Victoria Howard

Victoria Howard
Howard in 1919
Howard in 1919
Native name
Wishikin
BornVictoria Wacheno
September 1865
Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon
DiedSeptember 26, 1930(1930-09-26) (aged 65)
Oregon City, Oregon
Occupationstoryteller
LanguageEnglish, Upper Chinook language, Molala language
NationalityConfederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, American (after 1924)
GenreNative American studies
SpouseEustace Howard, West Linn
ParentsSarah Quiaquaty Wishikin, William Wishikin

Victoria Howard, also Victoria (Wishikin) Wacheno Howard (c. 1865–1930), was a Clackamas Chinook storyteller from Oregon, USA. She was a Molala, Clackamas, and Tualatin citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.

Howard's songs and stories were dictated, transcribed, and published as Clackamas Chinook Texts.[1] They were used as classroom reading texts for Indigenous school children and are now regarded as a rich record of the Indigenous northwest Oregon storytelling and performance art.[2]

  1. ^ "Clackamas Chinook texts., by Melville Jacobs | The Online Books Page". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  2. ^ "Victoria (Wishikin) Wacheno Howard (c. 1865-1930)". www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05.