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Who was the head of the Chinook clan?
Bio: Tony Johnson is the tribal chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, as well as the chair of the tribal cultural committee. He is also the Cultural Education Director for the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe.
What kind of houses did the Chinook tribe live in?
cedar plank houses
The Chinook built large cedar plank houses. The cedar plankhouse was the typical permanent dwelling of the Chinook and other coastal Northwest people. The size of these sturdy buildings ranged from approximately 14 x 20 feet to 40 x 100 feet.
What kind of people are the Chinook Indians?
The Chinook have lived in their homeland for thousands of years. The Chinook Nation was made up of many tribes, including the Cathlapotle, the Kathlamet, the Clatsop, the Clackamas, the Multnomah, Wasco, Wishram, and the Chinook Tribe proper, also known as the Lower Chinook.
Where did the Tchinouk Indians of Oregon come from?
The unrecognized Tchinouk Indians of Oregon trace their Chinook ancestry to two Chinook women who married French Canadians traders from the Hudson’s Bay Company prior to 1830. The specific Chinook band these women were from or if they were Lower or Upper Chinook could not be determined.
When did Lewis and Clark encounter the Chinook tribe?
In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered the Chinook Tribe on the lower Columbia. However, it is not appropriate to use the term “Chinookan.” This term is a misnomer invented by white people to describe a wide variety of peoples who have inhabited the Lower Columbia but aren’t connected as a single group of people.
Where are the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest?
Chinookan peoples include several groups of indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest in the United States who speak the Chinookan languages. Chinookan-speaking peoples reside along the Lower and Middle Columbia River (Wimahl) (″Big River″) from the river’s gorge (near the present town of The Dalles,…