I will be yurt camping at Cape Disappointment State Park this month. I have been doing a lot of reading and research about the Chinook Indian villages in Southwestern Washington and Northwestern Oregon.
Native Americans in Southwestern Washington and Northwestern Oregon.
The Chinook Indians: Traders of the Lower Columbia River. Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, 372 pages.
Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia. Edited by Robert T. Boyd, Kenneth M. Amers, and Tony A. Johnson. University of Washington, 2015, 464 pages. VSCL.
Chinook Indian Nation "The Chinook Indian Nation is made up of the five western-most Chinookan speaking tribes at the mouth of the Columbia River. Our nearly 70-year-old constitution codifies who we are and identifies our five constituent tribes – the Clatsop and Cathlamet (Kathlamet) of present-day Oregon and the Lower Chinook, Wahkiakum (Waukikum) and Willapa (Weelappa) of what is now Washington State." Not federally recognized.
The Chinook Indians: Traders of the Lower Columbia River. Robert H. Ruby and John A. Brown. University of Oklahoma Press, 1988, 372 pages. VSCL = MPG Home Library
Chinook Texts. Collected by Franz Boas. 1984. Includes myths, beliefs, customs, tales, and historical tales as told by the Chinookan people.
Native Legends of Oregon and Washington. Collected by Franz Boas. 1893.
Also called the Lower Chinook Indian Tribe to indicate their range to Fort Vancouver (Portland), Upper Chinook from Portland to Cascade Locks area to The Dalles.
(Current Naselle River to Ilwaco and Long Beach Peninsula)
Chinook Language and the hybrid trade language called Chinuk WaWa
Long Beach Peninsula Information
"Comcomly (or Concomly) (1765 – 1830) was a leader of the Lower Chinook people located near the present day city of Ilwaco, Washington. Referred to as "Chief" or "'King", a derogatory term, Comcomly in contemporaneous journals. Washington Irving described him in his book Astoria as "a shrewd old savage, with but one eye," and referred to his trade and diplomacy skills. Modern historian James Ronda characterizes Comcomly as a talented diplomat and shrewd businessman. He was friendly to the British and Euro-American explorers whom he encountered, including Robert Gray and George Vancouver, and he received peace medals from Lewis and Clark. He also assisted the Pacific Fur Company, also known as the Astor Expedition, and offered to help the Americans fight the British during the War of 1812, but Astoria was sold to the British instead. Comcomly was friendly with the British as well. He was entertained at Fort Vancouver by John McLoughlin and he piloted Hudson's Bay Company ships up the Columbia" - Wikipedia
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