Tututni

Tututni belongs to the Pacific coastal country around the lower Rogue River in what is now southern Oregon. Rivers, forests and the ocean provide complementary resources: fish runs and marine foods sustain waterside communities, while woodland supplies materials for houses, tools and boats. Seasonal gathering adds food, and travel requires knowledge of landings, currents and weather.

Tututni communities formed part of the diverse Indigenous societies of the northwestern coast and spoke Athabaskan languages. Villages maintained local identities and exchanged goods with neighbouring peoples before sustained European settlement. Maritime exploration and trade later brought new goods and pressures; expanding settlement in the nineteenth century caused greater disruption.