Whilkut
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Whilkut |
| Ethnie: | WHILKUT (REDWOOD INDIANS) |
| Language: | Hupan |
| Family: | Pacific Coast Athapaskan |
| Stock: | Athapaskan |
| Phylum: | Na-Dene |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwest Californian |
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| The Whilkut were a relatively poor sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe. The Pacific Coast Athapaskans arrived in the area late in the first millennium from Canada. The Whilkut lived on the upper parts of Redwood Creek and the Mad River. They were devastated by the settler and miner influx during the gold rush. Their remote territories resulted in little of their history being recorded though it is known they were not on good terms with the Hupa, a formidable ethnie with whom they shared their language. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| At least 4 villages |
| Present Locations |
| Remnants at HOOPA RESERVATION, Hoopa, others apparently absorbed into the local culture |
| Year | History |
| 1850 | Heavy encroachment during gold rush |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 500 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1800 | 500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1900 | 50 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 50 | Census |
| 2000 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Chilula, Hupan |
| Whilcut Sites |
| Chilula-Whilcut Language http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/6010/chindex.html |
| The Gold Rush Legacy: Greed, Pollution, and Genocide http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/spring98/sp98g_wr.htm |
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