Hupa
Americannoun
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But she says she and her crew, members of the Hupa and Yurok tribes, relish the chance to work outside and contribute to rebuilding the river.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023
Tribal members keep ancestral villages of cedar plank houses, known as xonta in the Hupa language, along the Trinity River, visiting them for ceremonies and dances in which fishers are revered.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
They allied with Karuk and Hupa activists and The Nature Conservancy to create the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network, which conducts training burns that have drawn hundreds of participants from across the U.S. and other countries.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Officials are removing them to save over a million salmon, and the Hupa tribe, which relies on salmon as a food source for centuries.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2021
On page 19 of the Handbook Kroeber cites the federal census of 1910 as showing 668 persons for the Yurok and on page 130 over 600 for the Hupa.
From The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California by Cook, Sherburne Friend
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