The Importance Of Beliefs Of The Chinook People
The Chinooks were a very interesting tribe of native americans they lived by the columbian river and they were one of the tribes discovered by lewis and clark they are very good at fishing and growing food. They believed in the great spirit was there one main belief of the chinook people. The great spirit was based on the powers of nature which consist of spirits and and animal deities that protected the humans from danger. Protection was their main power and they believed with this protection they the people were able to do various activities that allow human survival. This is why they believe animals have such a high importance as they treat them with respect as equals and even superiors. They also believe that they are summoned by the great