FDI - Eel River Tribes

The Eel River tribes were sedentary hunter/gatherers. They lived along the Eel River and tributaries and as far east as the head of the Mad River. They were all but destroyed by the gold rush miners and settlers. Large numbers have absorbed into other cultures.

Year	*History*
900	Probable California arrival date
1850	Probable influx of miners and settlers into territory with ensuing violence, large group of Chilula massacred by Lassik trying to return home from internment

Year	Population	Source
1700	2000	NAHDB calculation
1770	2000	Kroeber
1800	2000	NAHDB calculation
1900	100	NAHDB calculation
1910	100	Kroeber
2000	500	NAHDB calculation

Eel River Tribes Sites

Athapaskan Languages of California http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/wailaki.html

Bear-Woman and Deer-Woman: A Lassik Legend http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Bear-WomanandDeer-Woman-Lassik.html

Bitter Memories at Round Valley http://www.rwor.org/a/v19/910-19/917/rndvaly.htm

C. Hart Merriam Map http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~ammon/tsnungwe/map.html

Eel River Athapaskans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eel_River_Athapaskans

Excerpt from No Room of their Own http://www.humboldt.edu/~crc/documents/LucyYoung2_15_99.pdf

Ida Rae Igli http://www.idaraeegli.com/press_californiahistorian.html

Indian Myths of Central California http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/scc/scc02.htm

Inter-Tribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council http://www.treesfoundation.org/affiliates/specific-22

Lassik Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/athapascan/lassikindianhist.htm

Lassik Language http://www.billabbie.com/calath/laindex.html

Mattole-Wailaki Language Family Tree http://www.ethnologue.com/14/show_lang_family.asp?code=WLK

Nongatl Language http://www.billabbie.com/calath/noindex.html

(Northspeakers) and Their Neighbors http://northspeakers.org/_wsn/page3.html

Return Stolen Land this Columbus (sic) Day http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/09/298543.shtml

Round Valley Congressional History http://www.covelo.net/tribes/pages/tribes_rvcongress.shtml

Sinkyone Language http://www.billabbie.com/calath/siindex.html

Sinkyone Victory: A Dream Comes Closer http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9505/0151.html

Sinkyone Washout http://www.humboldt1.com/~rplatz/kingrange/sinkyone.htm

Tribal and Native Lands Project http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=1182&folder_id=217

Wailaki Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=WLK

Wailaki Language http://www.native-languages.org/wailaki.htm

Wailaki - SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/NativeWebPages/wailaki.html

*Ethnie:*	EEL RIVER TRIBES
*Language:*	Wailakian
*Family:*	Pacific Coast Athapaskan
*Stock:*	Athapaskan
*Phylum:*	Na-Dene
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest California