Multnomah people

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Chinookan people Native American people

The Multnomah people are a Chinookan Native American group indigenous to the Columbia River region in present-day Oregon, particularly around the area of modern Portland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wishram people	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinookan people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy	19th-century epidemics ⓘ Euro-American colonization ⓘ smallpox epidemics ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	Columbia River ⓘ surface form: Lower Columbia River
cultureArea	Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast
economy	riverine trade ⓘ
engagedIn	intertribal trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalPopulationCenter	sauvie Island ⓘ surface form: Wappato Island sauvie Island ⓘ
indigenousTo	Columbia Plateau ⓘ surface form: Columbia River region Pacific Northwest ⓘ present-day Oregon ⓘ
languageFamily	Chinookan languages ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalPeriod	pre-contact Pacific Northwest ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Oregon ⓘ
modernDescendantsAssociatedWith	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ⓘ Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon ⓘ
nameUsedIn	Multnomah County ⓘ surface form: Multnomah County, Oregon Multnomah Falls ⓘ Multnomah Village, Portland ⓘ
notableFor	strategic location at confluence of Willamette and Columbia rivers ⓘ
partOf	Chinookan peoples ⓘ surface form: Upper Chinookan peoples
regionNowIncludes	Portland metropolitan area ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Clackamas people ⓘ surface form: Cathlamet people Clackamas people ⓘ Cowlitz people ⓘ Kalapuya people ⓘ Wasco people ⓘ Multnomah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wishram people
riverineCulture	true ⓘ
spiritualTraditions	Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous religions ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ
toponymSourceFor	Multnomah Channel ⓘ Multnomah County ⓘ Multnomah Falls ⓘ
traditionalHousing	plank houses ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	Columbia River islands near present-day Portland ⓘ Willamette River ⓘ surface form: Willamette River mouth area of modern Portland, Oregon ⓘ Willamette River ⓘ surface form: lower Willamette River
treatyHistory	subject to removal-era U.S. Indian policies in Oregon ⓘ
usedWatercraftType	dugout canoes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Multnomah Falls → namedAfter → Multnomah people ⓘ

Multnomah River → namedAfter → Multnomah people ⓘ

Multnomah County → namedFor → Multnomah people ⓘ

Multnomah people → relatedEthnicGroup → Multnomah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wishram people