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Chinooks, who lived mainly shores of the Columbia River and Willapa Bay, ate a wide variety of fish and shellfish. They hunted seals, deer and elk as well as ducks and other water fowl. Wapato root and berries were an important part of the diet too.
Chinook Indians hunted elk and deer as-well-as ducks and geese, and seals. The Chinooks were expert fishermen and fished the lower Columbia River it's tributaries and local bays for salmon, sturgeon, and many other kinds of fish and eels.Women gathered all kinds of shellfish, ferns, roots and berries too. Wapato root was an important part of the diet.
The address of the Ahtanum Valley Museum is: Po Box 159, Wapato, WA 98951
The address of the Wapato Library is: 119 E 3Rd St, Wapato, 98951 1324
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Salmon, Elk, wapato root
Camas root, fern fiddleheads, wapato
Salmon, Elk, wapato root
They gathered clams, oysters, nuts, berries, and wapato roots.
They gathered clams, oysters, nuts, berries, and wapato roots.
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