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THE PEOPLE

• More than 5,000 enrolled members, most help out the community when needed.
• In Weitchpec a group of women started a club in which they help all the women of the tribe with emotional or physical problems
• Have a wrestling club for children

Tribe Traditions

• 55th Klamath Salmon Festival
• Salmon Ceremony - 1865
• Brush Dance
• White Deerskin Dance
• Jump Dance
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tLZYXVwloo

The Yurok Condor Program- are helping bring back the native Condor.

JOBS

• Wildland Fire Coordinator
• Webmaster
• Computer Technician II
• Adminster
• Jet Boat Captain
• JOM Tutor
• Contract
• Contract Procument Specialist
• Head Start Cook/Custodian
• Transit Driver
• Warehouse Worker

SCHOOL

• Most teens end up going to Humboldt University.
• All students go the public school near them but varies. There is only help on the reservations

POLITICAL STRUCTURE

• Javier Kinney - director of self governace
• “The Mission of the Office to Self-Governance is to protect the sovereign rights of the Yurok Tribe and citizens in relation to other governments, as well as to develop projects that promote this purpose.”

TRIBE NEWS

• The second year that Chinook salmon have come to the Klamath river with very little fish
• In 2016 the yurok tribe declares a state of emergency.

TRIBE NEWS pt.2

• River water in Klamath River is unsafe and can kill and harm people or pets. due to toxin microcystin

Social media
Facebook: Yurok Tribe
Instagram: only #YurokTribe
Website: yuroktribe.org
YouTube: Yurok Tribe

CITATION

• Greenson, Thadeus. “Yurok Tribe Declares Emergency After Rash of Suicides.” North Coast Journal, North Coast Journal, 5 June 2017,www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2016/01/24/yurok-tribe-declares.... Accessed 6 Sept. 2017.
• Native American Center (ITEPP).” Native American Center (ITEPP), itepp.humboldt.edu/. Accessed 6 Sept. 2017

CITATION

• The Yurok Tribe Education Department, www.yuroktribe.org/departments/education/. Accessed 6 Sept. 2017
• “Yurok - Religion and Expressive Culture.” Countries and Their Cultures, www.everyculture.com/North-America/Yurok-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.ht....

CITATION

• “Fix the Earth With the Sacred Jump Dance.” Indian Country Media Network, Andre Cramblit, 12 Nov. 2014, indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/opinions/fix-the-earth-with-the-sacred-j....
• The Yurok Tribe Human Resources, www.yuroktribe.org/departments/personnel/announcements.htm.

Citation

• Brush Dance, www.yuroktribe.org/culture/history/brushdance.htm.
• “Welcome to Self Governance.” The Yurok Tribe Self Governance, www.yuroktribe.org/departments/selfgovern/.
• The Yurok Tribe's Klamath Salmon Festival, www.yuroktribe.org/salmonfestival.htm.