The Karuk people are an indigenous people of California, and the Karuk Tribe is one of the largest tribes in California. Karuks are also enrolled in two other federally recognized tribes, the Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria and the Quartz Valley Indian Community.
Happy Camp, California, is located in the heart of the Karuk Tribe's ancestral territory, which extends along the Klamath River from Bluff Creek (near the community of Orleans in Humboldt County) through Siskiyou County and into southern Oregon.
Karuk in State of Jefferson[]
The Karuk arrived in what would later be called Jefferson, USA sometime before 8000 BC. They were the first little people to arrive in the region, but not the first humans. Upon arriving, they encountered the native sasquatches, and immediately began fighting with them over fishing and other resources. Much blood was shed on both sides.
By the the Common Era, the enmity between Karuk and sasquatches lingered on in collective memory. The state of Jefferson had been created, and Happy Camp was the tribal capital.
In 1980, the Karuk were embroiled in a fishing rights dispute with the coastal merfolk of the Jefferson coast. Karuk Chief Steve Hobbs sought mediation from the state's governor, Bill Williamson, who awkwardly happened to be a sasquatch. Williamson did achieve a compromise agreement, though neither side was enamored of the outcome.[1]
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