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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.
The Eel River (Wiyot: Wiya't; [6] Cahto: Taanchow; Northern Pomo: ch'idiyu) [7] is a major river, about 196 miles (315 km) long, in northwestern California.The river and its tributaries form the third-largest watershed entirely in California, draining a rugged area of 3,684 square miles (9,540 km 2) in five counties.
Cupeño, southern California [1] 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
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 ...
The Wiyot Tribe, California is a federally recognized tribe of Wiyot people. They are the aboriginal people of Humboldt Bay, Mad River and lower Eel River of California. [5] [6] Other Wiyot people are enrolled in the Blue Lake Rancheria, Rohnerville Rancheria and Trinidad Rancherias. [1] [7]
Sherwood Valley Rancheria is a community of Coastal Pomo Indians, who are indigenous to Sonoma and Mendocino Counties in northern California. Their historical community was called Kulá Kai Pomo, and they traditionally lived along the upper course of the Eel River. They spoke the Pomo language. The last traditional chief of the Kulá Kai Pomo ...
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.
The Bear River Casino in Loleta, California. The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria (Mattole River, Eel River (Wailaki), Bear River and Wiyot People) is now organized as a federally recognized tribe. It is located Humboldt County, California. [15]