<div>Verne F. Ray: "Lower Chinook Ethnographic Notes" (University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 1938, pp. 29-165): pages 148-151: "Pheasant, Coon and the Acorns; Coyote turns cottonwood into salmon" - the main character is Coon (here coon = raccoon, not the offensive name for an African-American). It was available on-line as scanned pages, but the link (<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://content-dev.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1585">http://content-dev.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/htmldoc.exe?CISOROOT=/lctext&CISOPTR=1585</A></SPAN>) doesn't work now, at least on my computer.</div> <div> </div> <div>Francisc<BR><BR><B><I>Jordan Fink <jordan@RISEUP.NET></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px;
MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hey there,<BR><BR>I've been pouring through the literature trying to find references in<BR>Chinook mythology to racoons. Does anyone out there have a sense of the<BR>Chinook perspective (not any other tribes) perspective on who Racoon the<BR>character or racoon's in general are.<BR><BR>I'm also trying to find information on if and how the chinook made use of<BR>the lands at the mouth of the columbia, beyond all the wapato. Say around<BR>Astoria, Long beach penninsuala, cape dissapointment, Ft. Stevens down to<BR>gearheart.<BR><BR>And, most particularlly, I'm looking for racoon references in the area at<BR>the mouth of the Columbia.<BR><BR>anyone have any idea? I've been all over the main acedemic databases and<BR>reading with a fine-tooth comb all the BOE reports.<BR><BR>thanks for any and all help,<BR>JOrdan fink<BR><BR>To respond to the CHINOOK list, click 'REPLY ALL'. To respond privately to the sender of a message,
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