Wiyot
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The Wiyot are an Indigenous people of California living near Humboldt Bay, California, and a small surrounding area. They are culturally similar to the Yurok people. They simply called themselves the
Indian Island. View North from Woodley Island Marina at end of Startare Drive showing National Register Marker with Indian Island shell midden on other side of channel.
Wiyot elders in 2014 at a vigil memorializing the 1860 Wiyot Massacre
Yurok
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The Yurok people are an Indigenous people of California, whose territory is along the Klamath River, from Trinidad south of the Klamath's mouth almost to Crescent City along the north coast. Their Yur
Wiyot
…The Wiyot are an Indigenous people of California living near Humboldt Bay, California, and a small surrounding area. They are culturally similar to the Yurok people (Hiktok). They simply called themselves the Ku'wil, meaning 'the People'. Today, there are approximately 450 Wiyot people. They are enrolled in several…
Yurok woman's basketry hat, pre-1909, Oakland Museum
Yurok man and canoe on the Trinity River by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923
Mouth of the Klamath River at the Pacific Ocean
19th century Yurok spoons