"Eulachon" among the Kwakwaka'wakw

[Alan H. Hartley]

Terry Glavin wrote:

> Byram and Lewis, in the Oregon Historical quarterly a couple of years 
> back, argue that "Oregeon" owes its name to oolichan, in a roundabout way.

OHQ 102:2 (2001) 126-57

But see Goddard & Love (OHQ 105:2 (2004) 238-59) who consider the 
oolichan-Oregon thesis interesting but wrong. They derive "Oregon" from 
an Eastern Algonquian word for 'beautiful [river]'.

Alan

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