What language do the Chinook Indians speak?
Chinook people all speak English today. In the past, they spoke their native Chinook language, which was a complicated language with many sounds that don’t exist in English. Nobody speaks this language anymore. But some elders still speak a second language, called the Chinook Jargon, which was a trade language of the Northwest Coast that combined words and sounds from Chinook, Nootka, English, and other languages. If you’d like to know an easy Chinook Jargon word, “klahowya” (pronounced klah-how-yuh) is a friendly greeting. What was Chinook culture like in the past? What is it like now? Here’s a link to the homepage of the Chinook Nation in Washington. There you can find information about the Chinook tribe in the past and today. How do Chinook Indian children live, and what did they do in the past? They do the same things any children do–play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Chinook children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, I
