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Culturally, our people are known as great fishermen, eelers, basket weavers, canoe makers, storytellers, singers, dancers, healers and strong medicine people. Before we were given the name "Yurok" we referred to ourselves and others in our area using our Indian language.

The Yurok tribe used canoes to travel up and down the Klamath River and the coast of California for trading, fishing and hunting. Here is a website with pictures of different Native boats.

The Yurok Tribe is the largest federally recognized Indian tribe in California and has a reservation that straddles the majestic Klamath River, extending for one mile on each side of the river, from its entry into the Pacific Ocean to approximately 45 miles upriver to the confluence with the Trinity River.

Unemployment and poverty rates remain high, with approximately 35 percent of tribal members living below the federal poverty line and unemployment rates of up to 80 percent in some areas. Many residents have very limited access to basic goods, services, electric- ity, and employment.

The Yurok Tribe is currently the largest group of Native Americans in the state of California, with 6357 enrolled members living in or around the reservation.

The Yurok Tribe is the largest federally recognized Indian tribe in California and has a reservation that straddles the majestic Klamath River, extending for one mile on each side of the river, from its entry into the Pacific Ocean to approximately 45 miles upriver to the confluence with the Trinity River.

Today, the Yuroks have made a remarkable recovery. They're the most populous tribe in California, with more than 5,500 members.

The traditional Yurok economy focused on salmon and acorns. The people also produced excellent basketry and made canoes from redwood trees, selling them to inland tribes. Wealth was counted in strings of dentalium shells, obsidian blades, woodpecker scalps, and albino deerskins.

Native People From several Yurok villages within what is now Humboldt Lagoons State Park, people fished for salmon, trout, and steelhead, as well as marine mammals and shellfish. Canoes of hollowed-out redwoods carried the Yurok between villages and food sources.

The Yurok built rectangular houses using wood from redwood trees. They hunted, fished, and gathered nuts, berries, and other wild plant foods. Their most important foods were salmon and acorns. The Yurok wove baskets and made dugout canoes from redwoods.

Culturally, our people are known as great fishermen, eelers, basket weavers, canoe makers, storytellers, singers, dancers, healers and strong medicine people. Before we were given the name "Yurok" we referred to ourselves and others in our area using our Indian language.

The Yurok tribe used canoes to travel up and down the Klamath River and the coast of California for trading, fishing and hunting. Here is a website with pictures of different Native boats.

The Yurok Tribe is the largest federally recognized Indian tribe in California and has a reservation that straddles the majestic Klamath River, extending for one mile on each side of the river, from its entry into the Pacific Ocean to approximately 45 miles upriver to the confluence with the Trinity River.

Unemployment and poverty rates remain high, with approximately 35 percent of tribal members living below the federal poverty line and unemployment rates of up to 80 percent in some areas. Many residents have very limited access to basic goods, services, electric- ity, and employment.

The Yurok Tribe is currently the largest group of Native Americans in the state of California, with 6357 enrolled members living in or around the reservation.

The Yurok Tribe is the largest federally recognized Indian tribe in California and has a reservation that straddles the majestic Klamath River, extending for one mile on each side of the river, from its entry into the Pacific Ocean to approximately 45 miles upriver to the confluence with the Trinity River.

Today, the Yuroks have made a remarkable recovery. They're the most populous tribe in California, with more than 5,500 members.

The traditional Yurok economy focused on salmon and acorns. The people also produced excellent basketry and made canoes from redwood trees, selling them to inland tribes. Wealth was counted in strings of dentalium shells, obsidian blades, woodpecker scalps, and albino deerskins.

Native People From several Yurok villages within what is now Humboldt Lagoons State Park, people fished for salmon, trout, and steelhead, as well as marine mammals and shellfish. Canoes of hollowed-out redwoods carried the Yurok between villages and food sources.

The Yurok built rectangular houses using wood from redwood trees. They hunted, fished, and gathered nuts, berries, and other wild plant foods. Their most important foods were salmon and acorns. The Yurok wove baskets and made dugout canoes from redwoods.