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Yaquina Indian
Tribe
Yaquina. Significance unknown.
Să-ákl, Nestucca name.
Sǐs'-qûn-me'tûnnĕ, Chetco name.
Tcha yákon amim, Luckiamute Kalapuya name.
Connections. The Yaquina were one of the tribes of the Yakonan linguistic
stock to which they gave their 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.
Connections 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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