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The Karuk Tribe is a federally recognized Indian tribe of Karuk people. [2] They are an indigenous people of California , located in the northwestern corner of the state, in Humboldt and Siskiyou counties.
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 .
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 ...
Orleans (formerly New Orleans Bar and Orleans Bar; Karuk: Panamnik) [2] is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California. [1] It is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Weitchpec along State Route 96 (the "Bigfoot Scenic Byway"), at an elevation of 404 feet (123 m). [3] [1] Its ZIP Code is 95556. [4] It is within area code 530.
Traditionally there were several cultural subdivisions among the Klamath, based on the location of their residency within the Klamath Basin. Despite this, the five recognized "tribelets" (the Klamath Tribes count six) mutually considered each other the same ethnic group, about 1,200 people in total. [ 6 ]
[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]
The neighboring Karuk called them Yuh'ára, or Yurúkvaarar ("Indian from downriver") and used this Karuk name also for the Yurok, [6] and the Tolowa territory Yuh'aráriik / Yuh'ararih (″Place of the Downriver Indians″). Today the Karuk use also the term Imtípaheenshas (from Imtipahéeniik - ″Tolowa Indian place, i.e. Crescent City ...
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