Interior of a Chinookan plankhouse in the 1850s

Chinookan refers to several groups of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. In the early 19th century, the Chinookan peoples lived along the lower and middle Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington. The Chinookan tribes were those encountered by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 on the lower Columbia. Interior of a Chinookan plankhouse Illustration of the interior of a Chinookan plankhouse by Wilkes in the 1850s. ... Interior of a Chinookan plankhouse Illustration of the interior of a Chinookan plankhouse by Wilkes in the 1850s. ... Native Americans are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska. ... The Pacific Northwest from space This page is about the region that includes parts of Canada and the United States. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Columbia River (French: fleuve Columbia) is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Chinook Lifestyle

Chinook Indians were not nomadic, similar in western Washington and Oregon. At birth the Chinookans would place a board on their child's head, and press it down. This would flatten the childs head, which gave them a look of loyalty and beauty. Their government was based on social ranking, similar to the British at the time. Those with round heads were slaves, those with flat heads were the more wealthy. You were born into your social ranking. Since they lived off the coast of the Pacific Ocean, they were skilled whale hunters. Conflict did not occur much for the Chinook Indians, or other coastal tribes for that matter. Since the tribes stayed in one certain land area, conflict over land was scarce. Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ...

Today

Today, descendants of the Chinook Indians struggle for freedom. They desperately want to be recognized as a tribe, which the government fails to do. In fact, in a process worthy of tragedy, the Department of Interior, in the very last days of the Clinton Administration, did finally recognize the Chinook Nation as a tribe under U.S. law, only to "reconsider" under the incoming George W. Bush administration and then, in July 2002, revoke that status . (For the 2001 recognition, see 66 Federal Register 1690 (2001) at[1]; for the subsequent reversal, see 67 Federal Register 46204 (2002) at[2]

Construction is currently ruining land they wish to preserve, due to the fact they do not have a reservation.

Chinookan groups

Location of Chinookan territory.

Chinookan groups include: Image File history File links Chinookan_langs. ... Image File history File links Chinookan_langs. ...

• Cathlamet
• Cathlahmahs
• Chilluckittequaw
• Clatsop
• Chahcowah
• Clackamas
• Clowwewalla
• Cushook
• Echelut (Wishram-Wasco),
• Kilooklaniuck
• Multnomah
• Skillot
• Wahkikum (Wac-ki-cum)
• Wappato
• Wascopa
• Watlata (Cascade or Wishram).

Most surviving Chinookan natives live in the towns of Bay Center, Chinook, and Ilwaco in southwest Washington. Many books have been written about the Chinook, including, Boston Jane: an Adventure. The Clatsop (in the original language, La t cap, meaning placed of dried salmon) (Lāk!Ä“lak, dried Salmon, F. Boas) are a small tribe of Chinookan-speaking Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... The Clackamas Indians were a tribe of natives of the American state of Oregon. ... The Multnomah were a tribe of Chinookan people who lived in the area of Portland, Oregon in the United States up through the early 19th century. ... Bay Center is a census-designated place located in Pacific County, Washington. ... Chinook is a census-designated place located in Pacific County, Washington. ... Ilwaco is a city located in Pacific County, Washington. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ...

Famous Chinookans

• Chief Comcomly (1754? - 1830)
• Ranald MacDonald (3 February 1824 – August 24, 1894), a half-Chinookan, born in Fort Astoria, Oregon, to Archibald MacDonald, a Scottish Hudson's Bay Company fur trader, and Raven, chief Concomly's daughter, was the first American to teach English in Japan, in 1847-1848, including educating Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters that would later handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate

• Charles Cultee The principal informant employed by Franz Boas for his work published as Chinook Texts

Chief Comcomly or Concomly (1754? - 1830) was a Native American chief of the Chinookan people. ... Ranald MacDonald, in Nagasaki, Japan. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Astoria Column Suomi Hall, the meeting hall of Finnish and Scandinavian immigrants, under the Astoria-Megler Bridge Woman walking her dog along the Columbia River in Astoria The city of Astoria is the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. ... “Scot” redirects here. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... Einosuke Moriyama (森山栄之助 Moriyama Einosuke) was a samurai during the Tokugawa Shogunate, and an interpreter of Dutch and English. ... Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ... Franz Boas Franz Boas (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942[1]) was one of the pioneers of modern anthropology and is often called the Father of American Anthropology. Born in Germany, Boas worked for most of his life in North America. ...

See also

• Chinookan languages

Oregon Penutian is a language family in the Penutian language phylum comprising languages spoken at one time by several groups of Native Americans in present-day western Oregon and western Washington in the United States. ...

External links

• Chinook Indian website
• Chinook Nation Official Website