Chinook

1. Where do the Chinook Indians live? (Tell geographic region by looking at a map.) southwest washington and oregon http://chinooknation.org/Portals/0/Student%20Packet.pdf

2. How does the Chinook Indian nation organized? (governmen there were chiefs and their families belonged to the wealthy,dominant class The world book encyclopedia 3 pg 513

3. What were Chinook homes like? They were rectangular cedar-plank houses with bark roofs. Their houses were large; they were about 70 feet long. Their entire familiy lived together in a plank house. http://www.bigorrin.org/chinook_kids.htm

4. What was Chinook clothing like? Most of them men did not wear anything at all. Some men wore a breech-clout. The women wore skirts made of cedar bark or grass. When it was wet, they wore capes. When it was cold, they wore fur robes. http://www.bigorrin.org/chinook_kids.htm

5. What was Chinook food like in the days before supermarkets? Their main food was fish, especially salmon. They hunted deer, birds, and sea mammals. They gathered clams and shellfish, seaweed, berries, and roots. http://www.bigorrin.org/chinook_kids.htm

6. What were some Chinook weapons and artifacts? They used harpoons, snares, nets, bows and arrows for catching their food. During war, they used bows and arrows, spears, and war clubs to fight. They also wore hardened elk hide as armor. http://www.bigorrin.org/chinook_kids.htm

7. What was Chinook religion? Chinook religion focused on the First Salmon Rite, in which each group welcomed the annual salmon run. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/chinook.html

8. What were some other interesting things about your tribe? they were famous for there extensive trading. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/chinook.html