Hupa
dining’xine:wh / na:tinixwe | |
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A Hupa man by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923 | |
| Total population | |
| 3139 enrolled (2013) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States ( California) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Hupa | |
| Religion | |
| Hupa traditional beliefs, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Chilula and Whilkut |
The Hupa (Yurok: Huep'oola' / Huep'oolaa 'Hupa people') are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in northwestern California. Their endonym is dining’xine:wh for Hupa-language speakers in general, and na:tinixwe for residents of Hoopa Valley, also spelled Natinook-wa, meaning "People of the Place Where the Trails Return". The Karuk name for them is Kishákeevar / Kishakeevra ("Hupa (Trinity River) People", from kishákeevar-sav = "Hupa River, i.e. Trinity River"). The majority of the tribe is enrolled in the federally recognized Hoopa Valley Tribe.