Total population | |
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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] |
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 Natinixwe, 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.