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Chinook Indians

We have links to resources and some videos for the Chinook language of the Northwest.

Chinook Jargon – The Hidden Language of the Pacific Northwest
Chinook Jargon is the most accessible of all the Native American languages. With a small utilitarian vocabulary and straightforward syntax, it was the lingua franca of the Northwest for most of the 1800s. One hundred thousand Native Americans, settlers and immigrants were using it in 1875.