Clackamas

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Clackamas refers to a Native American people of the Upper Chinookan linguistic group who traditionally lived along the Clackamas River in northwestern Oregon.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clackamas canonical 6

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Upper Chinookan people ⓘ
archaeologicalRegion Lower Columbia River archaeological area ⓘ
linked to: Celilo Falls site
causeOfPopulationDecline displacement ⓘ
introduced diseases ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice potlatch-like feasting and gift-giving ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest Coast ⓘ
Plateau ⓘ
displacement removed from traditional lands in the 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedSuccessor Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians ⓘ
Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon ⓘ
languageBranch Upper Chinookan ⓘ
linked to: Chinookan languages
languageFamily Chinookan languages ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Oregon ⓘ
nameUsedInToponym Clackamas County, Oregon ⓘ
Clackamas River ⓘ
Clackamas, Oregon ⓘ
partOfLargerGrouping Chinookan peoples ⓘ
populationTrend declined sharply after European contact ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chinook ⓘ
linked to: Upper Chinook

Multnomah ⓘ
linked to: Multnomah River

Wasco ⓘ
Wishram ⓘ
linked to: Cathlamet
riverinePeople true ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade along the Columbia River ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Clackamas language ⓘ
Upper Chinookan language ⓘ
linked to: Chinookan languages
traditionalMaterialCulture cedar wood ⓘ
traditionalRegion Clackamas River ⓘ
Columbia River region ⓘ
Willamette River basin ⓘ
linked to: Willamette River

northwestern Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Northwestern Oregon
traditionalReligion Native American spirituality ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
treatyHistory subject to treaties with the United States government ⓘ
usedWatercraft dugout canoes ⓘ

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