Lower Chinook

E100424
Chinookan people Indigenous people

Lower Chinook refers to the Chinookan groups who traditionally lived along the lower Columbia River and nearby Pacific coast, known for their complex trade networks, plank-house villages, and rich maritime culture.

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Label Occurrences
Lower Chinook canonical 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinookan people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy epidemic diseases after European contact ⓘ
contactWith American traders ⓘ
European explorers ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice elaborate trade diplomacy ⓘ
potlatch-like feasting ⓘ
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Lower Columbia River region ⓘ
historicalEvent early 19th-century fur trade on the Columbia River ⓘ
housingType plank house ⓘ
languageFamily Chinookan languages ⓘ
mainRiver Columbia River ⓘ
materialCulture cedar plank houses ⓘ
wooden carvings ⓘ
woven baskets ⓘ
notableFor complex trade networks ⓘ
plank-house villages ⓘ
rich maritime culture ⓘ
presentDayRegion Northwestern Oregon ⓘ
Southwest Washington ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Washington
relatedGroup Cathlamet ⓘ
Clatsop ⓘ
Upper Chinook ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
settlementPattern village-based ⓘ
socialOrganization ranked society ⓘ
village-based leadership ⓘ
spiritualPractice shamanism ⓘ
subgroupOf Chinookan peoples ⓘ
surface form: Chinook people
tradeGoods dried fish ⓘ
furs ⓘ
obsidian ⓘ
shells ⓘ
tradeNetworkScope Pacific Northwest ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Northwest coast

lower Columbia River basin ⓘ
traditionalFood salmon ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
sturgeon ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Lower Chinookan language ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Columbia River ⓘ
surface form: Lower Columbia River

Pacific coast near the mouth of the Columbia River ⓘ
usedWatercraft dugout canoe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinookan peoples → includesSubgroup → Lower Chinook ⓘ
Chinookan languages → hasPart → Lower Chinook ⓘ
Upper Chinook → relatedGroup → Lower Chinook ⓘ