Yuki
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Yuki |
| Ethnie: | YUKI |
| Language: | Yukian |
| Family: | Yukian |
| Stock: | Yukian |
| Phylum: | Macro-Penutian |
| Macro-Culture: | Kuksu (some elements of the Northwestern California macro-culture) |
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| The Yuki were a sedentary hunter/gatherer nation. Uncharacteristic of northern California tribes, the Yuki often had armed conflicts with their neighbors. They occupied the entire Eel River drainage above the north fork except for an area occupied by the Huchnom. They were all but exterminated by settlers. The linguistic connection of the Yuki to the Penutian is in dispute. Some believe that the Yukians were the first inhabitants of California. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Subdivisions: Huititno'm, Onkolukomno'm, Sukshaltatano'm, Ta'no'm, Ukomno'm, Utitno'm, Witukomno'm |
| Present Locations |
| ROUND VALLEY RESERVATION, Covelo |
| Groups With Recognition Petitions Pending |
| YOKAYO TRIBE OF INDIANS, Ukiah |
| Year | History |
| 1838 | Smallpox epidemic |
| 1850 | Gold rush, miners and settlers encroached onto territory, violence and genocide followed |
| 1856 | Nome cult Indian farm established at Round Valley |
| 1862 | Squatters took over 80% of reservation, massacred 45 |
| 1871 | Episcopal mission founded at Round Valley, day school started; began to practice Ghost Dance |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 2,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 2,000 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1800 | 2,000 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1864 | 300 | ARCIA |
| 1870 | 238 | ARCIA |
| 1880 | 168 | Census |
| 1900 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 95 | Census |
| 1910 | 100 | Kroeber |
| 1937 | 50 | Foster estimate |
| 1973 | 32 | BIA |
| 2000 | 100 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| Coast Yuki, Huchnom |
| Yuki Sites |
| Round Valley - Contemporary Insight http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9-2-95/indianwars.html |
| Round Valley Indian Reservation History http://www.covelo.net/covelo/tribes_history.html |
| Yuki - ES Curtis http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/yuki.html |
| Yuki - SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/Native%20Web%20Pages/yukians.html |
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