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Native Americans: The Chinook Tribe
By: Addison Rose
Starting Information Chinook is pronounced "chih-nook." This is an English pronunciation of the Salishan place name Tsinuk, which was also the name used for the Chinook Jargon trade language. The Chinook Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They live in present-day Washington and Oregon.
Chinook Native Language In the past, they spoke their native Chinook language, which was a complicated language with many sounds that don't exist in English. Nobody speaks this language anymore. But some elders still speak a second language, called the Chinook Jargon, which was a trade language of the Northwest Coast that combined words and sounds from Chinook, Nootka, English, and other languages. An easy Chinook Jargon word, "klahowya" (pronounced klahhow-yuh) is a friendly greeting.
Chinook Tribe Government Organization In the past, each Chinook village was led by its own local chief or hean, who was always a high-ranking clan leader. Today, the Chinook Indians are governed by a tribal council elected by all the people The Chinook Nation is not federally recognized by the United States. That means Chinook people do not have a reservation or live on tribal lands. They live scattered throughout towns and villages in Oregon and Washington state. Although most Chinook people belong to the Chinook Nation, not all of them do. Some Chinook people have ed together with of other Northwest Coast tribes in the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
Chinook Gender Roles Chinook women gathered plants, herbs and clams and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Both genders took part in trade, storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. Chinook clan leaders could be either men or women.
Chinook Children Many Chinook children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. A form of lacrosse was a popular among teenagers as it was among adult men. Like many Native Americans, Chinook mothers traditionally carried their babies in cradleboards on their backs. Chinook parents also engaged in the practice of flattening the foreheads of their babies by restraining the forehead in tight bandages on the cradleboard while the bones were still soft.
Chinook Homes The Chinooks lived in coastal villages of rectangular cedar-plank houses called plankhouses. Usually these houses were large (up to 70 feet long) and each one housed an entire extended family. The size of the structure depended on the wealth of the family that built it, or, the number of families that inhabited it. Each family that lived in a plankhouse occupied a specific part. Mats hung from the rafters acted as makeshift walls and separated the house into different living spaces. At the center of the plankhouse was a fireplace, where all of the inhabitants gathered to eat and socialize. Sleeping platforms were erected along the walls and food was hung from the rafters to dry. Today, old-fashioned buildings like these are still made from cedar wood, but they are only used for ceremonial purposes.
Chinook Homes Pictures
Chinook Clothes Chinook men didn't usually wear clothing at all, though some men wore a breech-clout. Women wore short skirts made of cedar bark or grass. In the rain, the Chinooks wore tule rush capes, and in colder weather, they wore fur robes and moccasins on their feet. Later, after European influence, the people began wearing blanket robes Today, some Chinook people still have a blanket cloak or basket hat, but they wear modern clothes like jeans instead of breechcloths.
Chinook Hairstyles Both men and women sometimes wore a basket hat made of finely woven spruce root. The Chinooks sometimes painted their faces, using different designs for war, religious ceremonies, and mourning, and women also wore tribal tattoos in geometric designs. Most Chinook people wore their hair long and loose, though some women adopted other fashions like braids from neighboring tribes. Unlike men from some Northwestern tribes, Chinook men did not wear facial hair.
Chinook Food The Chinook Indians were fishing people. Their staple food was salmon. The women of the tribe would cut them up and dry them. Chinook men also caught many other kinds of fish and sea mammals from their canoes and hunted deer, birds, and small game on land. Chinook women gathered clams and shellfish, seaweed, berries, and roots. The Chinook also took some marine animals such as clams and mussels. Unlike other northwest coast tribes, the Chinook rarely hunted sea mammals such as whales and seals
Chinook Art – Chinook artists are known for their fine bear-grass baskets and woodcarving arts. – Like other Northwest Coast tribes, the Chinook carved remarkable canoes from the abundant sources of timber, but did not carve totem poles like their neighbors to the north. – The Chinook were famous from their horn carvings, which were fashioned from the horns of mountain goats and bighorn sheep.
Chinook Woodcarvings
Chinook Tools and Weapons Chinook fishermen used harpoons and nets when fishing. Hunters used bows and arrows, and trappers set snares. In war, Chinook men fired their bows or fought with spears and war clubs. Chinook warriors would wear armor made of hardened elk hide to protect themselves from enemy archers.
Chinook travel and interaction with others Chinook Indian tribe made large dugout canoes by hollowing out cedar or fir logs. The Chinook tribe used these canoes to travel up and down the sea coast for trading, fishing and hunting, and warfare. The Chinooks were known for their skill as traders. Their most important trading partners were the Nootka, Klamath, and Interior Salish tribes. Their trade network extended all the way south to California and east to the Great Plains. Occasionally different Chinook bands would fight wars against each other or against other Northwest Coast tribes, but mostly they remained dominant through trade and control over the Columbia river mouth. They traded fish products, furs, cedar, carvings, and slaves. They used shells as a form of currency as well.
Chinook Religion – The Chinook practiced many interesting spiritual beliefs and ceremonies. – One of the most important ceremonies was the First Salmon Rite, in which each family group welcomed the annual migration of the salmon from the Pacific Ocean through Chinook Territory. – The Chinook also believed in the vision quest, a ceremony in which adolescent boys and girls ventured into the wilderness to find guardian spirits that would help give them powers in hunting or curing or bestow upon them good luck and new songs and dances.
