Chinook Indians

A dhoti.

The Chinook Indian Nation consists of five tribes that have inhabited SW Washington's Lower Columbia River since time immemorial. These tribes are the Clatsop, Cathlamet, Wahkiakum, Willapa and the Lower Chinook.

The Hadia live cheifly on Queen Charlot island on the Northwest coast of Canada.

development of settlements in the west coast ..

so , the rich environment of the coastal region made it unecessary for the people to travel long distances in search of food. the haide people of queen charlotte islands began using dungout canoes to hunt sea mammals. with the adoption of a more"sedentary" way of life.. which means a stable life, not having to move so much, the haida people which were people from siberia developed a complex political and economic structures, of labour , elaborate art and archietectuep ; and distinctive social institutions such as the "POTLACH"

which is like ceremonial events that happened.

so the HAIDA PEOPLE LIVED IN QUEEN CHARLOTE ! and how did they arrive here? welll they arived from siberia, through the beringia stream....

if you want to google it, it would make more sense to see the picture.

so the area of the west coast contained the most population density and the greatest diversity of language groups in canada. thanks to the haida people :)

so just remember...... haida people settled in THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.. in QUEEN CHARLOTE ISLADE.. which are islands right near british columbia. and yukon.

The Chinook Indians take their name from the village they lived in on the Columbia river.

In the past, each Chinook village was led by its own local chief or headman, who was always a high-ranking clan leader. Today, the Chinook Indians are governed by a tribal council elected by all the people. They live on a reservation, which is land that belongs to them and is under their control. The Chinook Nation has its own government, laws, police, and services, just like a small country. However, the Chinooks are also US citizens and must obey American law.

Chinook Indians have been living on the Columbia River (in current Washington and Oregon) for at least 10,000 years.

Considering there houses were named cedar bark houses as well as longhouses. I believe cedar bark.

Almost nothing! Women wore short skirts made of cedar bark. In the winter there were capes made of cedar bark or blankets made of animal pelts. Everyone had a hat made of spruce root and/or cedar bark.

By the end of the Middle Archaic period, around 300 BC, the Chinook people had moved into the Northwest Coastal area and settled there. In the Late Archaic period, the Chinook lived along the Columbia and Willamette rivers near the Pacific coast (in modern Oregon and Washington). They were hunters and gatherers, and especially fishers, living mainly on salmon that they caught in the river during the spring salmon runs, and dried and smoked so they could keep it all winter. They also hunted elk and deer, using their new bows and arrows as well as their old spears and atlatls. They gathered and ate acorns, and a plant that grew in wetlands that was a root like a potato. The Chinook did not have inherited or elected leaders, but lived in small bands with only temporary leaders they called "big men". They traded actively along the Columbia and Willamette rivers and down the Snake River. Chinook people lived in villages on the high land above the rivers. Their houses were wooden longhouses built of cedar planks. Big houses might have as many as a hundred people living in them. Each family within the house had a separate room with walls of woven mats, and a fire inside the room. But there was also a big fire in the middle of the hall that everyone could gather together around. Chinook people looked different from their neighbors because they flattened the heads of their babies to make them look more beautiful. When a baby was little and the skull was still soft, the mother took a wooden board and tied it to her baby's head to flatten its forehead. Instead of moving into the Woodland period, the Chinook people stayed with the Late Archaic way of doing things until the arrival of the Europeans in the 1700's and 1800's.

they ate salmon bears deer and whales

Fairly traditional gender rolls. Men hunted and fished and women gathered. Either a man or a woman could be "chief" although it was more common for men to be leaders.

the chinook indian lived in rocky land forms

They may have been called cedar bark baskets but they were not made of cedar bark as the cedars are not native to North America.

They probably used the bark of Thuja plicata the Western Red Cedar wich is not a true cedar.

Chinooks mothers carried their babies on a cradle-board on their own backs

wood, rocks, fish, whales, seals, reeds, and deer

Traditionally TRADE with other indians and with Europeans

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The dead were often put into a canoe and hoisted into a tree.

no - peaceful

Food Shelter and good land.

Among the Chinook people, inter-village feasts were held whenever the weather was good and traveling was possible. Messengers were sent to invite the guests, including one who has a guardian spirit. When people heard the one with the guardian spirit singing they knew they were to be invited. The messengers proceeded from town to town, then returned. Those invited from furthest away started first; those nearer waited for them, so that all may arrive at the same time. When they neared the destination they put their canoes side by side and laid planks across them. They would then dance upon the planks. Their faces were painted red, and their hair was strewn with feather down. Women wore dentalia, ear and hair ornaments, and necklaces. Men wore head ornaments and blackened their faces. Shamans carried batons. They sang. They would tell a woman she was to be the head dancer and she would reply that she dared not. A good dancer, man or woman, would be made head dancer. Now they would enter the house dancing. When a woman bent her head while dancing, another one raised it and would be paid. A person out of rhythm would have to sit at the side. All those who had guardian spirits would sing. The people of one town would finish dancing; then another town would begin. Small towns danced together. If the host had too little food, two youths were sent to seek the aid of relatives. They all came, bringing food and dancing on the canoes. When they brought dry salmon, five men would hold it in their mouths while they entered dancing. When they brought roots, five men would carry them on their backs as they enter dancing. (The number five was considered sacred and important in Chinook culture). After they danced for five days they would receive presents and then go back home again.

They looked out windows

yes they did in the pacific northwest region

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