Wailaki

The Wailaki were a sedentary hunter/gatherer nation that relied heavily on fishing. They were the uppermost Athapaskan tribe on the Eel River extending to the border of Yuki territory at the Big Bend. They also lived along several affluents. The Pacific Coast Athapaskans arrived in the area late in the first millennium from Canada. The Wailaki suffered in a major conflict with the Cahto and as a result of the White influx.

Year	*History*
1850	Wailaki and Yuki bitter feud with Cahto, many killed; miners and settlers encroached into territory killing many as well
1861	120 killed at Horse Canyon trying to steal horses
1862	Squatters killed 65 at Round Valley and took over 80% of reservation
1871	Episcopal mission established at Round Valley

Year	Population	Source
	2,700	Baumhoff aboriginal estimate
1700	2,700	NAHDB calculation
1800	1,900	NAHDB calculation
1850	1,500	Cook estimate
1852	1,200	Cook estimate
1861	400	Cook estimate
1880	150	Cook estimate
1900	200	NAHDB calculation
1910	227	Census
2000	400	NAHDB calculation

Wailaki Sites

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

Bear Lincoln's Lawyer Challenges the Death Penalty Current event http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9706/0010.html

Cahto Closely related

Curtis Collection - http://curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/VINTAGE%20PORTFOLIO%20PRINTS/volume14a.html

Eel River Petroglyphs http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23165

Eel River Tribes Closely related

A History of American Indians in California http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views1h75.htm

Irene Stapp Interview http://www.blocksburg.com/powell_comments.php?id=P1197_0_57_0_C

Felicia Schanche Hodge, Dr.P.H. http://www.minority.unc.edu/institute/2002/spkrbios/drhodge.htm

Moth Cocoon Artifacts http://www.insects.org/ced4/peigler.html

Oyate http://www.oyate.org/aboutus.html

Round Valley Indian Reservation History http://www.covelo.net/tribes/pages/tribes_history.shtml

Wailaki Bibliography http://shanana.berkeley.edu/cilc/bibs/wailaki.html

Wailaki.com http://www.wailaki.com/

Wailaki Indian Tribe http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/athapascan/wailakindianhist.htm

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

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

Wailaki Lines http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23170

Wailaki Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=WLK

Wailaki Man http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/indians/photos/ct14005.html

Wailaki Man and Woman http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/volumeindex/volume14.html

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

Wailaki-Winto: The Northspeaking Indians http://www.northspeakers.org/

Wailaki Woman http://www.ushistoricalarchive.com/indians/photos/ct14006.html

What Really Happened? Current event http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9-2-95/main.html

*Ethnie:*	WAILAKI
*Language:*	Wailakian
*Family:*	Pacific Coast Athapaskans
*Stock:*	Athapaskans
*Phylum:*	Na-Dene
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest California