Nation / Tribe
Multnomah
The Multnomah were a Chinookan-speaking people who inhabited the area around the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, including Sauvie Island and the Portland Basin of present-day Oregon. Clark explored the lower Willamette River in April 1806 on the return journey and documented large Multnomah villages, noting their substantial cedar plank houses, extensive use of wapato root, and active participation in Columbia River trade. The term "Multnomah" as used by Lewis and Clark likely encompassed several related Chinookan bands in the Portland Basin area. Like other Chinookan peoples of the lower Columbia, the Multnomah were devastated by disease in the decades following contact.
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