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Chilula or Bald Hills Indians or Redwood Creek Indians

The Chilula Native American tribe historically lived in today’s Humboldt County in northwestern California. Culturally, spiritually, and economically the redwood dominated Chilula traditions. Chilula traditional homeland centered around the Redwood Creek valley, although use of the ocean was frequent. In the 1840s the Chilula indigenous population numbered between 500 and 600; today they are integrated with the Hupa on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation.

Name: Chilula. The Chilula called themselves Hoil’kut. They were also known as Redwood Creek Indians.

Location: Redwood Creek in today’s Humboldt County, northwestern California.

Population: 500-600 in the early 1800s.

Language Family: Athapaskan.

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