On October 3, the Chinook Indian Nation and the tall ship Lady Washington will commemorate the first meeting of Chinookan people with citizens from the young United States.
In 1792, sixty thousand Chinookan people lived along the lower Columbia River. When Robert Gray visited the river that year, the Chinook were masters of one hub of a trading network that extended up the Columbia River as far as Montana and along the Pacific Coast to southeast Alaska and California.
A free living history event titled, “Chinook Nation - U.S.A.: International Trading Partners, 1792-2010” will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Sunday, October 3. The program is offered through a partnership between the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, the Washington State Historical Society, the Chinook Nation, the National Park Service and the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority.
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