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Calapooya

Calapooya

9.9
A Native American people from the Willamette Valley in Oregon
  • noun
  • /ˌkæl.əˈpuː.jə/
: Calapooya
  • The Calapooya people have a rich cultural heritage that reflects their history in the Willamette Basin.

Examples

  • Many descendants of the Calapooya continue to celebrate their ancestry and share their traditions with younger generations.

  • During the festival, we learned about the traditional crafts and stories passed down by the Calapooya tribe.

  • His stories have appeared in New Mexico Humanities Review, Other Voices, Calapooya Collage, Utah Holiday, Florida Review, and Kiosk.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • PHOTO (COLOR): Aerial view of the Calapooya River and the forested riparian area next to a turf grass field near Corvallis, Oregon.

    Academic text (1998)

  • PHOTO (COLOR): To measure nitrogen runoff in the Pacific Northwest, plant physiologist Steve Griffith collects water samples from a monitor well inside the riparian zone near the Calapooya River.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

Kalapuya
vsCalapooya
1 9.9

A person from a Native American tribe that lived in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

is the same group but written with an alternate spelling
Calapuya
vsCalapooya
9.9

A Native American people from the Willamette Basin in Oregon, United States

is the same group but written with a variant spelling
Kalapooia
vsCalapooya
9.9

A person from a Native American people of the Willamette Basin in Oregon

is the same group but recorded under another spelling form

Surface Forms

Calapooya singular
Calapooyas plural

Etymology

Calapooya comes from a Native American name for the people who lived in the Willamette Basin in what is now Oregon. So a Calapooya is simply a member of that group or a descendant, which is why the word means that people today.