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April 2012
Chinook: Chinook interpretive site nearing completion - The $2 million state project to recreate an interpretive site celebrating the meeting of Chinook Indian and European cultures near McGowan, Wash., along U.S. 101 is still on track to be finished in August, despite a soggy, blustery winter.
Chinook: Transition time for tribe; Change in leadership is chance for assessing directions - Ray Gardner is an effective spokesman, leader and evangelist for the Chinook Indian Tribe. He brings intelligence, gravitas and humor to the business of representing an important Native American nation that has been shamefully marginalized by U.S. and inter-tribal politics. Gardner’s impending retirement as Chinook chairman in June will be both risky and a potentially valuable chance for the tribe to assess where it is and where it wants to be.
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March 2012
Chinook: National Park big economic plus for area - A new National Park site here honoring Chinook tribal life will attract up to 175,000 new annual visitors, the park superintendent predicts.
Chinook: Gardner retiring from Chinook tribal chairmanship - Ray Gardner, chairman of the Chinook Indian Tribe, will retire from his leadership position in June by not seeking re-election to a third three-year term. Gardner, who has experienced a form of obstructive lung disease during the past two years, announced his decision at the annual Pacific County Democratic Crab Feed in South Bend Saturday night. He cited a need to focus on his recovery.
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February 2012
Chinook: Chinook monument park well on its way - "This will be a spectacular park," said Ray Gardner, chairman of the Chinook Indian Tribe. "There’s none like it in the nation. It’s the first park that will tell the entire story of the homeland tribe that lived on the site. I’m happy with how it’s going and with the great care taken by the construction crew."
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January 2012
Chinook: Comcomly descendant talks history, future - Peggy Lagergren Disney is the longest-serving Chinook tribal councilwoman and secretary-treasurer for the tribe. "When Comcomly was chief everyone had a job. He was a great leader and made sure everyone had a purpose, as well," Disney said. "Now I think our tribal people are in as much danger as when the small pox epidemic wiped out so many." Comcomly was the principal chief of the Chinook Confederacy, which extended along the Columbia River from the Cascade Range to the Pacific Ocean.
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December 2011
Chinook: Still time for the Chinooks - Another year ends with justice still unachieved for the Columbia River’s most famous Indian tribe.
Chinook: Orphaned Chinooks deserve a home - The leadership of the Quinault Tribe north along the Washington Coast has been particularly tenacious in working to block efforts by their hereditary rivals on the lower Columbia. Sharing the Quinaults' nervousness over the hypothetical chance that Chinooks might gain a meaningful share of natural resources, some nontribal fishermen and crabbers also have quietly worked to block tribal recognition.
Chinook: Tribe ramps up new campaign for federal recognition - For more than 150 years, the Chinook Indian Nation has struggled to obtain official recognition from the federal government. Exhausting many of their options, the Chinooks have turned to a new tool: an online petition.
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November 2011
Chinook: Legendary fishing
Chinook: Tribe closes food bank
Chinook: Anthropology speaker and bus tour featured in 'Ocian in View' event schedule
Chinook: Lewis and Clark event includes tours, talks
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The Chinook Indians: Traders of the Lower Columbia River (Civilization of the American Indian) [Paperback]: The Chinook Indians, who originally lived at the mouth of the Columbia River in present-day Oregon and Washington, were experienced traders long before the arrival of white men to that area. A small seashell, the dentalium, was the principal medium of exchange. Women held equal status with the men in the trade, and in fact the women were preferred as traders by many later ships' captains, who often feared and distrusted their men.
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