While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
Most of the tribes listed on this page do not have a
connection to a larger tribe. We list them here so you can find some
information on their history. For a complete listing of our 700 plus
tribes visit Indian History page
Tolowa. An
Athapascan tribe of
extreme north west California. When first known they occupied
the coast from the mouth of Klamath river nearly to the Oregon
line, including Smith river valley and the following village,:
Echulit, Khoonkhwuttunne, and Khosatumie of the Khaamotene
branch, Chesthltishtunne, Tatlatunne, Ataakut, Meetkeni,
Stuntusunwhott, Targhinaatun, Thltsusmetunne, and Turghestlsatun.
They were gathered on a reservation in 1862, which was
established on leased land, but it was abandoned in 1868, since
which time the Tolowa have shifted for themselves. They are much
demoralized and greatly reduced in numbers. Their language is
unintelligible to the
Hupa. In culture they resemble the Hupa and the
Yurok, the chief difference
being in their folklore and religion. They have been greatly
influenced by the sea.
Tübatulabal
('pine-nut eaters,' Merriam). A small tribe which formerly
inhabited the valley of Kern river, south California above the
falls extending probably to the river's source, but centering
especially about the junction of the main and south forks. With
the Bankalachi they constitute one of the four principal
coordinate branches of the Shoshonean family.
Wappo (from Span.
guapo, 'brave'). A small detached portion of the Yukian
family of north California, separated from the Huchnom, the
nearest Yuki division by 30 or 40 miles of Pomo territory.
They lived chiefly in the mountains separating Sonoma from Lake
and Napa Counties, between Geyers and Calistoga. A portion
of them, called Rincons by Powers, occupied Russian River valley
in the vicinity of Healdsburg.
Whilkut. The Hupa
name of a small Athapascan division occupying the upper portion
of the valley of Redwood creek, north Cal. Their language
differs slightly from that of the Hupa, from whom they were
separated by a mountain ridge, and they might be considered a
part of that tribe except that they seem to have had no
political connection with them and differed in religious
practices. The routes of the pack-trains lay through their
territory, and the conflicts between the whites and Whilkut were
frequent and bloody. The survivors were taken to the reservation
at Hupa soon after its establishment, but after 1870 they
drifted back to their old homes, where 10 or 12 families are
still living. Below them on Redwood creek are the Chilula.
Wiyat. The name
given by the Wishosk, a small group of the coast of Northern
California, to that part of their territory about the lower
course of Eel river and applied by several authors to the
Wishosk people dwelling in that section or to the family as a
whole. Waiyat is the Karok name for the Wishosk.
