The Hupa (Yurok: Huep'oola' / Huep'oolaa 'Hupa people' [3]) are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in northwestern California.

Acorns and salmon were the two main foods of the Hupa. The salmon were caught in the Trinity River in the spring and in the fall as they swam upriver. Enough fish were preserved by smoke-drying them to last all year. Other fish such as trout and sturgeon were also eaten. Acorns were gathered each fall.

The Hupa are an Indigenous North American people who spoke the Athabaskan language Hupa and lived along the lower Trinity River in California. Culturally, the Hupa combined aspects of the Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast and California.

Oct 10, 2024 · The Hupa, or Hoopa Valley Tribe, are an indigenous people located in Northwestern California near the Klamath River. The Hupa are among the largest of tribes within the Yurok Nation, and their traditional territory spreads from Hoopa Valley to …

Apr 24, 2012 · Traditionally fish were an important food resource to most of the northern California tribes. Indian nations such as the Hupa, Karuk, Achomawi, and Yurok relied heavily on the salmon.

Nov 15, 2019 · The Hupa, like many tribes in the area, fished for salmon in the Klamath and Trinity rivers. One of the methods they used to capture fish was the fish weir, which tribal members would maintain.

Oct 29, 2016 · The Hupa, the Native American tribe of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group, migrated into northern California around 1000CE and settled in Hoopa Valley, California.

The Hupa are Native Americans from northern California. The Hupa call themselves Na: tini-xwe (“the people of Na: tini-sw” [the Hoopa Valley]) and Di ning’ (“the People”). They traditionally lived along the lower Trinity River, especially in the Hoopa Valley.

Feb 2, 2011 · In the grand scheme of the millions of salmon that are caught from California to Alaska each year, the Hupas’ fish are a drop in the bucket. Last year, the tribe was allotted just 6,920 fish.

Each summer a substantial structure of this kind is thrown across the river, the southern and the northern divisions of the tribe alternating. The weir remains in place until the spring freshets carry it away.