Yurok Tribe
California’s largest Native tribe has enduring ties to the Klamath River, fishing, basket weaving, ceremony, storytelling, and land stewardship.
Visit Yurok Tribe ↗New Native Room
Living cultures. Deep local roots.
The Native Room honors the Yurok, Karuk, Hoopa, Tolowa, Tsnungwe, Chimariko, and Wintu peoples, whose relationships with this region extend across thousands of years and continue today.
Learn from primary sources
Meet the Native communities of the region.
The museum exhibit features artifacts, traditional crafts, and educational materials. The links below lead to tribal or related resources for current information.
Karuk Tribe
Karuk culture and community are deeply connected with the Klamath River region, its lands and waters, basketry, dance, and stories.
Visit Karuk Tribe ↗Hoopa Valley Tribe
The Hupa people have lived in the Hoopa Valley since time immemorial and maintain strong traditions of basketry, dance, language, and stewardship.
Visit Hoopa Valley Tribe ↗Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation
Tolowa Dee-ni’ homelands span the northern California and southern Oregon coast, with cultural life closely connected to land and sea.
Visit Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation ↗Tsnungwe Tribe
The Tsnungwe people are indigenous to the South Fork Trinity River, Willow Creek, and surrounding areas, with an unbroken relationship to their homeland.
Learn more ↗Chimariko People
Chimariko homelands center on the Trinity River region. Language, place, family histories, and cultural knowledge remain essential to the regional story.
Learn more ↗Wintu Tribe
Wintu communities maintain enduring cultural relationships across northern California through language, ceremony, stories, and care for ancestral lands.
Visit Wintu Tribe ↗Come see the exhibit
The Native Room is now open.
Experience the collection in person and learn more about the histories, traditions, and ongoing contributions of the region’s Native communities.
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