Editing Clatsop (section)

== Culture and society ==
The Clatsop had designated headmen but were socially flexible.{{Clarify|reason=What does "socially flexible" mean?|date=August 2024}} Individual families affiliated with one another in small villages and seasonal camps located near food sources.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

=== Language ===
The Clatsop spoke a dialect of the [[Lower Chinookan language]], which is now extinct.{{Sfn|Zenk|Hajda|Boyd|2016|p=9}} Most Clatsops spoke [[Chinook Jargon]] by the time [[Lewis and Clark Expedition|Lewis and Clark]]'s Corps of Discovery made contact with them.<ref>([[J. R. Holton|Holton, J. R.]], Chinook Wawa, 2004)</ref>{{fcn|date=May 2020}} Some spoke [[Tillamook language|Nehalem]], reflecting intermarriage and cohabitation with that tribe.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

Chinook Jargon is a trade language and was once used throughout much of the Pacific Northwest. Many place names in the area come from the Chinook Jargon, for example, [[Ecola State Park|Ecola Creek and Park]] — "whale".{{Cn|date=August 2024}}