who were the major cheifs of the chinook indians?
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COMCOMLY -  A Chinook chief. He received the Lewis and Clark expedition hospitably when it emerged at the mouth of Columbia river in 1805, and when the Astor expedition arrived to take possession of the country for the United States he cultivated close friendship with the pioneers, giving his daughter as wife to Duncan M'Dougal, the Canadian who was at their head. Yet he was probably an accomplice in a plot to massacre the garrison and seize the stores. When a British ship arrived in 1812 to capture the fort at Astoria, he offered to fight the enemy, with 800 warriors at his back. The American agents, however, had already made a peaceful transfer by bargain and sale, and gifts and promises from the new owners immediately made him their friend (Bancroft, N. W. Coast; Irving, Astoria). Writing in Aug., 1844, Father De Smet (Chittenden and Richardson, De Sinet, i1, 443, 1905) states that in the days of his glory Comcomly on his visits to Vancouver would be preceded by 300 slaves, "and he used to carpet the ground that he had to traverse, from the main entrance of the fort to the governor's door, several hundred feet, with beaver and otter skins."\n\nhttp://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chinook/chinookchiefs.htm\n\nAlso, there were Chief Uhlahnee, Chief Nahcati, and many others. There are still of course Chinook Chiefs today also.
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The Kiowa Apache Indians, a small group of Athabascan (Apachean)-speaking people, ranged the area of present southwestern Oklahoma and the Panhandleqv of Texas during the nineteenth century. Although their common name is derived from the erroneous belief that they were a detached band of Apaches from New Mexico and Arizona, their myths and oral history tell of a northern home, probably near the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, when they were an independent tribe with north and south divisions. They called themselves "Naishandina," which in their tongue meant "our people." While there is no clear account of the reasons why they migrated south, the fact that they were a small group among primarily hostile tribes caused them to become affiliated with the Kiowas for mutual protection; as far back as there is any record or knowledge, they have functioned as a band of the Kiowa tribe, though they speak a completely unrelated language. A few of the old Apache men usually learned a little Kiowan, but sign language was the primary means of communication between the Kiowa and its Apache band. Although many scholars lean toward the view that the Kiowa Apaches were linked with one of the Athabascan divisions, some speculate that they were originally eastern or Plains Apaches who became separated from their kinsmen when the Comanches first intruded into the southern Plains. Aside from linguistic differences, the Kiowa Apaches were practically indistinguishable from the Kiowa proper. They were buffalo-hunting, tepee-dwelling, horse and travois nomads, with soldier societies and medicine bundles (four). They participated in the annual Kiowa sun dance and camp circle. Like the Kiowas, the Kiowa Apaches believed in the passage of the spirit into the other world. Since death was awesome, names of the deceased were avoided and dropped from use.
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The answer is the Chinook Salmon
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Before anyone came to america, the native americans had their own tribes, and tribal rulers.\n\nHere's the Wikipedia entry for indigenous populations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_American_indigenous_peoples\n\nHowever if you are doing research, be sure to check several sources of information and don't  rely on just one source for all your information and conclusions.
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Chinook River is a great place to fish, and thebest time would be in midspring. If you arrive there in the early morning, thefishing is good. Also, if you like deep water,check out some of thelocal fisheries, they mayjust take you out with them for a day or two.
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Here are some search strings that might help you:\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cherokee+history&btnG=Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=history+apache&btnG=Google+Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=history+hopi&btnG=Google+Search\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=apache+%22intertribal+warfare%22+&btnG=Search\n\nOne thing you should be aware of, is that the Apache and Cherokee wouldn't have had much interaction until after the forced relocation of tribes east of the Mississippi (ie, the Trail of Tears).  So in other words, they wouldn't have interacted much with each other until Europeans forced them to share territory in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.\n\nThe Hopi and Apache were more likely to have had intertribal warfare prior to the arrival of Europeans, because their territories were closer together.  In fact, you can pretty much guarantee it, since the name of their tribe comes from a Zuni word for "enemy" - and the Zuni and Hopi are related peoples.\n\nIf worse comes to worse, try contacting the tribal councils of these peoples or a professor of Native American history.  They should have more information at their disposal and be more able to help you.
