Editing Clatsop (section)

== Successor groups ==

=== Chinook Indian Nation ===
The [[Chinook Indian Nation]] is an unrecognized group which claims descent from the Clatsop people. In January 2001, the Chinook Indian Nation gained official federal recognition through an executive order by President [[Bill Clinton]]. The Chinook's legal status was reversed by the [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] soon after taking office. The [[wikt: bicentennial|bicentennial]] of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 2004–2006 provided renewed interest in the status of the Clatsop and Chinook.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

=== Clatsop-Nehalem ===
The [[Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes]] are an unrecognized group who claim descent from the Clatsop people. The Confederated Tribes have approximately 200 members. The confederation formed between the Clatsop and their southern neighbors, the Salishan-speaking Nehalem.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}

In May 2020, the North Coast Land Conservancy transferred {{convert|18.6|acres}} of its Neawanna Point Habitat Preserve, located on the north Oregon coast, to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes.<ref name="Frankowicz">{{cite news |last=Frankowicz |first=Katie |date=5 May 2020 |title=Tribes regain foothold in South County |url=https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/local/tribes-regain-foothold-in-south-county/article_d29870aa-8ee5-11ea-9e97-7f13ef59ae12.html |access-date=8 May 2020 |work=The Astorian}}</ref> The area, located between [[Seaside, Oregon|Seaside]] and [[Gearhart, Oregon]], consists of saltmarsh and [[Sitka spruce]] forest on the Necanicum [[Estuary]] at the north end of Seaside. The Neawanna and the Neacoxie creeks meet the [[Necanicum River]], which flows to the Pacific. The Clatsop had known this area by the name ''{{Lang|chh|niáx̣̣aqši}}'' or "place of little pines".{{Sfn|Zenk|Hajda|Boyd|2016|p=9}}<ref name="Frankowicz" /> This is the first land owned by the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes since they were displaced by European Americans beginning nearly 200 years ago.<ref name="nclctrust">{{cite web |last=Frankowicz |first=Katie |date=5 May 2020 |title=NCLC returns ancient cultural site to Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes |url=https://nclctrust.org/nclc-returns-ancient-cultural-site/ |access-date=20 Jun 2020 |work=The Astorian}}</ref>

=== Others ===
Other tribes in the region, such as the [[Quinault Indian Nation|Quinault]], [[Siletz]],<ref name=":0" /> and [[Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon|Grand Ronde]], also have enrollees of Clatsop descent.{{Cn|date=August 2024}}