Tags: Ethnic Group.
The Yurok whose name means downriver people in the neighboring Karuk language (also called yuh’ára or yurúkvaarar in Karuk) are Native Americans who live in northwestern California near the Klamath River and Pacific coast. Their autonym is Olekwo’l meaning Persons. Today they live on the Yurok Indian Reservation on several rancherias including the Trinidad Rancheria throughout Humboldt County. They are enrolled in seven different federally recognized tribes today.
