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Chinookan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chinookan is a small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples. They are not to be confused with the Chinook Jargon, a pidgin based on Chinookan and with many words loaned from other languages, which was used in trade along the Pacific Northwest...
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The term Chinookan refers to the speakers of several closely related languages who occupied the Columbia River from the upstream end of the river's gorge (near the present town of The Dalles, Oregon), and the river's mouth, and along adjacent portions of the present coasts of Washington and Oregon, from Tillamook Bay in...
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Chinook (from Tsinúk, their Chehalis name). The best-known tribe of the Chinookan family. They claimed the territory on the north side of Columbia River, Wash., from the mouth to Grays bay, a distance of about 15 miles, Additional Chinookan Indian Resources...
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Tribes and Villages Most of the original Chinookan bands and divisions had no special tribal names, being designated simply as "those living at such a place." This fact, especially after the general disturbance caused by the epidemic of 1829, makes it impossible to identify all the tribes and villages mentioned by...
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Definition of chinookan from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. Search "Chinookan" in:
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Below. The inside of a Chinookan house displays artwork reflecting a complex society. Watercolor by Paul Kane. Chinookan people were expert woodworkers, utilizing cedar and other plant materials extensively. They often constructed elaborate 30- to-35-foot canoes out of single trees.
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In his July 5, 2006 hit piece, Casino would sour our sweet county, editor emeritus Tom Koenninger wrote that Clark County "was Chinook territory, home of the Chinookan people." Historians have written about the Chinookan people in this region,
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This Site offers a lot: Fantasy, Horror, Gothic, Demons, Vampires, Legends & Myth, Fairy Tales, Dragons, Wolves, Native Americans, Vikings, Metallica and much more! Native North American group, the most important tribe of the Chinookian linguistic family, formerly living along the Columbia River on the Pacific coast.
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