California's Redwood North Coast has been and is home to many Native Americans including: Yurok, Tolowa, Hupa, Wiyot, Chilula, Karuk and Whilkut. You can find maps and list of current reservations and rancherias and aboriginal territories here. Also, if you are interested in GIS (digital mapping), I have several GIS base maps available for download including a map of the aboriginal Yurok territory. You can access these at NorthCoastGIS.com. If you want to learn more about GIS mapping, I encourage you to take advantage of a free GIS tutorial that I have prepared.

Blue Creek - Ah Pah Traditional Yurok Village

Blue Creek - Ah Pah Traditional Yurok Village is the result of the will and desire of a group of Yuroks to recreate, as nearly as possible, a traditional Yurok village on the Klamath River in northern California, where not only Yuroks, but other people as well, can come and renew their cultural and spiritual roots. The village will be self-sustaining.

Blue Creek Guide Service

Yurok Fishing Guides: World Class Fishing in the Heart of Yurok Country. The Klamath River, Lower Trinity River, and Smith River in Northern California offer some of the finest fishing in the world. Blue Creek Guide Service is one of the very few Yurok-run guide services on these prime fishing rivers. The Carlson family has lived on the Klamath River for many generations and have a deep understanding of the rivers and the fish of this region.

Owner-operator Willard Carlson was born along the Klamath River and raised on Blue Creek. He has fished the Klamath for over 40 years and has spent 10 years gathering data on its fish for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Yurok Tribal Fisheries Department. His son Per-gish (Eagle) Carlson joins his father in this family business, carrying forward the knowledge and traditions of their culture.

If you would like to enjoy an extraordinary fishing experience in Northern California, Blue Creek Guide Service is here to guide you. They will get you to the fish, show you how to catch them, and share their vast knowledge of the fishery, native culture, and historical lore ... More Information.

The Nealis Hall of the Clarke Historical Museum

Features a world-recognized collection of baskets, regalia, stoneware, implements and more. Click here for details about the Yurok Plank House exhibit.

The Clarke is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Click here to visit the Clarke Museum online. Dale Ann Frye Sherman is the curator of the Nealis Hall at the Clarke Memorial Museum. Dale Ann was also the design consultant for United Indian Health Services Potowat Village in Arcata, California (see below). Click here for photos.

Sumeg Village

Sumeg Village was built in 1980s to represent a typical Yurok village. Yurok, Hupa and Karuk people use the village for many purposes including their Brush Dance. The village consists of 3 redwood plank houses, a sweat house and a dance area. The dance area is actually a plank house that has been disassembled. The pit became the dance area, the roof planks became the benches around the perimeter. Recently there was a Sumeg Village Workshop. Its purpose was to teach young Native Americans the skills required to build plank houses. Click here for photos of the workshop and the village.

Potawot Health Village

The history of the United Indian Health Services, Inc. (UIHS) in inextricably intertwined with the history of the Indian tribes in far northern California. The history of UIHS officially begins in the late 1960s when development was initiated as a solution to the ongoing health crisis of California's Indian population. Government health assistance for the region's native people had been terminated in 1954, leaving the Indian people with inadequate health resources. Fortunately, the '60s and '70s welcomed a growing awareness of Indian issues and set the stage for UIHS and other related programs ... More information ... Photos.

Dale Ann Frye Sherman (curator of the Nealis Hall of the Clarke Museum (above) worked as the cultural design consultant for the Potawot Health Village. Dale Ann is of Yurok, Tolowa, Hupa and Karuk descent and spent her childhood and early adult life living on the Klamath River. Dale Ann also teaches in the Native American Studies Department at Humboldt State University.