| Life in the Valley of the Hupa Tribe |
| The fullness of green The breath of blue The yellow of the sun The deep black of night and The depth of the rain Created this beautiful Valley |
| The Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation is cradled in the Mountains. It covers almost 139 square miles in Humboldt County of Northern California. It contains 133 miles of rivers and streams, including a section of the Trinity River, and 3,200 acreas of wetlands. There are no lakes. |
| Now there are approximately 3,500 people who live nestled among the trees on the mountain sides or on the valley floor along the emerald green Trinity River. |
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| The ancestors of the Hupa people had traditional houses made of redwood or cedar, and they would net salmon with large triangular nets. They also built long weirs across rivers to trap them. Clothing was made of braided bear grass (Xerophylum tenax) and dentalia shells were used for money and for jewelry. The resources of the Hupa area are owned by individuals, and their shaman have a tradition of ridge walking the sacred trails of the mountains in the area where they live. |
| The melody of the frog fills the night air as crickets dance til dawn. |
| Note: the scale models are of the Yurok Plank homes, but they are similar to the Plank homes made by the Hupa. |
| Wild Flowers found in the Valley |
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| The Keith Hostler Family |
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| PEOPLE OF THE HOOPA VALLEY |
| Marian Mattz |
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