Calapooya (Noun)
Meaning
A member of the North American Indian people of Oregon.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Calapooya were a group of indigenous peoples who traditionally resided in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
- A Calapooya family lived in a longhouse made of cedar planks and roofed with mats of cattail or tule.
- In the 19th century, the Calapooya population was drastically reduced due to disease and forced relocation.
- The Calapooya people were skilled traders and navigators, traveling along the rivers and streams of the Willamette Valley.
- The language of the Calapooya people is an extinct member of the Kalapuyan language family.