Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation

Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation
Total population
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.

  1. ^ "About Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation." Smith River Rancheria. Retrieved 4 June 2015
  2. ^ a b c "Tolowa Indians." SDSU: California Indians and Their Reservations. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ^ Pritzker 147
  4. ^ "tolowa-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/TDN_press-release.pdf" (PDF). tolowa-nsn.gov. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ Triplicate, Laura. "Triplicate". triplicate.com. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Smith River Rancheria." SDSU: California Indians and Their Reservations. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  7. ^ [1][dead link]