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Chinookan

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Chi·nook·an  (sh-nkn, ch-)
n.
A North American Indian language family of Washington and Oregon.
Chi·nookan adj.
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Noun1.Chinookan - a Penutian language spoken by the Chinook
Chinook
Penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California
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After his Filipino father drowned fishing the rapids and his mother died soon after, he was raised by his Eastern Chinookan grandparents.
BRIEFLY by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
He's reading: `Right now I'm re-reading the historical records that deal with Chinookan Indians - starting with the maritime explorers and on through Lewis and Clark and the Astorians.
Passion for his research drives anthropologist to write by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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