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On the morning of December 29, 1890, the Sioux chief Big Foot and some 350 of his followers camped on the banks of Wounded Knee creek. Surrounding their camp was a force of U.S. troops charged with the responsibility of arresting Big Foot and disarming his warriors. The scene was tense. \n\nThe once proud Sioux found their free-roaming life destroyed, the buffalo gone, themselves confined to reservations dependent on Indian Agents for their existence. In a desperate attempt to return to the days of their glory, many sought salvation in a new mysticism preached by a Paiute shaman called Wovoka. Emissaries from the Sioux in South Dakota traveled to Nevada to hear his words. Wovoka called himself the Messiah and prophesied that the dead would soon join the living in a world in which the Indians could live in the old way surrounded by plentiful game. A tidal wave of new soil would cover the earth, bury the whites, and restore the prairie. To hasten the event, the Indians were to dance the Ghost Dance. Many dancers wore brightly colored shirts emblazoned with images of eagles and buffaloes. These "Ghost Shirts" they believed would protect them from the bluecoats' bullets. During the fall of 1890, the Ghost Dance spread through the Sioux villages of the Dakota reservations, revitalizing the Indians and bringing fear to the whites. A desperate Indian Agent at Pine Ridge wired his superiors in Washington, "Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy....We need protection and we need it now. The leaders should be arrested and confined at some military post until the matter is quieted, and this should be done now." The order went out to arrest Chief Sitting Bull at the Standing Rock Reservation. Sitting Bull was killed in the attempt on December 15. Chief Big Foot was next on the list. \n\nWhen he heard of Sitting Bull's death, Big Foot led his people south to seek protection at the Pine Ridge Reservation. The army intercepted the band on December 28 and brought them to the edge of the Wounded Knee to camp. The next morning the chief, racked with pneumonia and dying, sat among his warriors and powwowed with the army officers. Suddenly the sound of a shot pierced the early morning gloom. Within seconds the charged atmosphere erupted as Indian braves scurried to retrieve their discarded rifles and troopers fired volley after volley into the Sioux camp. From the heights above, the army's Hotchkiss guns raked the Indian teepees with grapeshot. Clouds of gun smoke filled the air as men, women and children scrambled for their lives. Many ran for a ravine next to the camp only to be cut down in a withering cross fire. \n\nWhen the smoke cleared and the shooting stopped, approximately 300 Sioux were dead, Big Foot among them. Twenty-five soldiers lost their lives. As the remaining troopers began the grim task of removing the dead, a blizzard swept in from the North. A few days later they returned to complete the job. Scattered fighting continued, but the massacre at Wounded Knee effectively squelched the Ghost Dance movement and ended the Indian Wars.
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Paleo-Indians, and it is thought that people from China and surrounding Asian areas also migrated to the West Coast before Native Americans...
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At one time there were hundreds of separate Chumash villages here in Santa Barbara. Some villages were as large as towns while others were quite small. The villages were constructed on high ground near lagoons, creek mouths, lakes, or springs. The largest villages were built along the mainland coast near the Santa Barbara Channel. Some other Indian people had similar customs, but no other Native Americans lived in exactly the same way as the Chumash people. Their invention and use of the plank canoe, their extraordinary baskets, tools and bead making, their customs and beliefs, and their craftmanship are what make the Chumash Indians unique. Various groups spoke distinct languages.\n\nmore information below
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http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinwomn.html
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Chief Joseph, a.k.a. "Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain" The Nez Perce Leader. His quote was:\n"I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the Sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."
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Why not contact the Tribal Council - They should have records which will be able to help you.\n\nhttp://www.cherokee.org/
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ask the native americans who have been here for 30,000 years!!!!!!
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you mean out-law, don't you...ROFL\n\nSeriously, look under HOPI Language in GOOGLE or ASK.com
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My answer is easy, Paiute Tribe on my Dad's side, going back at least 10,000 years and Pomo & Wailaki tribes on my mom's side going back at least that long also.  It's easy to trace my native american lineage.
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native americans or east indians
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There were called the Kansez Indians.\n-MM