Places

Chinookan people built communities at the places where water and land met. Hundreds of sites dotted the coastline and into the interior. Middle Village, Cathlapotle, and Pillar Rock stand in for those many sites.

“Chinook man seated in rear of boat beached on riverbank, mountains in background.” Edward S. Curtis Collection, ca. 1910. Image courtesy of Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-47011