Transcript Northwestern:Chinook

Northwestern:Chinook
By: Kara, Chloe, Jeremy, and
Josh
Culture of the tribe
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CLOTHING
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CERIMONIES
Region and Environment
 Lived
near water
 Natural resources are Cedar trees, wood,
water, and rocks
 Topographic features are beaches, bodies
of water, and rocky places
Housing
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Made wooden houses
 Was 14 to 20 feet
wide
 40 to 100 feet long
 Many different
families lived in one
house
http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/houses/housingmap.html
Food
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Ate fish like shellfish,
clams, oysters, crab,
and halibut
 Ate birds like eagles,
crows, raven,
seagulls, and owls
 Also ate wolves
History of The Chinook Tribe
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The Chinook People have lived on the Columbia
River for thousands of years.
The Chinook were very good traders.
They traded slaves and elk hide armour to the
people in the North.
The Chinook tribe has not been formally
acknowledged by the U.S. government.
Since 1979 they have been working to get
evidence to prove their right to be recognized.