Chilula people

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Chilula people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Coast–California borderlands ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo Hupa people ⓘ
Mattole people ⓘ
Whilkut people ⓘ
culturalRegion Northwest California culture area ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasEthnonym Chilula ⓘ
hasOriginalInhabitantsOf Redwood Creek valley ⓘ
historicalPopulationTrend decline after European-American contact ⓘ
historicalStatus largely assimilated ⓘ
indigenousTo Redwood Creek watershed ⓘ
languageBranch Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linguisticallyRelatedTo Hupa language speakers ⓘ
Whilkut language speakers ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern California ⓘ
nativeTo California ⓘ
neighboringGroup Hupa people ⓘ
Whilkut people ⓘ
Yurok people ⓘ
partOf Athabaskan-speaking peoples of California ⓘ
recognizedAs Athabaskan-speaking tribe of California ⓘ
region Humboldt County, California ⓘ
linked to: Humboldt County

Redwood Creek drainage ⓘ
linked to: Redwood Creek
relatedEthnicGroup Hupa people ⓘ
Mattole people ⓘ
Whilkut people ⓘ
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 ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Redwood Creek ⓘ
traditionalTransportation dugout canoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hupa people → neighboringGroup → Chilula people ⓘ
Chilula → associatedPeople → Chilula people ⓘ