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Chinookan languages
Chinookan
is a small family of languages spoken in
Oregon
and
Washington
along the
Columbia River
by
Chinook peoples
.
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Chinookan peoples
Chinookan peoples
include several groups of
indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest
in the
United States
speaking the
Chinookan languages
. In the early 19th century, the Chinookan-speaking peoples resided along the lower and middle
Columbia River
but in present-day
Oregon
and
Washington
. The Chinook tribes were those encountered by the
Lewis and Clark Expedition
in 1805 on the lower Columbia.
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