Natinixwe

Natinixwe, the People of the Place Where the Trails Return, are the Hupa inhabitants of Hoopa Valley on the Trinity River. Their lands extended from the South Fork of the Trinity to its meeting with the Klamath. The Hupa spoke an Athabaskan language and built houses of cedar planks, traveled in dugout canoes and made basket hats. Acorn bread and ceremonial sweathouses were among the customs they shared with neighboring peoples. To the south lived the Tsnungwe, close relatives in language and custom.