Wiyot

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Algic language Native American people federally recognized tribe indigenous people island massacre

The Wiyot are a Native American people indigenous to the Humboldt Bay region of northwestern California, known for their distinct language, coastal culture, and tragic history of the 1860 massacre on Indian Island.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wiyot canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algic language ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
federally recognized tribe ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
island ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culture coastal culture ⓘ
currentActivity cultural revitalization ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
ethnicGroup Wiyot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
event 1860 Wiyot massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation Loleta, California ⓘ
historicalLanguageStatus moribund ⓘ
nearly extinct ⓘ
indigenousTo Humboldt Bay ⓘ
surface form: Humboldt Bay region

Northern California ⓘ
surface form: northwestern California
language Wiyot language ⓘ
languageFamily Algic ⓘ
location Humboldt Bay ⓘ
Indian Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite Indian Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of California ⓘ
surface form: California Native American tribes
pointInTime 1860 ⓘ
populationRegion Humboldt County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedTribe Wiyot people ⓘ
surface form: Wiyot Tribe
region northwestern California ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Hupa ⓘ
Karuk people ⓘ
surface form: Karuk

Yurok ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
traditionalCeremony World Renewal ceremony ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
traditionalEconomy acorn gathering ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Eel River estuary ⓘ
surface form: Eel River lower course

Humboldt Bay ⓘ
Mad River NERFINISHED ⓘ
victim Wiyot self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Yurok → neighboringPeople → Wiyot ⓘ
Algic → hasPart → Wiyot ⓘ
Wiyot language → alternativeName → Wiyot ⓘ
Wiyot language → ethnicity → Wiyot ⓘ
Wiyot → victim → Wiyot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: 1860 Wiyot massacre
Wiyot → ethnicGroup → Wiyot self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Wiyot Tribe