Tolowa

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The Tolowa are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of northern California and southern Oregon.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tolowa people 11
Tolowa language 7
Tolowa canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ceremony World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area ⓘ
Northwest Coast ⓘ
currentActivity cultural revitalization ⓘ
language revitalization ⓘ
governingBody Elk Valley Rancheria ⓘ
Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
historicalEvent impacted by the California Gold Rush ⓘ
subject to forced removals ⓘ
subject to massacres in the 19th century ⓘ
language Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
nativeTo Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Northwest
populationTrend declined sharply after European contact ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
region Curry County, Oregon ⓘ
Del Norte County, California ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chetco ⓘ
Hupa ⓘ
Karuk ⓘ
linked to: Karuk people

Tututni ⓘ
Yurok ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Tolowa religion ⓘ
selfDesignation Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni' ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade in marine resources ⓘ
traditionalFood acorns ⓘ
eulachon ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
shellfish ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank house ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial cedar ⓘ
redwood ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
marine mammal hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory northern California coast ⓘ
southern Oregon coast ⓘ
uses redwood dugout canoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Yurok → neighboringPeople → Tolowa ⓘ
Pacific Coast Athabaskan → hasMemberLanguage → Tolowa Dee-ni’ ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Pacific Coast Athabaskan → spokenBy → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Siletz Reservation → homeTo → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Hupa language → closelyRelatedTo → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Tolowa → language → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Tolowa → governingBody → Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Indigenous languages of California → hasLanguage → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Upper Umpqua language → relatedTo → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Tututni → relatedGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Coquille people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Tututni people → neighboringGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Yurok people → neighboringGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Siletz people → historicalLanguage → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Siletz people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Lake Tolowa → culturallySignificantTo → Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Lake Tolowa → namedAfter → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Chetco → neighboringLanguage → Tolowa ⓘ
Bear River Athabaskan → relatedTo → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Cahto → relatedTo → Tolowa ⓘ
Galice Creek people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Upper Coquille → relatedTo → Tolowa language ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Mattole → isRelatedTo → Tolowa ⓘ
Chasta Costa people → relatedGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
Chetco people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa