Hupa

Hupa
dining’xine:wh / na:tinixwe
A Hupa man by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923
Total population
3139 enrolled (2013)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( California)
Languages
English, Hupa
Religion
Hupa traditional beliefs, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Chilula and Whilkut[2]
A Hupa white deerskin dance by A.W. Ericson

The Hupa (Yurok: Huep'oola' / Huep'oolaa 'Hupa people'[3]) are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in northwestern California. Their endonym is dining’xine:wh for Hupa-language speakers in general, and na:tinixwe for residents of Hoopa Valley,[4] also spelled Natinook-wa, meaning "People of the Place Where the Trails Return".[2] The Karuk name for them is Kishákeevar / Kishakeevra ("Hupa (Trinity River) People", from kishákeevar-sav = "Hupa River, i.e. Trinity River").[3] The majority of the tribe is enrolled in the federally recognized Hoopa Valley Tribe.

  1. ^ "TWO RIVERS TRIBUNE ~ ONLINE - Hoopa Tribe Enrolls 22 New Members". www.tworiverstribune.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Pritzker 2000, p. 126.
  3. ^ a b "Ararahih'urípih". Linguistics. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ^ Golla, Victor (2002). "Hupa". Hupa Language Dictionary 2nd Edition, Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe. Hoopa, California: Hoopa Valley Tribal Council. p. 48.