Yaquina Indian Tribe Location

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Yaquina. Significance unknown.

    Să-ákl, Nestucca name.
   Sǐs'-qûn-me'tûnnĕ, Chetco name.
   Tcha yákon amim, Luckiamute Kalapuya name.

Location

About Yaquina River and Bay.

Villages

The following list is from J. O. Dorsey (1884): On the north side of Yaquina River:

Holukhik
Hunkkhwitik
Iwai
Khaishuk
Khilukh
Kunnupiyu
Kwulaishauik
Kyaukuhu
Kyuwatkal
Mipshuntik
Mittsulstik
Shash
Thlalkhaiuntik
Thlekakhaik
Tkhakiyu
Tshkitshiauk
Tthilkitik
Ukhwaiksh
Yahal
Yikkhaich

On the south side of the river:

Atshuk
Chulithltiyu.
Hakkyaiwal.
Hathletukhish.
Hitshinsuwit.
Hiwaitthe.
Kaku.
Khaiyukkhai.
Khitalaitthe.
Kholkh.
Khulhanshtauk.
Kilauutuksh.
Kumsukwum.
Kutshuwitthe.
Kwaitshi.
Kwilaishauk.
Kwulchichicheshk.
Kwullaish.
Kwullakhtauik.
Kwutichuntthe.
Mulshintik.
Naaish.
Paiinkhwutthu.
Pikiiltthe.
Pkhulluwaaitthe.
Pkuuniukhtauk.
Puuntthiwaun.
Shilkhotshi.
Shupauk.
Thlekwiyauik.
Thlelkhus.
Thlinaitshtik.
Thlukwiutshthu.
Tkulmashaauk.
Tuhaushuwitthe.
Tulshk.

Population

(See Alsea.) The census of 1910 returned 19 Yaquina.

Connection in which they have become noted

The name of this tribe
Yaquina, was given some scientific prominence by its use, in the form Yakonan, for a small linguistic stock in the Powellian classification. It is preserved in Yaquina River, Yaquina Bay and a town called Yaquina in Lincoln County.

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Notes About the Book:

Source: The Indian Tribes of North America, by John R. Swanton, 1953, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 145, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.

Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual output.

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