Editing Clatskanie, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[File:Oregon - Cascade Locks through Clatskanie - NARA - 68147280 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Clatskanie in 1933]]
The town was originally called Bryantville after the large family who were among the first filers of Donation Land Claims in the area in 1852–1853. However, the first postmaster, Enoch Conyers, who was married to one of the Bryant daughters, changed the name to Clatskanie after the [[Kwalhioqua-Clatskanie language|Tlatskanai Native American tribe]].{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

According to the [[Clatsop County, Oregon|Clatsop County]] pioneer Silas B. Smith, ''Tlatskanai'' was a point in the [[Nehalem River]] that was reached from the Columbia River by way of the [[Youngs River]] or by way of the Clatskanie River. The native inhabitants, who were not in the habit of naming streams, did not use the word ''Tlatskanai'' for the streams they would follow in order to get to that point, but the white men who settled here later did apply the name to the streams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/oregon/|title=Oregon Indian Tribes|date=9 July 2011 }}</ref>

Many of Clatskanie's inhabitants are of [[Nordic countries|Nordic]] heritage, specifically [[Finland|Finnish]], [[Sweden|Swedish]], and [[Norway|Norwegian]].<ref name=6J>{{cite web |url=http://www.csd.k12.or.us/?q=node/9 |title= The City of Clatskanie |publisher= [[Clatskanie School District]]}}</ref>