Yuki

The Yuki were a sedentary hunter/gatherer nation. Uncharacteristic of northern California tribes, the Yuki often had armed conflicts with their neighbors. They occupied the entire Eel River drainage above the north fork except for an area occupied by the Huchnom. They were all but exterminated by settlers. Some believe that the Yukians were the first inhabitants of California.

Year	*History*
1838	Smallpox epidemic
1850	Gold rush, miners and settlers encroached onto territory, violence and genocide followed
1856	Nome cult Indian farm established at Round Valley
1862	Squatters took over 80% of reservation, massacred 45
1871	Episcopal mission founded at Round Valley, day school started; began to practice Ghost Dance

Year	Population	Source
1700	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1770	2,000	Kroeber estimate
1800	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1864	300	ARCIA
1870	238	ARCIA
1880	168	Census
1900	100	NAHDB calculation
1910	95	Census
1910	100	Kroeber
1937	50	Foster estimate
1973	32	BIA
2000	100	NAHDB calculation

Yuki Sites

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

Central California Culture and Ethnobotany http://www.fourdir.com/central_california_culture.htm

Excavation to Chronicle Yuki History http://www.turtletrack.org/Issues00/Co07292000/CO_07292000_Yuki.htm

Margaret Yellowhammer Card Poems http://www.covelo.net/poetry/pages/yellowhammer/poetry_myc.shtml

Nome Cult: Dark Legacy http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9-2-95/history.html

Harvey Pitkin Papers http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/mole/p/pitkin.htm

Poison Oak Faq http://www.knoledge.org/oak/indians.html

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

Round Valley - Contemporary Insight http://www.monitor.net/monitor/9-2-95/indianwars.html

Showdown at Round Valley http://www.thedagger.com/thedagger/dag_zine/dag7/showdown.html

Yuki 4th Grade Student Project http://www.murrieta.k12.ca.us/alta/grade4/tribes/yuki.htm

Yuki Author http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t335

Yuki Basket http://www.adobegallery.com/origin.php?origin_id=375&cat_id=2

Yuki - ES Curtis http://www.curtis-collection.com/tribe%20data/yuki.html

Yuki Indian http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2d5n99dg/

Yuki Indian http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt096n980h/

Yuki Indian Baskets http://www.californiabaskets.com/pages/yukihome.html

Yuki Indian Family History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/yukiindinahist.htm

Yuki Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=YUK

Yuki Language http://www.native-languages.org/yuki.htm

Yuki - SFSU Narrative http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/NativeWebPages/yukians.html

*Ethnie:*	YUKI
*Language:*	Yukian
*Family:*	Yukian
*Stock:*	Yukian
*Phylum:*	Yukian
*Macro-Culture:*	Central California (some elements of the Northwestern California macro-culture)