Lion was nearest the Fire Land, and Frog was nearest the Karok land. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
They believe that the soul of a good Karok goes to the. From Wordnik.com. [A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians] Reference
Culturally identical with them are the neighboring Yurok and Karok. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10. Language, Race and Culture] Reference
Sacramento River tribes, Ehnik for the Karok tribes, Mariposa Group and. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
They believe that the soul of a good Karok goes to the 'happy western land' beyond the great ocean. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians] Reference
By the Karok these tribes are called Yurok, “down” or “below,” by which name the family has recently been known. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Stephen Powers in his valuable work so often quoted, gives a number of examples of superstitions regarding the dead of which the following relates to the Karok of California. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians] Reference
Stephen Powers, in his valuable work so often quoted, gives a number of examples of superstitions regarding the dead, of which the following relates to the Karok of California. From Wordnik.com. [A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians] Reference
The Theft of Fire -- Karok (near Klamath River, Cal.). From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
The Fable of the Animals -- Karok (near Klamath River, Cal.). From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
Mr. Powers has preserved for us the following most beautiful speech, which, he tells us, was whispered into the ear of a child by a woman of the Karok ere the first shovelful of earth was cast upon it (519. 34. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Hupa, as we have seen, is Athabaskan and, as such, is also distantly related to Haida (Queen Charlotte Islands) and Tlingit (southern Alaska); Yurok is one of the two isolated Californian languages of the Algonkin stock, the center of gravity of which lies in the region of the Great Lakes; Karok is the northernmost member of the Hokan group, which stretches far to the south beyond the confines of California and has remoter relatives along the Gulf of Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10. Language, Race and Culture] Reference
Karok (near Klamath River, Cal.). From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
Yurok, Karok name for the Weitspekan tribes 132. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Karok. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians] Reference
Karok. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Karok (near Klamath River. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest] Reference
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