Yurok
The Yurok (Karuk language: Yurúkvaarar / Yuru Kyara - "downriver Indian; i.e. Yurok Indian") are an Indigenous people from along the Klamath River and Pacific coast, whose homelands are located in present-day California stretching from Trinidad in the south to Crescent City in the north.
Yurok man and canoe on the Trinity River (California) by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,567 alone and in combination (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( California) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Yurok | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Wiyot |
The Yurok live on the Yurok Indian Reservation, Resighini Rancheria, and surrounding communities in Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity counties. Although the reservation comprises some 56,000 acres (23,000 ha) of contiguous land along the Klamath River, only about 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) of scattered plots are under partial tribal ownership. Most Yurok land is owned by timber corporations or is part of national parks and forests. This forest management has significantly dis-empowered the Yurok people and disrupted their ability to access natural resources, land, and practice Indigenous lifeways.