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Chinook Indians By: Dakota Bridges
The Chinook Indians of chinookin lived on the bank of the Columbia River form British Columbia, Canada to eastern Washington, all the way to the Pacific Ocean. They were peaceful people who revolved around fishing, manly salmon, and trading in goods like fur, to fish to slaves. The Chinook where lively people their villages were close and mostly related. They were slow to anger and would resolve their conflicts. Today, the descended of Chinook live on reservation in Washington and Oregon.

Location was vital and interesting part of the Chinook life. This is because they needed plentiful food and good places for their homes. They also wanted to choose a place that their Gods would approve of. The Chinook actually changed where they lived, depending on the season. The chief would choose their location each season on his feeling. The location chosen for each season depended on what the tribe needed and what food would be available. They also had to consider where the water was for drinking and what kind of supplies would be available for their shelter. I think that would be an interesting way to live.

The Chinook lived in long houses. The reason why is because they lived in their big families and wanted to live together. The long houses where usually 150 feet long 20 feet wide and 20 feet high. Inside the long houses raised platforms created a second story, which was for sleeping space. Mats and wood separated and divided the rooms. Each long house housed as many as 60 people! Long houses are good for long time. What would you do if you lived in one of these?

The Chinook realign was very important to them. They believed that their gods were, the beavers, eagles, raven and whale and bear. They also believed in a god of creation Nakeanie. First Salmon Rite, a ritual in which each group welcomed the annual salmon run. Another important religious rite was the individual spirit quest, an ordeal undertaken by all male and some female adolescents to acquire guardian spirits that would give them hunting, curing, or other powers, bring them good luck, or teach them songs and dances. Singing ceremonies were public demonstrations of these gifts. The Chinook also had potlatches, which were ceremonial distributions of property.

When Chinook went to war they would dress up. Before though they would have a big festival for the warriors and the new warriors. The wise man would bless them and the new warriors would endure some hard challenges. That must have been hard.

The Chinook tribe didn’t eat very much. Their main food was salmon. They would prepare it different was like raw, cooked, smoked, salted and dried and rationed to the families. Salmon was the most important source of food to the Chinook. They also had rock fish, halibut, cad fish, smelt and sturgeon.

Chinook didn’t travel much. When they did it would be for what season it is. After that they would find the best place to stay till the next season. The only other time they would travel was for food hunts and war. The places they stayed would be isolated and safe. I wouldn’t ever like to live that way.

The Chinook economy wasn’t like any other one. It was different but they made it work. The way it went was chief’s family, middle class then slaves. The more passions you had the higher in the class you were. I think it would have been hard to live as a slave.

Some of the Chinook customs and games they had sound kind of fun. The chief was always the wealthiest. For fun the men and boys they would play lacrosse in a different way. For the little girls they would play with their home made dolls. Mothers carried babies in a basket all the time. To me the lacrosse sounded fun to me.

All of this that I have learned was really inserting to me. Like the lacrosse was a test of being a man. The moving every season. Even the wealth system. Thank you for reading and I hope you learned something.


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