Published In
Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
6-2013
Subjects
Chinookan Indians--Lower Columbia River Watershed (Or. and Wash.) -- History, Chinookan Indians -- Lower Columbia River Watershed (Or. and Wash.) -- Social life and customs, Lower Columbia River Watershed (Or. and Wash.) -- History, Lower Columbia River Watershed (Or. and Wash.) -- Social life and customs
Abstract
This chapter, included in Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia, published by the University of Washington Press in 2013, explores disease and demography of the Lower Columbia River Chinookan peoples. In the first century of contact, the Lower Columbia Chinookans suffered more from the effects of introduced diseases and depopulation than almost any other Native peoples in the Northwest. Yet they survived, and their numbers are increasing. This chapter is a history of Lower Chinookan disease and population, from the aboriginal state, through the disruptive early contact years, up to the rebound and revitalization of the last century.
Rights
© 2013. Reprinted with permission of the University of Washington Press.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/25540
Citation Details
Boyd, Robert T., "Lower Chinookan Disease and Demography," in Chinookan Peoples of the Lower Columbia River, pages 229-249. University of Washington Press (June 2013)
Description
The online supplemental materials for this chapter are available online.