Yurok people

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The Yurok people are a Native American tribe from northwestern California, traditionally living along the lower Klamath River and Pacific coast, known for their fishing, basketry, and rich ceremonial life.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Yurok people canonical 6
Yurok Tribe 4
Yurok 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
ceremony Brush Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jump Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
White Deerskin Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRevitalization ceremonial revival ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
environmentalInitiative Klamath River dam removal advocacy ⓘ
Klamath River salmon restoration efforts ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Yurok Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Yurok Tribal Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEvent impacts from California Gold Rush ⓘ
language Yurok language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Algic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus revival language ⓘ
nativeName Oohl NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringGroup Hupa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karuk people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tolowa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationEstimate over 6,000 enrolled members ⓘ
primaryLocation northwestern California ⓘ
religion Kixunai belief system NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditional Yurok religion ⓘ
reservation Yurok Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
reservationLocation Del Norte County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humboldt County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialStructure patrilineal inheritance ⓘ
village-based society ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
traditionalCurrency dentalium shells ⓘ
traditionalEconomy wealth-based status system ⓘ
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses ⓘ
traditionalMaterial bear grass ⓘ
maidenhair fern ⓘ
redwood ⓘ
spruce root ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence acorn gathering ⓘ
deer hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
sea lion hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Klamath River estuary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific coast of northwestern California ⓘ
Redwood Creek area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trinidad Bay area NERFINISHED ⓘ
lower Klamath River NERFINISHED ⓘ
treaty Treaty of 1851–1852 (unratified) with the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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

Wiyot people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
Shasta people → neighboringGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
Hupa people → neighboringGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
Karuk people → neighboringGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
Klamath Project → hasStakeholder → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok Tribe
Yurok language → spokenBy → Yurok people ⓘ
Yurok language → ethnicGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok
Yurok language → governingBody → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok Tribe
Klamath Basin → hasIndigenousPeople → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok Tribe
Klamath River dam removal project → stakeholder → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok Tribe
California genocide → victim → Yurok people ⓘ
Tolowa → relatedEthnicGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yurok