Included within these lands are the drainage basin of Wilson Creek, the drainage basins of all streams entering the Klamath River from its mouth upstream to and including the Bluff Creek and Slate Creek drainage basins, including the village site at Big Bar (except for the drainage basin upstream from the junction of Pine Creek and Snow Camp Creek), and the Canyon Creek (also known as Tank Creek) drainage basin of the Trinity River, the drainage basins of streams entering the ocean or lagoons between the Klamath River and Little River (except for the portion of the Redwood Creek drainage basin beyond the McArthur Creek drainage basin, and except for the portion of the Little River drainage basin which lies six miles up from the ocean). Learn how your comment data is processed. The government was able to suppress the Red Cap Indians and regained control over the upper Yurok Reservation. The goal of the missionary style of teaching was to eliminate the continued use of … Smith’s expedition, though brief, was influential to all other trappers and explorers. When Fort Terwer was established, many Yurok families were relocated and forced to learn farming and the English language. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, An Australian clan: the Nivisions of New England, The Descendants of Meredith Edwards of Westmoreland County, Virginia, The family tree of John Steele, 1842 to 1962, The Pollak Family of Pressburg, Hungary and Vienna, Austria, Southern kith and kin; a record of my children’s ancestors, An Account of the Captivity of Hugh Gibson. When we refer to ourselves we say Oohl, meaning Indian people. Along Klamath River the Yurok language was everywhere uniform, but along the Coast south of the mouth of the Klamath there were three slightly varying dialects, one spoken at Gold Bluff, one at Redwood Creek, and a third at Trinidad, the last differing most from that of the river. For several generations there were times of darkness – no cultural traditions being passed on and the language slowly. Yurok, North American Indians who lived in what is now California along the lower Klamath River and the Pacific coast. They have no name for themselves other than Olekwo’l (‘persons’), sometimes written Alikwa. Their peaceful existence underwent a significant change post the intrusion of non-natives into their territory. Although they were granted access, many faced harsh prejudice and stereotypes. The fact that they were at day schools did not eliminate the constant pressure to forget their language and culture. Non-Indians pursued the timber industry and hired local Indian men to work in the new mills established on the Reservation. Through its community-driven legislative process, the Tribe also created a comprehensive Pesticide Ordinance, and is deploying ongoing public education campaigns to effectively enforce both laws. Yurok Indians (from Karok yuruk, ‘downstream’). On the coast, 6 miles north of the mouth, was Amen’ to the south successively were Ashegen, Eshpeu, Arekw, Tsahpekw, Oketo and other villages on Big lagoon and Tsurau (Trinidad). Children were abused by missionaries for using the Yurok language and observing cultural and ceremonial traditions. Elders recall getting up early in the morning, traveling by canoe to the nearest day school, and returning home late at night. The Reservation was considerably smaller than the Yurok original ancestral territory. All the myths of the Yurok refer to the country which they now inhabit, most of them very specifically localized. 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