Who Are the Hupa Indians?
The Hupa Indians, known officially as the Hoopa Valley Tribe, are American Indians native to California’s Hoopa Valley. The tribe’s traditional language also called Hupa is part of the Athabaskan linguistic family and connects the Hupa Indians to other western native peoples from Alaskan nations to the Navajo and Apache. It is thought that the Hupa Indians have inhabited the Hoopa Valley for at least 4,000 years and only made contact with American settlers comparatively recently in the mid-19th century. The Hupa Indians remain in the Hoopa Valley, a region that was designated as a reservation in 1876.
