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The Chinook on the Columbia
The journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition indicate that the shores of the Columbia River were heavily populated by indigenous people. The Chinook Tribe engaged in a vital series of encounters with the Lewis & Clark expedition beginning in November 1805. The interpretive drawings below, resulting from historical research, appear here courtesy of Chinook tribal member, artist Steven Tobeck.
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Chinook Villages...1792-1850
 This hand-drawn map displays the location of 60 Chinook villages that existed along the Columbia from 1792-1850, proving the veracity of Lewis & Clark's observations.
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Chinook Native House
 The size and construction of the Chinookan Long Houses made quite an impression on the members of Corps of Discovery, prompting considerable description in the journals.
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Long House Floor Plan
 This drawing, and the one above, are a latter day tribal visualization of Long Houses seen by Lewis & Clark. Here we are shown the interior layout of the lodge.
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Chinookan Chief on the Columbia River
 Clark, in one of his more famous passages, expressed amazement of the worthiness of craft for crossing the waters of the often turbulent Columbia River estuary.
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