Eel River Tribes
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Eel River Tribes |
| Ethnie: | EEL RIVER TRIBES |
| Language: | Wailakian |
| Family: | Pacific Coast Athapaskan |
| Stock: | Athapaskan |
| Phylum: | Na-Dene |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwest California |
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| The Eel River tribes were sedentary hunter/gatherer ethnies. They lived along the Eel River and tributaries and as far east as the head of the Mad River. They were all but destroyed by the gold rush miners and settlers. Large numbers have absorbed into other cultures. |
| Tribes |
| Lassik, Nongatl, Sinkyone |
| Present Locations |
| Some descendents scattered in aboriginal territories. |
| Year | History |
| 900 | Probable California arrival date |
| 1850 | Probable influx of miners and settlers into territory with ensuing violence, large group of Chilula massacred by Lassik trying to return home from internment |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 2000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 2000 | Kroeber |
| 1800 | 2000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1900 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 100 | Kroeber |
| 2000 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Cahto, Wailaki |
| Eel River Tribes Sites |
| Carlotta History - Nongatl http://www.humboldt1.com/~cbender/ccsd/history/needinfo.html |
| California Athapaskan Languages http://cgi1.geocities.com/Athens/9479/wailaki.html |
| C. Hart Merriam Map http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~ammon/tsnungwe/map.html |
| Handbook of the Indians of California http://www.qal.berkeley.edu/~kroeber/hicchap1.htm |
| Headwaters and Heartlands http://www.humboldt.net/~gaiajah/headwate.html |
| Lassik Language http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6010/laindex.html |
| Nongatl Language http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6010/noindex.html |
| Nongatl Historical Map http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~ammon/tsnungwe/map.html |
| Round Valley Congressional History http://www.covelo.net/covelo/tribes_rvcongress.html |
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