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Chinook tribe(people) were located in pacific NorthWest coast in united state. In 19th century the Chinookan speaking people reside along the the long and middle columbia river in present day Oregon and Washington. Chinookan people used to speak Chinook language. Which was complicated language with many sound thet don’t exist in english. The columbia river was one of the main natural resource for Chinookan people. They gathered salmon, sturgeon and others fish. They also use columbia river for trading goods. They were skilled traders . They used to trade with california and great plain. The other important natural resource was cedar tree. They used cedar for everything from house to clothes. They built large cedar plank

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