THIS TRIBE IS STRONGLY ATTACHED TO THERE HOMELAND BY THE NORTHERN OREGON COAST. THEY HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN AND THEIR ELDERS. THEY BUILD CANOES FOR OCEAN TRAVEL AND ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. MOST OF THESE FOLKS LIVED COMMUNALLY IN VILLAGES AND THEY ALL TOOK PART IN TRADING , VISITING OTHER TRIBES AND MANY GATHERED TOGETHER IN A VILLAGE AT SEASIDE OREGON. THEY WERE CULTURALLY, ECONOMICALLY, AND SOCIALLY INTEGRATED WITH EACH OTHER.
FRANZ BOAS VISITED THE VILLAGES OF THE SEASIDE AREA. HE NOTED FREQUENT INTERMARRIAGE. LATER WRITERS FOUND THE SIMILAR INTEGRATION BETWEEN TRIBES LIVING IN THE PLAINS. THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEAN ON THE NORTH COAST CREATED A NUMBER OF NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE CLATSOP AND MEHALEN PEOPLE BY 1851. GATHERING AT TANSY POINT ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER THE CLATSOP WANTED A TREATY NEGOTIATION WITH A SUPERINTENDENT FROM WASHINGTON DC. MANY OF THE CLATSOP AND NE HALEM PEOPLE REMAINED ON THEIR HOMELAND. AND WERE NOT PART OF THE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE.
AFTER THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN ANGLOS INVADED THEIR LANDS, THESE TWO TRIBES DECIDED TO SHARE POLITICALLY AS THEY BOTH MOVED FORWARD TO GAIN FEDERAL RECOGNITION. IN THE 1980'S THEY ENROLLED MEMBERS TOGETHER AND ESTABLISHED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION TO COORDINATE TRIBAL EFFORTS. TODAY THEY HAVE A STRONG ATTACHMENT TO THEIR HOMELAND.
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