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Chinook
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a large Pacific salmon valued as food, whose adults die after spawning
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Native communities have long relied on Chinook for sustenance.
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the edible pink or white meat of the Chinook salmon
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Smoked chinook has a rich, distinctive flavor.
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a Penutian language historically spoken by the Chinook people of the Pacific Northwest
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Elders shared stories in chinook with younger generations.
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a Native American group of the Pacific Northwest, organized into settlements rather than tribes
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The Chinook relied on fishing, especially salmon, as a primary food source.
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chinook, chinookwind
a warm, dry wind that descends the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, causing a rapid and significant increase in temperature
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The chinook wind dried up the wet, wintry landscape, creating a temporary thaw.
De chinook-wind droogde het natte, winterse landschap op, wat een tijdelijke dooi veroorzaakte.
