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Hupa people migrated from the north into northern California around 1000 CE [2] and settled in Hoopa Valley, California (Hupa: Natinook). Their heritage language is Hupa, which is a member of the Athabaskan language family. Their land stretched from the South Fork of the Trinity River to Hoopa Valley, to the Klamath River in California.
Hoopa (formerly Hupa, Ho-pah, Hoo-pah, Hupo, and Up-pa) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 10 miles (16 km) south of Weitchpec , [ 3 ] at an elevation of 328 feet (100 m). [ 1 ]
The Trinity River (Yurok: Hoopa or Hupa; Hupa: hun') is a major river in northwestern California in the United States and is the principal tributary of the Klamath River.The Trinity flows for 165 miles (266 km) through the Klamath Mountains and Coast Ranges, with a watershed area of nearly 3,000 square miles (7,800 km 2) in Trinity and Humboldt Counties.
The primary language was the Tsnungwe dialect of Hupa, and the secondary language was Chimariko, although spoken with a Hupa accent. [ 3 ] The Tsnungwe include two sub-groups called łe:lxwe ('People of łe:l-ding ') after their most important settlement and religious center, and the Chima:lxwe' / Chimalakwe / Tł'oh-mitah-xwe ('grass, prairies ...
Hupa traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Hupa, Chilula, and Whilkut people of the Trinity River basin and vicinity of northwestern California. The Hupa people of modern times number in the several thousands and live in the Hoopa Valley located in Humboldt County, California .
Fort Gaston was founded on December 4, 1859, in the redwood forests of the Hoopa Valley, in Northern California, on the west bank of the Trinity River, 14 miles (23 km) from where the Trinity flows into the Klamath River.
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 De-No-To Cultural District, also known as the Trinity Summit Area is a Hupa cultural site near Hoopa, California.The area serves as a religious site for the Hupa, and the people still conduct religious ceremonies at sites in the district.