Chilula people

E557871

The Chilula people are an Indigenous group of northwestern California traditionally living along Redwood Creek, closely related culturally and linguistically to other Athabaskan-speaking tribes of the region.

Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalArea Northwest Coast–California borderlands NERFINISHED
culturallyRelatedTo Hupa people NERFINISHED
Mattole people NERFINISHED
Whilkut people NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Northwest California culture area NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasEthnonym Chilula NERFINISHED
hasOriginalInhabitantsOf Redwood Creek valley NERFINISHED
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European-American contact
historicalStatus largely assimilated
indigenousTo Redwood Creek watershed NERFINISHED
languageBranch Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
languageFamily Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
linguisticallyRelatedTo Hupa language speakers
Whilkut language speakers
locatedIn northwestern California
nativeTo California NERFINISHED
neighboringGroup Hupa people NERFINISHED
Whilkut people NERFINISHED
Yurok people NERFINISHED
partOf Athabaskan-speaking peoples of California
recognizedAs Athabaskan-speaking tribe of California
region Humboldt County, California NERFINISHED
Redwood Creek drainage NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Hupa people NERFINISHED
Mattole people NERFINISHED
Whilkut people NERFINISHED
traditionalCraft basketry
traditionalEconomy acorn gathering
salmon fishing
traditionalEnvironment redwood forest
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses
traditionalReligion Native American traditional religion
traditionalResourceUse acorns
redwood trees
salmon
traditionalRiver Redwood Creek NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Redwood Creek NERFINISHED
traditionalTransportation dugout canoes

Referenced by (1)

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

Hupa people neighboringGroup Chilula people