Who are famous Chinook Indians?

Answer 1

• Megan Fox
• Cher Billy Ray & Miley Cyrus
• Steven Tyler
• Chuck Norris
• Elvis Presley
• Jimi Hendrix
• Liv Tyler
• Johnny Depp
• Rosa Parks
• Johnny Cash
• Eartha Kitt
• Willie Nelson

Answer 2

Chief Comcomly (1754[?] - 1830) was a famous Chinook Chief. Ranald MacDonald (February 1824 – August 24, 1894), was a half-Chinookan, born in Fort Astoria, Oregon, to Archibald MacDonald, a Scottish Hudson's Bay Company fur trader, and Raven, chief Concomly's daughter, and was the first American to teach English in Japan, in 1847-1848; being instrumental in the education of Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters who would handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate. Charles Cultee was the principal informant employed by Franz Boas for his work published as "Chinook Texts".

Answer 3

• Chief Comcomly (1754 - 1830) the principal chief of the Chinook Confederacy. He was a shrewd old man with only one eye. He received medals from Lewis and Clark. He assisted the Astor Expedition.
• Chief Tumulth (c. 1850), signed the treaty that created the Grand Ronde Reservation and was later killed by Gen. Philip Sheridan
• Charles Cultee (c. 1880), the principal informant employed by anthropologist Franz Boas for his work published as Chinook Texts.
• Ranald MacDonald (1824 - 1894) was the first man to teach the English language in Japan. Grandson of Chief Comcomly. Son of a Scottish fur trader. He taught English to Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters to handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate.
• Catherine Herrold Troeh (1911 - 2007) was an American historian, artist, activist and advocate for Native American rights and culture, especially in the Pacific Northwest. She was an elder of the Chinook tribe and a direct descendant of Chief Comcomly.

Answer 4

One leader was Comcomly. He was Chief at the North side of the mouth of the Columbia River at the time of Lewis & Clark.

Another was a great female leader TamiTami. She was at the South side of the mouth of the Columbia River.

The Chinook Tribe has been lead by a Tribal Council for many years now.

Answer 5

A few Chinook chiefs are:

• Comcomly, chief who met Lewis and Clark
• Huxvelt
• Gobaway
• Emma Luscier, female leader of the early 1900s
• Comowoll
• Polack, a village chief in 1792
• Taucum or Stockum
• Shelathwell
• Chinini
• Norcarte
• Delashalwit
• Coalpo
• Shalapau, son of Comcomly
• Stillasha
• Wahhoola

Answer 6

The Chinook people did not have one central Chief. Instead each village had a Chief. The Chief was head of the village because he (or she) was a good leader first and the son or a Chief second.

A famous Chinook Chief was Comcomly. He was Chief on the lower Columbia River at the time of Lewis & Clark. He was a skilled trader.

Answer 7

Slain U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.

Answer 8

Every Chinook village had a headman (or sometimes a woman). Leaders were chosen because they were good leaders and not always because they were born into the job.