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Hupa, like many tribes in the area, fish for salmon in the Klamath and Trinity rivers. One of the methods they once used to capture fish was the fish weir, which tribal members would maintain. Hupa share all of their fishing practices with the neighboring Yurok [10] Hupa tribal fishers and their families rely on the Spring and Fall Chinook ...
Hupa (native name: Na꞉tinixwe Mixine꞉wheʼ, lit. "language of the Hoopa Valley people") is an Athabaskan language (of Na-Dené stock) spoken along the lower course of the Trinity River in Northwestern California by the Hoopa Valley Hupa (Na꞉tinixwe) and Tsnungwe/South Fork Hupa (Tse꞉ningxwe) and, before European contact, by the Chilula and Whilkut peoples, to the west.
The Tsnungwe (current Hupa-language orthography, own name: Tse:ningxwe - "Tse:ning-din (Ironside Mountain) People") or Tsanunghwa are a Native American people indigenous to the modern areas of the lower South Fork Trinity River (yisinch'ing-qeh), Willow Creek (xoxol-ding), Salyer (miy-me'), Burnt Ranch (tse:n-ding / tse:ning-ding) and New River (Yiduq-nilin) along the Trinity River (hun ...
The Hupa people of modern times number in the several thousands and live in the Hoopa Valley located in Humboldt County, California. The oral literature of the Hupa is markedly similar to that of their linguistically unrelated neighbors, the Karuk and Yurok. It differs from the traditional narratives of most California groups, but shows ...
Hupa are a Native American people in northwestern California (including the Federally recognized Hoopa Valley Tribe). Hupa or Hoopa can refer to: Hupa language, the Athabaskan language of the Hupa people; Hupa traditional narratives; USS Hupa (SP-650), a United States Navy ship
The Blue Lake Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Wiyot, Yurok, and Hupa Indians located northwest of the city of Blue Lake in Humboldt County, California on approximately 76 acres (0.31 km 2). [1] As of 2007, there were 53 enrolled members. [2] As of the 2010 Census the population of Blue Lake Rancheria was 58. [3]
Their languages were similar to each other, but differed from the northern California tribes whose languages were also part of the Athapaskan family. They are not to be confused with the Apachean peoples (the Apache and Navajo ) - also known as Southern Athabascans - of the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico , who speak the Southern ...
The Hupa women's coming-of-age ceremony can last for three, five, or ten days. The ceremony, called The Flower Dance, is a public celebration within the tribe that is held when a girl starts menstruating. [7] There are specific practices and rituals in place that are important to the Hupa people because of the strong historical tradition.