Upper Chinook
E101598
Upper Chinook refers to the northern, upriver branch of the Chinookan Indigenous peoples traditionally living along the middle Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Chinook canonical | 3 |
| Chinook (some members) | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinookan people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedRiver | Columbia River ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | affected by U.S. expansion in the 19th century ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalPractice | potlatch-like feasting ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Northwest Coast (bordering)
ⓘ
Plateau ⓘ |
| directionQualifier | upriver ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Chinookan languages
ⓘ
Penutian languages ⓘ
surface form:
Penutian (proposed)
|
| languageStatus | severely endangered ⓘ |
| modernAffiliation | various federally recognized tribes in the Columbia River region ⓘ |
| populationTrend | decline after European contact ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Clackamas
ⓘ
Lower Chinook ⓘ Wasco people ⓘ
surface form:
Wasco
Cathlamet ⓘ
surface form:
Wishram
|
| relativePositionToLowerChinook | upstream ⓘ |
| religion | traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ |
| riverineCulture | true ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Chinookan peoples ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
intertribal trade
ⓘ
river trade ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | plank houses ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Columbia River
ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ Columbia River ⓘ
surface form:
middle Columbia River
|
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritoryIncludes |
present-day Oregon
ⓘ
present-day Washington (state) ⓘ |
| usesCanoes | true ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chinook (some members)