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  2. Multnomah people - Wikipedia

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    Multnomah people. The Multnomah are a tribe of Chinookan people who live in the area of Portland, Oregon, in the United States. [1] Multnomah villages were located throughout the Portland basin and on both sides of the Columbia River. The Multnomah speak a dialect of the Upper Chinookan language in the Oregon Penutian family.

  3. Billy Chinook - Wikipedia

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    Contents. Billy Chinook. Billy Chinook was a chief and member of the Wasco tribe. Chinook was a guide for John C. Frémont and Kit Carson, who explored Central Oregon from 1843 to 1844 and from 1845 to 1847. Chinook also served as First Sergeant, U.S. Army Wasco Scouts during the Snake War. Lake Billy Chinook in Oregon is named in his honor.

  4. Timeline of Oregon history - Wikipedia

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    13,200 BCE - Earliest evidence of human habitation in Oregon, discovered in 1938 at Fort Rock Cave in modern day Lake County. [1] 13,000-11,000 BCE - The Missoula floods inundate and scour large portions of the state along the Columbia River and in the Willamette Valley before entering the Pacific Ocean. 5,677 BCE - Mount Mazama suffers a major ...

  5. Clatsop - Wikipedia

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    The Clatsop dialect used by the tribe is an extinct dialect of the Lower Chinookan language. Most Clatsops spoke Chinook Jargon by the time Lewis and Clark 's Corps of Discovery made contact with them. [2] [full citation needed] Some spoke Nehalem, reflecting intermarriage and cohabitation with that tribe. Chinook Jargon is a trade language and ...

  6. Chinook Jargon - Wikipedia

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    Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest.It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then to British Columbia and parts of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho and Montana, sometimes taking on the ...

  7. Chinook wind - Wikipedia

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    Chinook wind. Chinook winds, or simply Chinooks, are two types of prevailing warm, generally westerly winds in western North America: Coastal Chinooks and interior Chinooks. The coastal Chinooks are persistent seasonal, wet, southwesterly winds blowing in from the ocean. The interior Chinooks are occasional warm, dry föhn winds blowing down ...

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