Chinook-Kalapuya-Takelma Mythology

Chinook-Kalapuya-Takelma Mythology

The mythology Chinook-Kalapuya-Takelma includes the following Native American peoples: Chinook, Kalapuya, Calapooia, Calapuya, Calapooya, Kalapooia, Kalapooya, Takelma

The Chinook were Native Americans who lived on the Pacific coast in northwest North America, in what is now the states of Oregon and Washington. Their territory extended mainly along the Columbia River.

The Kalapuyas (also spelled Calapooia, Calapuya, Calapooya, Kalapooia and Kalapooya) are Native American Indians living in Western Oregon. Their traditional territory extends from the peaks of the Cascade Range in the east to the Oregon Coast Range in the west, and from the Columbia River in the north to the Calapooya Mountains and the Umpqua in the south. Takelma is often grouped into the subgroup of languages penutians of Oregon with the Kalapuyan languages. But this relationship, which is based on the observation of a common vocabulary.

The Takelma are a Native American people living in Oregon, United States. Their traditional language, Takelma, is extinct. Their current territory extends mainly along the Rogue River. Takelma also means “(those) along the river”.