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Title: Vocabulary of the Chinook language
Identifier(s): text:163677
Description: "Vocabulary of the Chinook language. Near the mouth of the Columbia. This is the trading languaage of the Columbia river, forms the Communication of ten or twelve different tribes with the white traders residing in that Country." Includes 162 terms in Chinook Wawa or Chinook Jargon.
Creator: Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851
Source: John Kirk Townsend Indian vocabularies collection (Mss.497.3.T66); https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.T66-ead.xml
Subject: Chinook jargon
Date: circa 1834-1836

Title: 15. Wishram Text:;
Identifier(s): text:256110;
Description: ;
Creator: Dyk, Walteret al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: n.d.

Title: 12. Wishram field notebook #1:;
Identifier(s): text:256107;
Description: ;
Creator: Dyk, Walteret al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: ca. 1931-1933

Title: 10. Abstract of Walter Dyk's Dissertation, A Grammar of Wishram:;
Identifier(s): text:251536;
Description: ;
Creator: Voegelin, C. F. (Charles Frederick), 1906-1986et al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: 1955

Title: 09. Peter McGuff correspondence with Edward Sapir:;
Identifier(s): text:251535;
Description: ; ;
Creator: McGuff, Peteret al; Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939et al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: 1906-1908

Title: 13. Wishram field notebook #2:;
Identifier(s): text:256108;
Description: ;
Creator: Dyk, Walteret al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: ca. 1931-1933

Title: 11. Wishram dictionary:;
Identifier(s): text:251537;
Description: ;
Creator: Wolf, J. G.et al; Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939et al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: 1955-1956

Title: 16. Correspondence from Philip Kahclamet to Walter Dyk:;
Identifier(s): text:256111;
Description: ;
Creator: Kahclamet, Philipet al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: 1930-1933

Title: 14. Wishram Text:;
Identifier(s): text:256109;
Description: ;
Creator: Dyk, Walteret al
Subject: Tlakluit language; Chinook language
Date: n.d.

Title: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1911 Nov. 21
Identifier(s): text:121716
Subject: Coast Salish; Secwepemc; Nlaka'pamux; Syilx; Ktunaxa; Chinook
Date: 1911 Nov. 21

Title: John Kirk Townsend to Sam[uel] Geo[rge] Morton, 1835 September 20
Identifier(s): text:254830
Description: Fort Vancouver, Columbia River, A.L.S. 4p. Regrading his collecting activities, travel in Hawaii, experiences on his trip. Refers to fishes. Mentions sending Chinook person's jaw bone.
Subject: Human remains (Archaeology); Grave robbing; Chinook Indians
Date: 1835-09-20

Title: John Kirk Townsend to Sam[uel] Geo[rge] Morton, 1835 September 20
Identifier(s): text:254831
Description: (Warning: Includes disturbing description of grave-robbing and destruction of sacred sites in the midst of conditions of epidemic disease.) Fort Vancouver, Columbia River, A.L.S. 8p. Consists of Townsend sending extensive listing of "specimens" being sent in a trunk. List and description of birds, mammals, and other items he is sending, including Indigenous human remains of Chinook and Klickitat people. Freeman Guide 728.
Creator: Townsend, John Kirk, 1809-1851et al
Subject: Human remains (Archaeology); Grave robbing; Chinook Indians; Ornithology; Klikitat Indians
Date: 1835-09-20

Title: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1908 June 5
Identifier(s): text:121436
Description: Letter from Spokane. Returned from south. Notes hearing about differences between Wasco and Wishram ways of speaking. Went to Umatilla reservation, visiting Umatilla, Cayuse, and Walla Walla. Then went to Hood River where several tribes were for strawberry picking. Gives details of visiting Wasco above The Dalles, relation to the Klickitat. Details on the range of land used by a few tribes. Mentions visiting a white man named Gulick who married a Wasco and has been there since 1857. Made arrangements with him and a Wasco family to buy specimens. Wasco; Wishram; Umatilla; Cayuse; Walla Walla; Yakama; Klickitat; Chinook; Warm Springs
Subject: Wasco; Wishram; Umatilla; Cayuse; Walla Walla; Yakama; Klickitat; Chinook
Date: 1908 June 5

Title: Tenas Waski Drinking Song, Chinook Jargon
Identifier(s): audio:7051; APSdigrec_1095; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 08
Description: "This song is believed to be Tlingit. Joe's uncle, Nikolai, used to drink and sing this song. He would pour liquor into the mouths of dancers as they danced passed him."; Recording concludes with identification of this song and the three preceding ones by Frederica de Laguna. See Related Recording.
Source: De Laguna, Frederica. Tlingit and Yakutat songs, etc., 1954. (Mss.Rec.30);
Subject: Indians of North America--Alaska--Music; Chinook jargon; Drinking songs--Alaska; Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Music
Date: 1954-07-13

