Mattole people

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The Mattole people are an Indigenous group from California’s North Coast region, traditionally inhabiting the Mattole River and Lost Coast areas and culturally associated with other Pacific Coast Athabaskan-speaking tribes.

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Mattole people canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
archaeologicalRegion Northwest California archaeological area
continent North America
country United States
culturalPractice acorn leaching and storage
salmon weir fishing
use of redwood in construction
culturalRegion California cultural area
Northwestern California
currentStatus largely assimilated into neighboring Native communities
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasEthnonym Bear River Mattole
Mattole
hasNameOrigin named after the Mattole River
historicalEvent impacted by California Gold Rush-era violence
suffered population decline after European-American settlement
indigenousTo California
linked to: California (state)

North Coast of California
language Mattole language
languageBranch Pacific Coast Athabaskan
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
languageStatus extinct language
neighboringPeople Sinkyone people
Wiyot people
Yurok people
partOf Pacific Coast Athabaskan cultural sphere
recognizedBy anthropologists as distinct Athabaskan group
region Pacific Coast
linked to: California coast
relatedEthnicGroup Bear River people
Kato people
Sinkyone people
Wailaki people
other Pacific Coast Athabaskan peoples
traditionalCraft basketry
traditionalEconomy trade with neighboring tribes
traditionalHousing redwood plank houses
semi-subterranean structures
traditionalReligion Native Californian traditional religion
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
gathering
hunting
salmon fishing
traditionalTerritory Humboldt County, California
linked to: Humboldt County

Lost Coast
linked to: Lost Coast region

Mattole River

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific Coast Athabaskan spokenBy Mattole people
Chilula people culturallyRelatedTo Mattole people
Chilula people relatedEthnicGroup Mattole people
Mattole River namedAfter Mattole people
Mattole River culturalRegionOf Mattole people
Mattole spokenBy Mattole people
Mattole ethnicGroup Mattole people