Hupa

Hupa (

federally recognized

Hoopa Valley Tribe.

History

sweat house

Hupa people migrated from the north into northern California around 1000 CE

sweat house for ceremonies and the manufacture of acorn bread, were adopted from surrounding indigenous peoples of California. Close associated peoples - both by language and custom - were/are the Tsnungwe (South Fork Hupa), the Chilula (Lower Redwood Creek Hupa) and Whilkut (Redwood Creek Hupa)

.

Hupa people had limited contact with non-native peoples until the 1849

Gold Rush brought an influx of miners onto their lands.^[2] In 1864, the United States government signed a treaty that recognized the Hupa tribe's sovereignty to their land. The United States called the reservation the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (located at 41°05′57″N 123°40′21″W / 41.09917°N 123.67250°W

), where Hupa people now reside, one of very few California tribes not forced from their homeland. The reservation is next to the territory of the Yurok at the connection of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in northeastern Humboldt County. The reservation has a land area of 141.087 square miles (365.41 km²).

Edward Curtis

Hupa are involved in the talks to remove hydroelectric dams along the Klamath and Trinity rivers, and were a party to a lawsuit against the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Marine Fisheries Service. On February 8, 2017 the federal district court judge ruled in favor of the Hoopa Valley Tribe, the three other Klamath River fishing tribes, and other stakeholders. The judge agreed to plans designed by the Tribes' scientists to reduce outbreaks of a deadly fish disease that had infected 90% of juvenile salmon in 2014 and 2015.^[4]

Culture

Arts

Hupa people have been excelling at basketry and elk horn carving since the 17th century, petroglyphs.^[5]

Ethnobotany

Traditionally, Hupa people have used the acorns of

Notholithocarpus densiflorus to make meal, from which they would make mush, bread, biscuits, pancakes, and cakes. They also roast the acorns and eat them.^[6] They also use the dyed fronds of Woodwardia radicans for basketry.^[7] They also use Xerophyllum tenax to create a border pattern in baskets.^[8]

Fishing

Hupa, like many tribes in the area, fish for salmon in the

Yurok^[9] Hupa tribal fishers and their families rely on the Spring and Fall Chinook Salmon runs. Acorns, once abundant, were a main staple until they grew scarce. Because Hupa were not located as close to the sea as their neighboring Yurok Tribe, they traded supplies with them, such as salt in exchange for baskets, or acorns for canoes.^[10]

Population

Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most

2000 census

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Reservations

Hupa descendants have since been incorporated mainly into the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation and other tribes:

Hoopa Valley Tribe^[15] (Hoopa, Humboldt County, Population 2013: 3,139) (Hupa, Tsnungwe, Chimalakwe, Chilula, Whilkut)
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria^[16] (Trinidad, Humboldt County, Population 2011: 154) (Yurok, Wiyot, Tolowa sowie Chetco, Hupa und Karuk)
Blue Lake Rancheria^[17] (Blue Lake, Humboldt County, Population 2010: 58) (Wiyot, Yurok, Hupa, Whilkut)

References

^ "TWO RIVERS TRIBUNE ~ ONLINE - Hoopa Tribe Enrolls 22 New Members". www.tworiverstribune.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pritzker 2000, p. 126.
^ ^a ^b "Ararahih'urípih". Linguistics. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
^ "Hoopa Valley Tribe Wins Court Case to Protect Salmon". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
^ Pritzker 2000, p. 127.
^ Merriam 1966, p. 200.
^ Murphey 1990, p. 4.
^ Murphey 1990, p. 2.
^ |url = http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/3_2.html |title = On the Water - Fishing for a Living, 1840-1920: The Salmon Coast |website = americanhistory.si.edu |access-date = 2016-02-25 |url-status |archive-url |archive-date = 2016-03-07 }}
^ "California Indians". factcards.califa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
^ Kroeber 1925, pp. 883.
^ Cook 1976, pp. 170.
^ Cook 1956, pp. 99–100.
^ Wallace 1978, p. 176.
^ "The Hoopa Valley Tribe's Official Website". Hoopa Valley Tribe.
^ "Trinidad Rancheria – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow".
^ "Home".

Sources

Cook, Sherburne F. (1956). The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California. Vol. 16. Berkeley, California: University of California, Berkeley. pp. 81–130. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Cook, Sherburne F. (1976). The Conflict between the California Indian and White Civilization. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Goddard, Pliny Earle (1903). Life and Culture of the Hupa. Vol. 1. The University Press. pp. 1–88. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
Kroeber, A. L. (1925). Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington, D.C. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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Merriam, C. Hart (1966). Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes. Berkeley, California: University of California Archaeological Research Facility. p. 200.

Murphey, Edith Van Allen (1990) [1959]. Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood, Illinois: Meyerbooks.

Pritzker, Barry M. (2000). A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford:
ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1
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Wallace, William J. (1978). Heizer, Robert F.; Sturtevant, William C. (eds.). Hupa, Chilula, and Whilkut. In California. Vol. 8. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 91–98. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

Bibliographies

Hupa Bibliography, from California Indian Library Collections Project

External links

Media related to Hupa at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
San Francisco State University - Hupa

[1] "TWO RIVERS TRIBUNE ~ ONLINE - Hoopa Tribe Enrolls 22 New Members". www.tworiverstribune.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

[FOOTNOTEPritzker2000126-2] Pritzker 2000, p. 126.

[Linguistics_2014-3] "Ararahih'urípih". Linguistics. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2021-01-25.

[4] "Hoopa Valley Tribe Wins Court Case to Protect Salmon". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-28.

[FOOTNOTEPritzker2000127-5] Pritzker 2000, p. 127.

[FOOTNOTEMerriam1966200-6] Merriam 1966, p. 200.

[FOOTNOTEMurphey19904-7] Murphey 1990, p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEMurphey19902-8] Murphey 1990, p. 2.

[9] |url = http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater/exhibition/3_2.html |title = On the Water - Fishing for a Living, 1840-1920: The Salmon Coast |website = americanhistory.si.edu |access-date = 2016-02-25 |url-status |archive-url |archive-date = 2016-03-07 }}

[10] "California Indians". factcards.califa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-11. Retrieved 2016-05-05.

[FOOTNOTEKroeber1925883-11] Kroeber 1925, pp. 883.

[FOOTNOTECook1976170-12] Cook 1976, pp. 170.

[FOOTNOTECook195699–100-13] Cook 1956, pp. 99–100.

[FOOTNOTEWallace1978176-14] Wallace 1978, p. 176.

[15] "The Hoopa Valley Tribe's Official Website". Hoopa Valley Tribe.

[16] "Trinidad Rancheria – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow".

[17] "Home".

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