Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation. 12801 Mouth of Smith River Road. Smith River, CA 95567. Map of Office Locations. Phone: 707-487-9255

Nov 22, 2024 · The Tolowa Indian Tribe, also known as the Tolowa Dee-ni’, are an indigenous people who have inhabited the coastal region of Northern California for thousands of years. Their ancestral territory spanned approximately 100 miles along the Pacific coast, encompassing the present-day counties of Del Norte and Humboldt in California.

With the Pacific Ocean to the west, the majestic ancient Redwood Forest to the east, and the streams filled with salmon, the home of the Tolowa is truly one of the most beautiful places on earth.

The Tolowa people or Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni’ are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethno-linguistic group. Two rancherías (Smith River and Elk Valley) still reside in their traditional territory in northwestern California.

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The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, previously known as Smith River Rancheria, [4] [5] is a federally recognized tribe of Tolowa people in Del Norte County, California. [6] They are Athabascan people, distantly related to northern Athabascans of eastern Alaska and western Canada, as well as the Apache and Navajo peoples of the American Southwest. [2]

Tolowa Nation is a local American Indian Tribe in Del Norte County. We feature local artists from the entire community in this portion of the coast of Northern California and Southwest Oregon.

The head-dress is of the type common to the Klamath River tribes -a broad band of deerskin partially covered with a row of red scalps of the woodpecker. The massive necklace of clam-shell beads indicates the wealth of the wearer, or of the friend from whom he borrowed it. He carries a ceremonial celt of black obsidian and a decorated bow.

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Acorns and grass seeds being far from abundant in their country, the Tolowa depended for vegetal food principally on the roots of bracken fern and on seaweed.