This has created political tension between the two groups that have yet to be resolved. The Nehalem and Tillamook-Siletz whose land stretches from Seaside, OR South to Cape Foul Weather, OR speak a Salish language called Tillamook. A small group of Clatsop dropped from the Chinook roles in 2003 and enrolled with the Nehalem creating a new designation that they are refering to as Clatsop-Nehalem. * The Clatsop are situated in Clatsop County, OR from the Columbia River South to Tillamook Bay, East to the Willamette River, OR * The Lower Chinook are situated in today's Pacific County at the Columbia River from the ocean North up Long Beach Peninsula, WA and East to Wahkiakum Co, WA * The Cathlamet are situated in today's Wahkiakum County, WA from Cathlamet West to Cowlitz County, WA * The Wahkiakum are situated in today's Wahkiakum County, WA from Rosburg to Cathlamet and 50 miles North *The Willapa are situated North in today's Pacific County, WA and include the islands and land on the East and South shores of Willapa Bay Each tribe negotiated the treaty with the following result: At that time each group sought to secure separate treaties and to be listed as Chinook Tribes in order to stay on their anestral lands and not be grouped together on one big Reservation.
The Clatsop and the Lower Chinook, Cathlamet, Wahliakum and Willapa have been a distinct group for at least two generations prior to the signing of the 1851 Tansey Point Treaty. They were well known as traders, and plied up and down the WashingtonĬoast in their mighty ocean going canoes. Some of the best sources on the subject are the websites of the tribes themselves.Ĭounty in Washington. Over the years the information published on the various tribes has spawned so many inaccuracies that it is difficult today to understand their true nature. "bands" and within the bands it was divided into family groups. Within the tribes it was broken down into individual However, it is important to note that the tribes are part of a larger grouping known today as Confederated Tribes. The term most often heard when describing groups of indians is "tribe".
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