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The tribe native to my locale is the Cathlapotle, a Chinookian sub-group, and here is their creation story.

Originally Posted by Chinook

Long, long ago, when Old Man South Wind was traveling north, he met an old woman who was a giant.
"Will you give me some food?" asked South Wind. "I am very hungry."
"I have no food," answered the giantess, "but here is a net. You can catch some fish for yourself if you wish."
So Old Man South Wind dragged the net down to the ocean and with it caught a little whale. Taking out his knife, he was about to cut the whale and take out the blubber.
But the old giantess cried out, "Do not cut it crossways. Take a sharp knife and split it down the back."
But South Wind did not take to heart what the old woman was saying. He cut the fish crossways and began to take off some blubber.
He was startled to see the fish change into a huge bird. It was so big that when it flew into the air, it hid the sun, and the noise of its wings shook the earth. It was Thunderbird.
Thunderbird flew to the north and lit on the top of the Saddleback Mountain, near the mouth of the Columbia River. There it laid a nest full of eggs.
The old giantess followed the bird until she found its nest. She broke one egg, but it was not good. She threw it down the mountainside.
Before the egg reached the valley, it became an Indian.
The old giantess broke some other eggs and then threw them down the mountainside. They too became Indians. Each of Thunderbird's eggs became an Indian. ...

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