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Chinook

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See also: Gift Economy

The Chinook language is a "trading language" of approximately 300 common words used by north american native societies of the northwest. Some of these words have entered the english language through contact with these societies, eg potlatch (a gift-party), skookum (strong) or chuck (a body of water.)