Yuki

The Yuki were a sedentary hunter/gatherer nation. Uncharacteristic of northern California tribes, the Yuki often had armed conflicts with their neighbors. They occupied the entire Eel River drainage above the north fork except for an area occupied by the Huchnom. They were all but exterminated by settlers. The linguistic connection of the Yuki to the Penutian is in dispute. Some linguists have placed them as Hokan, still others as Siouan. Some believe that the Yukians were the first inhabitants of California.

Aboriginal Locations

Subdivisions: Huititno'm, Onkolukomno'm, Sukshaltatano'm, Ta'no'm, Ukomno'm, Utitno'm, Witukomno'm

Year	*History*
1838	Smallpox epidemic
1850	Gold rush, miners and settlers encroached onto territory, violence and genocide followed
1856	Nome cult Indian farm established at Round Valley
1862	Squatters took over 80% of reservation, massacred 45
1871	Episcopal mission founded at Round Valley, day school started; began to practice Ghost Dance

Year	Population	Source
1700	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1770	2,000	Kroeber estimate
1800	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1864	300	ARCIA
1870	238	ARCIA
1880	168	Census
1900	100	NAHDB calculation
1910	95	Census
1910	100	Kroeber
1937	50	Foster estimate
1973	32	BIA
2000	100	NAHDB calculation

Dec	JAN	Feb
	12
2002	2003	2004

*Ethnie:*	YUKI
*Language:*	Yukian
*Family:*	Yukian
*Stock:*	Yukian
*Phylum:*	Macro-Penutian
*Macro-Culture:*	Central California (some elements of the Northwestern California macro-culture)