Hupa Tribe

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Ancestral Homeland: along the Trinity River in northwestern California;became known as Hoopa Valley

Brief Timeline
1849: Some Euroamericans and Chinese mined the river

1876: Hoopa Valley became a reservation

Additional References to the History of the Tribes and/or Bands
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Hupa tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.

Reservations
Hoopa Valley Reservation

The Hupa were under the jurisdiction of the California Superintendency

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Agency Records
Hoopa Valley Agency

Important Web Sites

 * Hupa Tribe Wikipedia