Chilula
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Chilula |
| Ethnie: | CHILULA |
| Language: | Hupan |
| Family: | Pacific Coast Athapaskan |
| Stock: | Athapaskan |
| Phylum: | Na-Dene |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwest California |
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| The Chilula were a sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe located just inland along Redwood Creek. They were closely related to and allied with the Hupa. They lost their territories as a result of the gold rush and many were later massacred by the Lassik. The few survivors absorbed into the Hupa and other cultures. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| 18 villages |
| Present Locations |
| A few confederated into the Hupa, otherwise, the tribe is extinct as a culture |
| Year | History |
| 1850 | Territories encroached during gold rush, volunteer military companies forced them to relocate to Hoopa Valley and Fort Bragg; Fort Bragg group attempted to steal home and were massacred by the Lassik |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 500 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1800 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 0 | Census |
| 2000 | 0 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Hupa, Whilcut |
| Chilula Sites |
| Chilula-Whilcut Language http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6010/chindex.html |
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