''Chinook'' was a counterculture
underground newspaper
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In specific rec ...
published weekly in
Denver, Colorado
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from Aug. 21, 1969 to Jan. 21, 1972. It was a member of the
Underground Press Syndicate
The Underground Press Syndicate (UPS), later known as the Alternative Press Syndicate (APS), was a network of countercultural newspapers and magazines that operated from 1966 into the late 1970s. As it evolved, the Underground Press Syndicate crea ...
. A total of 117 issues were printed. In 1972 it merged with ''Boulder'' magazine to become ''The Straight Creek Journal'',
[About this newspaper: ''Chinook'']
Chronicling America, Library of Congress
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, retrieved March 25, 2010. which considered itself an
alternative press
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Individual publications
* ''Alternative Press'' (magazine), an American music magazine
Alternative journalism
* Alternative media
** Alternative media (U.S. political left)
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rather than an underground press publication, publishing weekly from Feb. 10, 1972 to Aug. 7, 1980.
[About this newspaper: The Straight Creek journal]
Chronicling America, Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is ...
, retrieved March 25, 2010. According to Abe Peck in his memoir ''Uncovering the Sixties'', the original underground ''Chinook'' started to fall apart after a number of staffers left to become followers of
Guru Maharaj Ji, who visited Denver and established a mission there in late 1971.
[Peck, Abe. ''Uncovering the Sixties:The Life and Times of the Underground Press'' (New York: Citadel, 1991), p. 273.]
From Chinook, Vol 3, No 18, Issue 83:
Staff: Patick Dolan (editor), Kevin Tannenbaum (managing editor), John Loquidis (music), Milton Tea (music), Cosmic Joe (news, calendar). Steve Levince (City), Mike Wheelock and Lini Lieberman (food), Paul Salazar (astrologer), Swami Sivanand (swami), Dan Yurman (housing) Carl Stone, photography).
Other Contributors to ''Chinook'' included
Chip Berlet
John Foster "Chip" Berlet (; born November 22, 1949) is an American investigative journalist, research analyst, photojournalist, scholar, and activist specializing in the study of extreme right-wing movements in the United States. He also stu ...
.
The last issue published was on Valentines Day 1972. The folded (half-tabloid) back cover was by artist John Fish. The open tabloid full front page was by artist Layne Catherine Anderson.
See also
*
List of underground newspapers of the 1960s counterculture
This is a partial list of the local underground newspapers launched during the Sixties era of the hippie/psychedelic/youth/counterculture/New Left/antiwar movements, approximately 1965–1972. This list includes periodically appearing papers of ge ...
Notes
Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
Publications established in 1969
Publications disestablished in 1972
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