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The Mattole, including the Bear River Indians, are a group of Native Americans in California. Their traditional lands are along the Mattole and Bear Rivers near Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County, California. [1] A notable difference between the Mattole and other indigenous peoples of California is that the men traditionally had facial tattoos ...
Mattole is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. [1] Mattole, or Mattole–Bear River, is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by the Mattole and Bear River peoples of northern California. It is one of the four languages belonging to the California Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan ...
Nongatl. Lassik. Cahto (a.k.a. Kato) (sometimes included in Eel River) †. Often the Mattole and Wailaki-speaking groups together are called Southern Athapaskans. Their languages were similar to each other, but differed from the northern California tribes whose languages were also part of the Athapaskan family.
Mattole traditional narratives. Mattole traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Mattole and Bear River people living in the vicinity of Cape Mendocino in northwestern California. Mattole oral literature combined elements typical of central California with influences from the Pacific Northwest.
The Eel River Athapaskans include the Wailaki, Lassik, Nongatl, and Sinkyone (Sinkine) groups of Native Americans that traditionally live in present-day Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt counties on or near the Eel River and Van Duzen River of northwestern California. These groups speak dialects of the Wailaki language belonging to the Pacific ...
Petrolia is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, [1] 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Cape Mendocino, [3] at an elevation of 121 feet (37 m) above sea level, [1] within ZIP Code 95558, [4] and area code 707. Petrolia was the site of the first oil well drilled in California. [2]
The Mattole River is a river on the north coast of California, that flows northerly, then westerly into the Pacific Ocean. The vast majority of its 62 miles (100 km) course is through southern Humboldt County, though a short section of the river flows through northern Mendocino County. Communities, from north to south, closely associated with ...
Na-Dene (/ ˌnɑːdɪˈneɪ / NAH-dih-NAY; also Nadene, Na-Dené, Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit, Tlina–Dene) is a family of Native American languages that includes at least the Athabaskan languages, Eyak, and Tlingit languages. Haida was formerly included but is now considered doubtful. By far the most widely spoken Na-Dene language today is ...