Clackamas people

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Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Native American people

The Clackamas people are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest, traditionally living along the Clackamas River in present-day Oregon and culturally related to other Chinookan-speaking groups.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cathlamet people	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy	colonial displacement ⓘ epidemic diseases ⓘ
associatedWith	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ Willamette Falls NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalArea	Northwest Coast cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ Plateau cultural area ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo	Chinookan peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalapuya people NERFINISHED ⓘ Multnomah people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasco people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wishram people NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentAffiliation	Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
demography	population declined after European contact ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClanSystem	true ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century United States expansion ⓘ pre-contact North America ⓘ
housing	plank houses ⓘ
language	Clackamas language ⓘ Upper Chinookan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Chinookan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Northwest ⓘ
materialCulture	cedar plank houses ⓘ
namedAfter	Clackamas River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableResource	salmon ⓘ
oralTradition	rich mythological corpus ⓘ
partOf	Chinookan-speaking groups ⓘ
region	Lower Columbia River region NERFINISHED ⓘ Willamette Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Native American Church NERFINISHED ⓘ traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
relocatedTo	Grand Ronde Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
riverinePeople	true ⓘ
state	Oregon ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Clackamas River NERFINISHED ⓘ Willamette River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Oregon ⓘ
treatyPeriod	1850s ⓘ
treatyWith	United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses	Chinookan trade jargon NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chinookan peoples → includesSubgroup → Clackamas people ⓘ

Clackamas River → namedAfter → Clackamas people ⓘ

Multnomah people → relatedEthnicGroup → Clackamas people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cathlamet people