Chinookan peoples

E18186

Indigenous people of North America Native American people

The Chinookan peoples are Native American groups traditionally living along the lower Columbia River and nearby Pacific coast, known for their complex plank-house villages, river-based trade networks, and rich artistic and ceremonial traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Clackamas people	1
Upper Chinookan peoples	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of North America ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
artForm	Basketry ⓘ Decorated canoes ⓘ Wood carving ⓘ
ceremonies	First salmon ceremony ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culture	Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast culture area
economy	River-based trade networks ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
historicalContactWith	Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail ⓘ surface form: Lewis and Clark Expedition
housingType	Permanent winter villages ⓘ
includesSubgroup	Clackamas people ⓘ Lower Chinook ⓘ Upper Chinook ⓘ Wasco people ⓘ Wishram people ⓘ
knownFor	Artistic wood carving ⓘ Elaborate ceremonial traditions ⓘ Extensive trade along the Columbia River ⓘ Plank-house villages ⓘ Use of large canoes ⓘ
languageFamily	Chinookan languages ⓘ Penutian languages ⓘ surface form: Penutian languages (proposed)
locatedInPresentDay	Oregon ⓘ Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington (state)
neighboringGroup	Coast Salish peoples ⓘ Cowlitz people ⓘ Kalapuya people ⓘ
practiced	Slavery ⓘ
religion	Animism ⓘ Shamanism ⓘ
roleInTrade	Middlemen in regional trade ⓘ
socialStructure	Hereditary leadership ⓘ Stratified society ⓘ
subsistence	Fishing ⓘ Gathering wild plants ⓘ Hunting ⓘ Salmon fishing ⓘ
tradedGoods	Dried salmon ⓘ Furs ⓘ Obsidian ⓘ Shells ⓘ
traditionalDwelling	Plank house ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Columbia River ⓘ surface form: Lower Columbia River Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast Pacific coast near the mouth of the Columbia River ⓘ
used	Chinook Jargon ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pacific Northwest → indigenousPeoples → Chinookan peoples ⓘ

Clackamas County, Oregon → namedAfter → Chinookan peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clackamas people

Multnomah people → partOf → Chinookan peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Chinookan peoples

Kalapuya people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chinookan peoples ⓘ