Title: Teit, James A.: To Boas. 1910-06-10
Identifier(s): text:143672
Description: Part of ACLS Collection, Item 59, "Annotated Maps and Notes to maps of the Pacific Northwest." Heavily concerns Willapa, plus stories from Puget Sound tribes, especially Snoqualmie and Twana.
Creator: Teit, James Alexander, 1864-1922et al
Subject: Klallam; Quinault; Cowlitz; Willapa; Stuwix; Chinook; Klickitat; Chehalis; Skokomish; Twana; Nisqually; Puyallup; Muckleshoot; Squaxin; Duwamish; Snoqualmie; Quileute; Chemakum; Satsop; Coast Salish
Date: 1910-06-10

Title: Codex K: 039
Identifier(s): graphics:2829; local: APSimg5578_CodexK_039
Description: Moulton #: 7:85; Freeman guide, 2443
Creator: Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809et al
Subject: Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806); Clark, William, 1770-1838; Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Discovery & exploration; Indians of North America; Cabins; Chinook Indians
Date: April 6, 1806

Title: Map (8) Earliest traditional homes of tribes in Oregon.
Identifier(s): graphics:6293
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map depicting tribal home areas generally. Noted on map: "Boundaries between tribes are not defined in the traditions."; Base map: "Rand McNally & Co.’s Indexed County and Railroad Pocket Map and Shippers’ Guide of Oregon...." 1910.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Cayuse Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Klamath Indians; Modoc Indians; Molala Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Siletz Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Umatilla Indians; Umpqua Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Wasco Indians

Title: Map (5). Distribution of tribes according to earliest traditions (so far as collected up to date).
Identifier(s): graphics:6290
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating distributions of numerous tribes (though not specially color-coded by tribe). Annotated portion of map includes northernmost Oregon, westernmost Idaho, and southernmost British Columbia. Also noted with title on map: "Boundaries between the tribes are undefined in all the traditions."; Base map: "Cram’s Indexed County Map and Shipper’s Guide of Washington." Geo. F. Cram, Chicago. No date.
Subject: Washington (State)--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Cayuse Indians; Chehalis Indians; Chemakum Indians; Chinook Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Coeur d'Alene Indians; Colville Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Kalispel Indians; Lummi Indians; Molala Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Okanagan Indians; Quileute Indians; Quinault Indians; Sanpoil Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Snohomish Indians; Snoqualmie Indians; Spokane Indians; Squamish Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Twana Indians; Wasco Indians

Title: Map (6) Washington. Distribution of tribes (languages). 1797.
Identifier(s): graphics:6291
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map delineating regions of tribal languages. Also delineated on map is "Approximate northern limits of Snake war parties. see map (8)." [On map, the map number was originally given as Map (7), and the title had originally given the date "about 1790 (and earlier)"; but these were crossed out and the cited data were substituted.]; Base map: “Cram’s Indexed County Map and Shipper’s Guide of Washington.” Geo. F. Cram, Chicago. No date.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Idaho--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Cayuse Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Kalapuya Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Makah Indians; Molala Indians; Nez Percé Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Quileute Indians; Quinault Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Skagit Indians; Snohomish Indians; Snoqualmie Indians; Tillamook Indians; Twana Indians; Umatilla Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Willapa Indians; Yakama Indians; Nlaka'pamux

Title: Western Washington Map (7). Distribution of Tribes (& Languages) about 1850 or slightly earlier.
Identifier(s): graphics:6292
Description: Hand-colored and annotated map depicting the tribal and linguistic regions of numerous tribes. [On the map, the map number was originally given as Map (3), but was crossed out.]; Base map: “Rand, McNally & Co.’s Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers’ Guide of Washington...." 1909.
Subject: maps; Washington (State)--Maps; Oregon--Maps; British Columbia--Maps; Athapascan Indians; Chehalis Indians; Chemakum Indians; Chinook Indians; Clatskanie Indians; Coast Salish Indians; Cowichan Indians; Cowlitz Indians; Klikitat Indians; Lekwungen Indians; Lummi Indians; Makah Indians; Nooksack Indians; Nootka Indians; Ntlakyapamuk Indians; Quinault Indians; Shahaptian Indians; Sinkiuse-Columbia Indians; Skagit Indians; Snohomish Indians; Tillamook Indians; Tlakluit Indians; Twana Indians; Walla Walla Indians; Wasco Indians; Yakama Indians; Nlaka'pamux