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The Karuk Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe of Karuk people. [2] They are an indigenous people of California, ... Location of Karuk Tribal lands.
The Karuk people (Karok: káruk va'áraaras) [3] are an indigenous people of California, and the Karuk Tribe is one of the largest tribes in California. [2] Karuks are also enrolled in two other federally recognized tribes, the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria [4] and the Quartz Valley Indian Community.
Happy Camp (Karuk: athithúf-vuunupma) [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Siskiyou County, California, United States.Its population is 905 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,190 from the 2010 census.
The Karuk tribe recognized self-governance in 1994 and gained federal recognition in 1979. As the California legislature rejected treaties to create federal designated land, the Karuk peoples do not have a reservation. The Klamath Forest Reserve was created by the U.S. government in 1905 and claimed Karuk land as public land.
[4] Some historic documents, like the Yurok Tribe's unratified treaty with the Government of the United States (GoUS), refer to the Yurok Tribe as the Lower Klamath, Pulikla, or Poh-lik Indians [5] [6] to distinguish the people of the Yurok Tribe from the "Upper Klamath" or "Peh-tsick" Indians, who are now known as the Karuk Tribe. [7]
Location of Quartz Valley Reservation. The Quartz Valley Reservation was originally located near the current reservation but was terminated by the US government in the 1960s. The current reservation is 174 acres (0.70 km 2) large, and the tribe is working to acquire additional lands. [1] Nearby communities are Greenview, Fort Jones, and Etna ...
The Karuk people define themselves by the Klamath River, just as the Romans did the Tiber or the Egyptians did the Nile. The word “Karuk” means “upstream,” a reference to the waterway ...
Today Klamath people are enrolled in the federally recognized tribes: Klamath Tribes (Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin (Yahuskin) Band of Northern Paiute Indians), Oregon; Quartz Valley Indian Community (Klamath, Karuk (Karok), and Shasta (Chasta) people), California.