
no - peaceful
yes
this doesn't answer my question
to travel
Lewis and Clark
The Chinook Indians have always resided in the lower Columbia River region and always will. The Chinook Tribe is alive and well.