By: Addison Rose
Starting Information Chinook is pronounced "chih-nook." This is an English pronunciation of the Salishan place name Tsinuk, which was also the name used for the Chinook Jargon trade language. The Chinook Indians are original people of the Pacific Northwest Coast. They live in present-day Washington and Oregon.
Chinook Native Language In the past, they spoke their native Chinook language, which was a complicated language with many sounds that don't exist in English. Nobody speaks this language anymore. But some elders still speak a second language, called the Chinook Jargon, which was a trade language of the Northwest Coast that combined words and sounds from Chinook, Nootka, English, and other languages. An easy Chinook Jargon word, "klahowya" (pronounced klahhow-yuh) is a friendly greeting.
Chinook Tribe Government Organization In the past, each Chinook village was led by its own local chief or hean, who was always a high-ranking clan leader. Today, the Chinook Indians are governed by a tribal council elected by all the people The Chinook Nation is not federally recognized by the United States. That means Chinook people do not have a reservation or live on tribal lands. They live scattered throughout towns and villages in Oregon and Washington state. Although most Chinook people belong to the Chinook Nation, not all of them do. Some Chinook people have ed together with of other Northwest Coast tribes in the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians.
Chinook Gender Roles Chinook women gathered plants, herbs and clams and did most of the child care and cooking. Men were fishermen and hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their families. Both genders took part in trade, storytelling, artwork and music, and traditional medicine. Chinook clan leaders could be either men or women.
Chinook Children Many Chinook children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. A form of lacrosse was a popular among teenagers as it was among adult men. Like many Native Americans, Chinook mothers traditionally carried their babies in cradleboards on their backs. Chinook parents also engaged in the practice of flattening the foreheads of their babies by restraining the forehead in tight bandages on the cradleboard while the bones were still soft.
Chinook Homes The Chinooks lived in coastal villages of rectangular cedar-plank houses called plankhouses. Usually these houses were large (up to 70 feet long) and each one housed an entire extended family. The size of the structure depended on the wealth of the family that built it, or, the number of families that inhabited it. Each family that lived in a plankhouse occupied a specific part. Mats hung from the rafters acted as makeshift walls and separated the house into different living spaces. At the center of the plankhouse was a fireplace, where all of the inhabitants gathered to eat and socialize. Sleeping platforms were erected along the walls and food was hung from the rafters to dry. Today, old-fashioned buildings like these are still made from cedar wood, but they are only used for ceremonial purposes.
Chinook Homes Pictures
Chinook Clothes Chinook men didn't usually wear clothing at all, though some men wore a breech-clout. Women wore short skirts made of cedar bark or grass. In the rain, the Chinooks wore tule rush capes, and in colder weather, they wore fur robes and moccasins on their feet. Later, after European influence, the people began wearing blanket robes Today, some Chinook people still have a blanket cloak or basket hat, but they wear modern clothes like jeans instead of breechcloths.
Chinook Hairstyles Both men and women sometimes wore a basket hat made of finely woven spruce root. The Chinooks sometimes painted their faces, using different designs for war, religious ceremonies, and mourning, and women also wore tribal tattoos in geometric designs. Most Chinook people wore their hair long and loose, though some women adopted other fashions like braids from neighboring tribes. Unlike men from some Northwestern tribes, Chinook men did not wear facial hair.
Chinook Food The Chinook Indians were fishing people. Their staple food was salmon. The women of the tribe would cut them up and dry them. Chinook men also caught many other kinds of fish and sea mammals from their canoes and hunted deer, birds, and small game on land. Chinook women gathered clams and shellfish, seaweed, berries, and roots. The Chinook also took some marine animals such as clams and mussels. Unlike other northwest coast tribes, the Chinook rarely hunted sea mammals such as whales and seals
Chinook Art – Chinook artists are known for their fine bear-grass baskets and woodcarving arts. – Like other Northwest Coast tribes, the Chinook carved remarkable canoes from the abundant sources of timber, but did not carve totem poles like their neighbors to the north. – The Chinook were famous from their horn carvings, which were fashioned from the horns of mountain goats and bighorn sheep.
Chinook Woodcarvings
Chinook Tools and Weapons Chinook fishermen used harpoons and nets when fishing. Hunters used bows and arrows, and trappers set snares. In war, Chinook men fired their bows or fought with spears and war clubs. Chinook warriors would wear armor made of hardened elk hide to protect themselves from enemy archers.
Chinook travel and interaction with others Chinook Indian tribe made large dugout canoes by hollowing out cedar or fir logs. The Chinook tribe used these canoes to travel up and down the sea coast for trading, fishing and hunting, and warfare. The Chinooks were known for their skill as traders. Their most important trading partners were the Nootka, Klamath, and Interior Salish tribes. Their trade network extended all the way south to California and east to the Great Plains. Occasionally different Chinook bands would fight wars against each other or against other Northwest Coast tribes, but mostly they remained dominant through trade and control over the Columbia river mouth. They traded fish products, furs, cedar, carvings, and slaves. They used shells as a form of currency as well.
Chinook Religion – The Chinook practiced many interesting spiritual beliefs and ceremonies. – One of the most important ceremonies was the First Salmon Rite, in which each family group welcomed the annual migration of the salmon from the Pacific Ocean through Chinook Territory. – The Chinook also believed in the vision quest, a ceremony in which adolescent boys and girls ventured into the wilderness to find guardian spirits that would help give them powers in hunting or curing or bestow upon them good luck and new songs and dances.
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