 | Chinook Resilience: Heritage and Cultural Revitalization on the Lower Columbia River Subjects: Chinook Indians; Chinook Indians -- Land tenure; Chinook Indians -- Government relations; Canoes -- Columbia River Region -- History; The Chinook Indian Nation--whose ancestors lived along both shores of the lower Columbia River, as well as north and south along the Pacific coast at the river's mouth--continue to reside near traditional lands. Because of its nonrecognized status, the Chinook Indian Nation often faces challenges in its efforts to claim and control cultural heritage and its own history and to assert a right to place on the Columbia River. Jon D. Daehnke is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. |
