Tolowa

E417258

Indigenous people Native American people ethnic group

The Tolowa are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of northern California and southern Oregon.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Tolowa canonical	2
Tolowa language	2
Tolowa people	2
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation	1
Tolowa Dee-ni’	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ceremony	World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRegion	California cultural area ⓘ Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ surface form: Northwest Coast
currentActivity	cultural revitalization ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ
governingBody	Elk Valley Rancheria ⓘ Tolowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation
historicalEvent	impacted by the California Gold Rush ⓘ subject to forced removals ⓘ subject to massacres in the 19th century ⓘ
language	Tolowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tolowa language
languageFamily	Athabaskan language family ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene language family
nativeTo	Pacific Northwest ⓘ surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
populationTrend	declined sharply after European contact ⓘ
recognizedAs	federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
region	Curry County, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Del Norte County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Chetco ⓘ Hupa ⓘ Karuk people ⓘ surface form: Karuk Tututni ⓘ Yurok people ⓘ surface form: Yurok
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Tolowa religion ⓘ
selfDesignation	Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni' ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ canoe building ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	trade in marine resources ⓘ
traditionalFood	acorns ⓘ eulachon ⓘ salmon ⓘ shellfish ⓘ
traditionalHousing	plank house ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial	cedar ⓘ redwood ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ marine mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	northern California coast ⓘ southern Oregon coast ⓘ
uses	redwood dugout canoes ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yurok → neighboringPeople → Tolowa ⓘ

Pacific Coast Athabaskan → hasMemberLanguage → Tolowa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa Dee-ni’

Pacific Coast Athabaskan → spokenBy → Tolowa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa people

Siletz Reservation → homeTo → Tolowa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa people

Hupa language → closelyRelatedTo → Tolowa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa language

Tolowa → language → Tolowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa language

Tolowa → governingBody → Tolowa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation