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Lower Chinook

[ loh-er ]

noun

  1. an extinct Chinookan language that was spoken by tribes on both banks of the Columbia River estuary.


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Johnson said during a speech Monday that the Chinook nation, which is made up of five tribes — the Cathlamet, Clatsop, Lower Chinook, Wahkaikum and Willapa — refused to sign a treaty that would force them to lose their land, and therefore was never moved to a reservation.

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The lower Chinook tribes had a paddle with two points, because the water in that area goes from deep to shallow.

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"Our quota range for coho encompasses last year, but it looks like we'll see a lower chinook catch," said Doug Milward, a state Fish and Wildlife coastal salmon manager.

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