Yurok

North Americahunter-gatherers
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The Yurok live on the northwest coast of California and on the lower Klamath River. Traditional subsistence was based on fishing, hunting, and gathering, with salmon being the most important food source. Yurok society was socially stratified into "aristocrats", "commoners", and the "poor". There were no chiefs or leaders, although a man could sometimes gain importance through great wealth. Villages, which had communal property and distinct boundaries, were the basic units for conducting ceremonies and warfare. Contemporary Yurok work for wages in a broad variety of service jobs or in the fishing and lumbering industries.

Identifier
Region
  • North America
Subregion
  • Northwest Coast and California
Subsistence Type
  • hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
  • United States
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