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 14
Yurok Tribe 7
Yurok 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
ceremony Brush Dance ⓘ
Jump Dance ⓘ
White Deerskin Dance ⓘ
World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRevitalization ceremonial revival ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
environmentalInitiative Klamath River dam removal advocacy ⓘ
Klamath River salmon restoration efforts ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
governingBody Yurok Tribal Council ⓘ
historicalEvent impacts from California Gold Rush ⓘ
language Yurok language ⓘ
languageFamily Algic languages ⓘ
languageStatus revival language ⓘ
nativeName Oohl ⓘ
neighboringGroup Hupa people ⓘ
Karuk people ⓘ
Tolowa people ⓘ
linked to: Tolowa
populationEstimate over 6,000 enrolled members ⓘ
primaryLocation northwestern California ⓘ
religion Kixunai belief system ⓘ
linked to: Kuksu religion

traditional Yurok religion ⓘ
reservation Yurok Reservation ⓘ
linked to: Yurok
reservationLocation Del Norte County, California ⓘ
Humboldt County, California ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt County
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 ⓘ
Pacific coast of northwestern California ⓘ
Redwood Creek area ⓘ
Trinidad Bay area ⓘ
lower Klamath River ⓘ
linked to: Klamath River
treaty Treaty of 1851–1852 (unratified) with the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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 Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Yurok language → spokenBy → Yurok people ⓘ
Yurok language → ethnicGroup → Yurok ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Yurok language → governingBody → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Klamath Basin → hasIndigenousPeople → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Klamath River dam removal project → stakeholder → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
California genocide → victim → Yurok people ⓘ
Brush Dance → practicedBy → Yurok people ⓘ
Jump Dance → practicedBy → Yurok people ⓘ
Tolowa → relatedEthnicGroup → Yurok ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Trinity River Restoration Program → hasParticipant → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Theodora Kroeber → ethnicGroupDocumented → Yurok people ⓘ
subject linked to: Theodora
Yurok people → federallyRecognizedTribe → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Chilula people → neighboringGroup → Yurok people ⓘ
Trinidad, California → hasNearbyTribe → Yurok Tribe ⓘ
linked to: Yurok people
Mattole people → neighboringPeople → Yurok people ⓘ