![]() ![]() Image via / / Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle All Rights Reserved Stillaguamish Tribe, Snohomish County, Washington Frank Allen and Esther Ross looking at a map to plan tribal fish-in, 1968. He continued to champion the cause of the Wasco Nation until his death on December 9, 1890.īilly is buried in the Warm Springs Agency Cemetery. Billy was also a signatory to the treaty that eventually established the Warm Springs Reservation. In 1855 he represented the Wasco Nation at treaty negotiations with the U.S. In 1853 Billy wrote a letter to Joel Palmer, Oregon Superintendent of Indian Affairs asking him to protect native lands at The Dalles area from encroachment by non-native settlers. Using his excellent English skills he was able to become an invaluable assistant to his people. Image via / Maryhill Museum of Artīilly settled with his wife on a land claim at his native village near The Dalles, Oregon in 1851 and set to work. Wasco Twined Bag Showing Frog and Sturgeon Motifs, 19th century. Over the following years, he traveled around the US with Frémont and attended college at Columbian University in Washington D.C.īy the time Billy returned to Oregon with his Californian/Mexican wife he was ready to use his time spent with white folks to his advantage. Frémont who were on an expedition through Central Oregon territory. In 1843 when he was about 17-years-old, Billy was recruited as a guide by famed white explorers Kit Carson and John C. Billy was an orphan raised and baptized Methodist by the Reverend Jason Lee of the Wascopam Mission. However, there is an important man behind the name.īilly Chinook (William Parker) was born around 1827 in the area that would become The Dalles, Oregon. When you search the internet for “Billy Chinook”, most results consist of the Central Oregon lake named after him by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Wasco Tribe, Oregon Tsagaglalal, or “She Who Watches”. ![]()
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