Total population | |
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1,609 enrolled members[1] 285 enrolled (1995) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States ( California) | |
Languages | |
English, Tolowa[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
other Tolowa people,[2] Tututni and Chetco peoples[3] |
The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, previously known as Smith River Rancheria,[4][5] is a federally recognized tribe of Tolowa people in Del Norte County, California.[6] They are Athabascan people, distantly related to northern Athabascans of eastern Alaska and western Canada, as well as the Apache and Navajo peoples of the American Southwest.[2]
As of the 2010 Census the population of this group was 113.[7] Tolowa people are also part of other federally recognized tribes in northern California and Oregon.