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Today, Clackamas people are enrolled in the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon. In 1806, Lewis and Clark estimated their population to be 1,800. At the time the tribe lived in 12 villages located from the lower Columbia River to an area what is now called Oregon City. They resided towards the east side of the Willamette ...
This map outside the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park visitor center points visitors to the various historical landmarks within the park, including the reconstructed Fort Clatsop. The federal park began as Fort Clatsop National Memorial which was established on May 29, 1958.
The Native American term for Sauvie Island was Wappatoo Island. The Multnomah people shared Sauvie Island with other Chinook tribes under the collective name The Cathlascans. [5] Furthermore, the Multnomah people were considered “upper Chinook” and spoke the Wasco-wishram language. [6] An overview of the Columbia River and Sauvie Island [7]
Native American heritage sites are sites specifically created in many National Park Sites in the United States to commemorate the contribution of the Native American cultures. The term ‘Native American’ includes all cultural groups that predate the arrival of either western European or East coast explorers and settlers.
Lewis and Clark reported "that about 300 Cathlamet occupied nine plank houses on the south side of the Columbia River", [4] and lived between Tongue Point and Puget Island in Clatsop County, Oregon. [5] On the north side, they lived "from the mouth of Grays Bay to a little east of Oak Point." [3] Clark wrote: November 11th Monday 1805
Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in west central Montana, United States. Spanning 2,912 square miles (7,500 km 2 ). The region was inhabited by various cultures of Native Americans for a period of at least 8,000–10,000 years.
One of Thomas Jefferson's goals was to find "the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce." He also placed special importance on declaring US sovereignty over the land occupied by the many different Native American tribes along the Missouri River, and getting an accurate sense of the resources in the recently completed Louisiana Purchase.