Yurok Indian Reservation Explained

Yurok Reservation
Official Name:Yurok Indian Reservation
Settlement Type:Native American Reservation
Seat:Klamath, California
Seat Type:Administrative Capital
Area Total Sq Mi:88.08
Area Land Sq Mi:84.73
Area Water Sq Mi:3.35
Population Total:1,236
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name1:California
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name2:Del Norte
Humboldt
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Yurok
Subdivision Type3:Tribal Nation
Governing Body:Yurok Tribe Tribal Council
Leader Name1:Frankie Myers
Leader Title1:Vice Chairman
Leader Name:Joe James
Leader Title:Chairman
Website:https://www.yuroktribe.org/

The Yurok Indian Reservation is a Native American reservation for the Yurok people located in parts of Del Norte and Humboldt counties, California, on a 44miles stretch of the Klamath River. It is one of a very few tribes who have never been removed from their ancestral lands in California.

The 84.714mi2 reservation is serviced by California Route 169 from the south, which dead ends within the reservation. It is bordered by the Hoopa Indian Reservation to the south, adjacent to Redwood National Park to the west and completely surrounds the Resighini Rancheria. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 1,103 persons on reservation territory, mostly in the community of Klamath, at the reservation's north end. As of the 2010 Census the population was 1,238 and as of the 2020 census it was 1,236.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census.gov. 2010. Yurok Reservation.
  2. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2023-07-13 . data.census.gov.