Karuk Page

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Karuk, The People of the Klamath

This site is dedicated to
Emma Pearch
who was a Karuk Basketweaver and reportedly a Dance Owner for the village of Taxasufkara (at the mouth of what is now Pearch Creek) on the Klamath River, near Orleans, in Northern California.

The Karuk Tribe ancestral land is located in a 40-mile stretch along the Klamath River. Historians say that the Karuk People have lived in that area for ten thousand years... but the Peoples' stories say they've been there since the Beginning.

It's taken a lot of respect and appreciation of the Earth for the Karuk people to be able to sustain themselves for so long in such a small geographical area.

Official Karuk Tribe of California website


Old Photos On and Near the Klamath River

Organizations
Klamath RiverKeeper
Karuk Community Development
Northern California Indian Development Council
Karuk Tribal Health Program
Wild by Nature, Environmental Education for Youth
Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources
Four Directions Institute

Newsletters/Periodicals/Books/Articles
News from Native California Heyday Books (they have LOTS of links!)
Her Mind Made Up, Weaving Caps the Indian Way,
by Ron Johnson & Coleen Kelley Marks
Cultural Resurgence of the Karuk Tribe
Native Elders, Gold Rush as California's Holocaust
American Indians Trying to Save Native Languages from Extinction
Native American Public Telecommunications (AIROS)
Environmental Management: American Indian Knowledge & The Problem of Sustainability
A Whirlwind Tour Through Humboldt's Native American Lands, The Northcoast Jorrnal
Environmental Management: American Indian Knowledge & The Problem of Sustainability, Leaf Hillman & John F. Salter, Ph.D.

Basketry / Crafts / Arts
California Indian Basketweavers Association
The Making of a Yurok Canoe
California Indian Storytellers Association
Institute of Native Knowledge (INK People)

Klamath River Tribes
Karuk Tribe of California
The Yurok Tribe
Hoopa Valley Tribe
Wiyot Tribe
Tolowa Tribe

Four Directions Institute - Chilula, Whilcut (Redwood Indians), Tolowa, Hupa, Karuk, Yurok, Wiyot

Legal
United States Returns Sacred Land to Indians (1/23/1996)
The ABCs of NAGPRA
California Indians Reclaim Sacred Land

Beliefs
Early Uses of Indian Tobacco in California
Singing the Songs Back to Life
Native American Spirituality lots of Native American references and links



History / Stories / Studies
Early Days in Klamath
Humboldt State University, Native American Studies
Susie Baker Fountain Collection (Humboldt State University)
Lt. Ulysses S Grant and the Calif Gold Rush-1852
The History of Amaikiaram Since the Coming of the Whites
Home page of William Bright
Nature, Culture, and Old Man Coyote, by William Bright
Original Voices
California's Native People (The Northwest Region)
The G-O Road Controversy: American Indian Religion and Public Land
The Karuk People
The Yurok People
An Overview of California Indian History by Jack Norton, Jr.
Salmon People website

Environment
Environmental Management: American Indian Knowledge & The Problem of Sustainability

Language
The Place of Writing in Preserving an Oral Language
HVHS Karuk Language Class of 1999
Finding ways to preserve California's Indian languages
Karuk Language Resources (Northern California Indian Development Council)

US Government
Karuk Ceremonies, River Floater Information
U.S. Returns Sacred Land to Indians (Jan 23, 1996)

Other Photo Sites
Online Archive of California, Ericson Collection, Humboldt State University
Commercial Sites
Redwood City Seed Company, traditional tobacco seed and tobacco book


The Peoples' Pages
Julian Lang
Judith Armbruster
Pam Rentz

If you have suggestions or other information or websites to include, please contact us at the email address below.

last update: 3/26/2008
virusur@karuk.net

The Painting of Emma Pearch is by Ralph Starritt, Yreka, CA

This website presented by:

Marty & Karen Lenk

Karen is the great-great-grandaughter of Emma Pearch.