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Chinook Indians
The Chinook - of the Upper Northwestern Coast - were the people for whom a wind, a jargon, and a giant salmon are named. They were early pioneers in trade with other Indian tribes and with French and English explorers and traders.
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What games did the Chinook Indians play?
The chinook men used to go out and hunt for food they were respected and honored if they found food.
Who are famous Chinook Indians?
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How did the Chinook depend on the geography of the Pacific Northwest?
The Chinook ate salmon and other fish from the Columbia River. They built their homes and canoes from the cedars in the forest. They also depended upon the river to carry them to their trading partners.
When did the Chinook tribe start?
What animals did the Chinook tribe rely on for survival?
Children often had pet baby seals in the Spring and Summer.
What is the Chinook Tribe known for?
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.
What did the Chinook Indian tribe eat?
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.
A small single-story building of simple or crude construction, serving as a poor, rough, or temporary house or shelter.
they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, hides and fabric.
huts are transportable and can stand most conditions of weather.
Huts may be built on the ground, underground or in-between.
Huts have been built for purposes other than as a dwelling such as storage, workshops, and teaching.
A temporary structure for sheltering troops.
What languages are spoken by Chinook Indians?
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.
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
What happened to the Chinook tribe?
The Chinook Indians have lived (and still do) in their ancestral homelands for about 10,000 years. The ancestral homeland of the Chinook people is:
From West to East from the mouth of the Columbia River East almost to the present day Portland, Orego. And from North to south from the present day Washington town of Grayland South to the Oregon town of Tillamook.
Today the tribal office is located in Bay Center, WA
Did the Chinook have a leader?
Each Chinook village had a headman, or chief. He (or she) was made leader because everyone in the village respected him.
A famous chief was Chief Concomly (1754 - 1830). He lived on the Columbia River at the present day Fort Columbia, across from Astoria, Oregon.
He is the most famous chief because of his location near the mouth of the Columbia River and he met most, if not all, of the traders from around the world and was the first Chinook headman they met.
What jobs or chores did Chinook children have?
Chinook women gathered food, such as wild plants, herbs and clams, and did most of the child raising and cooking. The men were fishermen and hunters, and they sometimes went to war to protect their families. Both men and women took part in trade, storytelling, artwork, music, and traditional medicine. The Chinook chief was always a man, but the clan leaders could be either men or women.
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 kind of toys did the Chinook Indian children play with?
Chinook children in the past had many chores to occupy their time, however, they did have dolls, carved toys and games that they played. A form of lacrosse was as popular among the Chinook teenagers as it was among the adult men.
What did the Chinook do for leisure?
Small children enjoyed dolls, toys and games. A form of lacrosse was popular among teenagers and adult men. Many Chinook children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers.
The Chinook fishermen made harpoons and nets. Hunters made bows and arrows, and trappers set snares. In times of war, Chinook men used their bows and arrows, or fought with spears and war clubs. Chinook warriors would wear armor made of hardened elk hide to protect themselves from the enemy archers.
What are the coastal tribes of Washington?
There are many Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest, particularly along the coast of Washington. Quileute, Tlingit, and Salish are the only three I know of, but I am sure there are at least 5-7 main tribal languages in that area and that's not counting any other Natives who live in that area, but are from tribes outside of those territories.
What job did Chinook children have?
The chinook children came home from school and they helped their mother to Clean up their houses
