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Definition of Chinookan
1. Noun. A Penutian language spoken by the Chinook.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chinookan
Literary usage of Chinookan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 1/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A Chinookan tribe formerly occupying several villages on Clackamas г., ...
A Chinookan tribe living in a single village of 7 houses near the foot of the ..."
2. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"WASKO (Chinookan stock).—Synonyms: Dalles Indians ... the opposite bank, are the
easternmost extension of the Chinookan stock, and speak the same language. ..."
3. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark: To the by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Elliott Coues, Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"... on the codex-map) were a small body of Chinookan stock, speaking the ...
were another Chinookan tribe located as stated in the text. ..."
4. Indian Linguistic Families of America, North of Mexico by John Wesley Powell (1891)
"Chinookan FAMILY. >Chinooks, Gallatin in Trans, and Coll. Am. Antiq. Soc., 11.
134, 306,1836 (a single tribe at mouth of Columbia). ..."
5. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 4/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"A Chinookan tribe formerly living on the s. side of Columbia r. , in the neighborhood
of The Dalles, in Wasco co. , Oreg. This tribe, with the Wishram (also ..."
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