Hupa Tribe

United States Indigenous Peoples of the United States California, United States Genealogy Indigenous Peoples of California Hupa Tribe

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

History

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

Correspondence and Census

Tribe	Agency	location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Numbers	FHL Film Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693  Roll Number	FHL Film Number
Hupa	California Superintendency,1849-80	Washington D. C.	Rolls 32-35		Rolls 12, 182-87	576871-576876

Important Websites

• Hupa Tribe Wikipedia

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