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Lassik Native Americans

The Lassik Native American indigenous peoples were members of California’s southern Athapaskan language family. They also shared cultural similarities with their eastern neighbors, the Wintun, with whom they intermarried and exchanged with. Lassik territory historically covered approximately 325 square miles of the drainage of Eel River between the mouths of Dobbyn and Kekawaka Creeks and the headwaters of Mad River, in today’s Humboldt County. The name Lassik is derived from one of their famous chiefs. Prior to Euroamerican contact, it has been estimated that around 1,400; today there are no official population figures.

Name: Lassik

Location: Northwestern California along the Eel River.

Population: 1,400 prior to Euroamerican contact; today there is no official number.

Language Family: Southern Athapaskan.

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