Tsnungwe

The Tsnungwe lived along the Trinity River and the lower course of its South Fork in northwestern California. Their largest settlement, łe:ldin, stood where the two rivers meet. They spoke a variety of Hupa, an Athabaskan language, and were closely related to the Hupa people downstream. Their homeland also included country along the New River and the forested slopes above the Trinity. Salmon-bearing streams and nearby oak groves sustained the communities of these mountain valleys.