Nongatl

The Nongatl inhabited the wooded country around the Van Duzen and upper Mad Rivers in northwestern California. Their language was one of the Eel River Athabaskan varieties, related to those of the neighboring Lassik and Wailaki. Salmon were plentiful in the Van Duzen and Yager Creek, though not in the upper Mad River. The Nongatl shared this mountainous region with other Athabaskan-speaking peoples, including the Hupa to the north and the Mattole towards the coast.