FDI - Cahto

The Cahto were the southernmost Athapaskans on the Pacific Coast, arriving from Canada late in the first millennium. They were a sedentary hunter/gatherer tribe on the upper south fork of the Eel River. They had conflicts with the Yuki just prior to White arrival. They were devastated by the White influx following the gold rush.

Year	*History*
1826	Territory first entered by Jedediah Strong Smith
1850	Influx of settlers due to gold rush, violence ensued
1870	Big Head Cult Dance introduced "Ghost Dance"
1908	Homeland of 200 acres purchased for tribe by missionaries
1967	Tribe federally recognized

Year	Population	Source
1700	500	NAHDB calculation
1770	500
1800	500	NAHDB calculation
1851	500
1900	50	NAHDB calculation
1910	51	Census
1963	50	Calif. Commission on Indian Affairs
1972	95	Cahto Tribal Council
1981	177	BIA
1989	504	BIA
2000	50	NAHDB calculation
2006	55	Per tribal rolls

Cahto Sites

Cahto (Kato) Language http://www.billabbie.com/calath/caindex.html

Cahto Stories http://thunder.prohosting.com/~bintcbil/cgi-bin/castoryindex.html

Cahto Tribe http://www.cahto.org/

God Had a Dog Kato legend http://jssmith.home.mindspring.com/page5.html

The Great Horned Serpent - Cahto Language http://thunder.prohosting.com/~bintcbil/cgi-bin/text2htmlonline.cgi?storynum=25.html

Kato Language http://www.native-languages.org/kato.htm

Kato Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=KTW

Kato Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=KTW

Laytonville, California http://www.loeser.us/laytonville.html

Laytonville Landfill http://www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/outreach/tosnac/sites/cahtolaytonville.html

Red Fox Casino http://www.casinocity.com/us/ca/laytonville/caredfox/owner/

*Ethnie:*	CAHTO (KATO)
*Language:*	Wailakian
*Family:*	Pacific Coast Athapaskan
*Stock:*	Athapaskan
*Phylum:*	Na-Dene
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest California