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Yurok Tribe · yurok · Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, CaliforniaYurok Tribe
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- Official name
- Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- California
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Yurok Tribe: California: 18 unratified treaties (1851-52) and the secrecy until 1905. 2 court cases turned on their rights: Mattz v. Arnett and Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Ass'n.
This nation carries the history of Cap-pel, Mor-ri-ahs, Pak-wan, Poh-lik (lower Klamath), Ser-a-goines, Wetch-peck and 1 more in the treaty record. Land has come back: Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary and Yurok Tribal Community Forest and 'O Rew Redwoods Gateway returned to Yurok Tribe.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Official names
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Yurok Tribe Nation government Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary and Yurok Tribal Community Forest (47,097 acres) Website
- Cultural Fire Management Council (CFMC) Native-led Cultural burning on the Yurok Reservation and ancestral lands Give on their site Website
- Save the Redwoods League Allied land trust Transferred 125 acres ('O Rew Redwoods Gateway) to the Yurok Tribe (announced July 28, 2026 per yuroktribe.org)
- Western Rivers Conservancy Allied land trust Buys river land and transfers to tribes (Blue Creek 47,097 acres to Yurok; Adler Ranch 1,199 acres to Esselen) Give on their site Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
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Carries the treaty history of 7
Named in 5
Organizations that work with this nation 4
Governed by 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
From org-yurok-tribe.
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