Originally a legacy project created in part by The Center for Columbia River History (CCRH), the Lower Columbia River Chinookan Communities Project at chinookstory.org includes short narratives, images, primary documents, video and audio interviews, and recorded public talks.
CCRH staff, Dr. Katrine Barber (Portland State University), Dr. Candice Goucher (WSU Vancouver), and Donna Sinclair (CCRH program manager for the Washington State Historical Society) worked with community and academic partners, and members of the Chinook Indian Nation to explore questions of historical interpretation.
The collective work represents two day-long programs funded by Oregon Humanities, a day-long teacher workshop at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse, two Portland State University classes, a PSU Chinook oral history project, and the 2010 James B. Castles Lecture.
The materials here were made possible by a generous grant from The Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, a non-profit dedicated to promoting educational programs of the Ridgefield NWR, a unit of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.