Yurok
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FOUR DIRECTIONS
INSTITUTE Yurok |
| Ethnie: | YUROK |
| Language: | Yurok |
| Family: | Yurok |
| Stock: | Ritwan |
| Phylum: | Macro-Algonquian |
| Macro-Culture: | Northwestern California |
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| The Yurok were a sedentary coastal hunter/gatherer nation that relied heavily on fishing. They occupied the valley of the lower Klamath River and the neighboring coast. They are related only to the Wiyot and traded with their neighbors, particularly the Hupa. They were the hub of the Northwestern California tradition. They were relatively rich materially as well as in tradition. Nonetheless, they suffered severely from the White influx. |
| Aboriginal Locations |
| Subdivisions (# of villages): Coastal, River (53) |
| Present Locations |
| ELK VALLEY RANCHERIA, Crescent City |
| HOOPA EXTENSION RESERVATION, Hoopa |
| TRINIDAD RANCHERIA, Trinidad |
| Year | History |
| AD 1300 | Dating of earliest Yurok archeological site, Hum-118 |
| 1775 | Visited by Bodega, Hezeta, de la Campa, Mourelle, and Perez respectively; iron present among tribe |
| 1827 | Hudson Bay company traders arrived |
| 1828 | Visited by Jedediah Smith, noted iron knives and arrow points |
| 1850 | Real estate development schemes stepped up White influx, violence ensued |
| 1851 | Gold rush from minor discovery at Gold Bluffs to the north |
| 1988 | Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act divided lands |
| Year | Population | Source |
| 1700 | 2,500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1770 | 2,500 | Kroeber estimate |
| 1800 | 2,500 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1900 | 700 | NAHDB calculation |
| 1910 | 688 | Census |
| 1930 | 471 | Census |
| 1981 | 1,917 | BIA |
| 2000 | 2,300 | NAHDB calculation |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
| Yurok Sites: |
| Alfred Kroeber ... Yurok http://www.qal.berkeley.edu/~kroeber/ |
| The Gold Rush Legacy: Greed, Pollution, and Genocide http://www.earthisland.org/eijournal/spring98/sp98g_wr.htm |
| Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~nasp/hoopa.html |
| Yurok http://kroeber.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/northamerica/yurok.html |
| Yurok - ES Curtis http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/yurok.html |
| Yurok photos http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~rwj1/yur.html |
| Yurok Home Page http://www.tidepool.com/toadeye/ |
| Yurok Home Page http://yurok.homepage.com/ |
| Yurok Indians (student project) http://www.cuca.k12.ca.us/la/students/yurok.html |
| Yurok Indian Smoked Salmon http://www.geocities.com:0080/Yosemite/9758/ssal51.htm |
| Yurok Indian Village - Patrick Point http://cal-parks.ca.gov/DISTRICTS/ncrd/ppsp/yurok.html |
| Yurok Literature http://www.whitestareagle.com/natlit/yurok.htm |
| Yurok Tribe http://www.yuroktribe.nsn.us/ |
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