[OR_Archaeology] COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM EVENT SEPT. 19th

[Susan White]

Re-Visioning This Place: Chinookan Communities on the Lower Columbia
River 
Saturday, September 19th - 10:30 am - 3:30 pm 

Special day rate: $2 off each admission 

You are invited to a very special day of crafts, demonstrations,
presentations and delicious food with 
leaders of the Chinookan Nation. The Center for Columbia River History
and the Oregon Council for the 
Humanities are teaming up with the Columbia River Maritime Museum to
celebrate Chinook history and 
culture. 

Make a button blanket, string beads or watch carving demonstrations on
the Museum plaza. Enjoy a discussion on early trade materials by Dr. Ken
Ames, from Portland State University. Learn the Chinookan jargon (Chinuk
wawa) with Evan Gardner. Jim Sayce, Washington State Historical Society,
and Charlie Funk, Chinook Nation, will examine the importance of Middle
Village (Station Camp.) 

This one day event is designed for adults and children and will feature
arts and crafts of a time when the 
Chinookan communities dominated the landscape. Imagine a time when
canoes plied the Columbia River and its tributaries and controlled all
trade into the interior. Learn all about the Chinook culture from Ray
Gardner and Sam Robinson, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Chinook Nation. 

Those of you familiar with the CHINUK ili’I (pronounced
chin-ook-e-lee-e) food tent at Sunday Market will 
be happy to know that Don and Jody Abing will be selling their
delicious Chinookan Fry Bread in various 
forms at this historic event. Look for their tent on the Museum plaza.


The specifics of the day’s scheduled programs are listed on the
Columbia River Maritime Museum’s web- site at www.crmm.org You may
also access detailed schedule, poster images and more at
http://www.ccrh.org/calendar.php 

Admission- Adults: $10.00 ● Seniors (over 65): $8.00 Children (ages
6-17): $5.00 ● Children under 6: Free
Museum Members are Free 

1792 Marine Drive 
Astoria, Oregon 97103 
Tel 503.325.2323

For more information visit the website at  www.crmm.org 
or contact media rep at clinton at crmm.org