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In the 1814 treaty, the Eel River Indians, along with the Wea, were named part of the "Miami Nation of Indians"; however, the U.S. acknowledged them as a distinct tribe in 1847 and they were allowed to remain in Indiana when the Miami were forcibly removed to Kansas and later Indian Territory. [1]
Map of the Eel River drainage basin Athapaskan languages in California.. The Eel River Athapaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near the Eel River and Van Duzen River of northwestern California.
He finally decided that the river's name was related to the Indian word Shakamak, meaning long fish or eel. There was a Shakamak River in southern Indiana; and in the northern part of the state, an Eel River, which in the Miami tongue had been called the Kenapocomoko, or River of Snake Fish. The only drawback to Johnny's theory was the fact ...
In 1859, a band of locally sponsored rangers led by Walter S. Jarboe, called the Eel River Rangers, raided the countryside in an effort to remove the natives from settler territory and move them onto the Nome Cult Farm, an area near the Mendocino Indian Reservation. By the time the Eel River Rangers were disbanded in 1860, Jarboe and his men ...
Eel River Athapaskan peoples. Lassik, northwestern California [1] Mattole, Bear River, northwestern California [1] Nongatl, northwestern California [3] Sinkyone, northwestern California [1] Wailaki, Wai-lakki, northwestern California [1] Esselen, west-central California [1] Hupa, northwestern California [1] Tsnungwe; Juaneño, Acjachemem ...
In 1856 the Mendocino reservation was established for the Indian tribes. It ranged from Mendocino county to Bear River. [6] When the white settlers began establishing their homes in the Mattole valley in 1857, there was much conflict among the Indian tribes. The white settlers argued that the reservation was claiming lands that it should not be.
The South Fork Eel River appears dark in deeper areas, while it is a light blue in shallows. Prior to white settlement of Central California, much of the Eel River watershed was inhabited by Pomo Indians and Athapascan peoples.
Eel River Bar First Nation, or Ugpi'ganjig, is a Miꞌkmaq First Nation located in Northern New Brunswick. It has a registered population of 757 people, of which 346 live on reserve . [ 1 ] The total number of people living on the reserve is 415 as of 2016.