Karuk

Musician Jetty Rae, whose grandmother was a full-blooded Karuk.

Meanings

Noun

  • A member of an indigenous people of California who reside along the Klamath River.

Proper Noun

  • The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.

Origin

  • From Karok káruk, because they live upstream on the Klamath River while the Yurok live downstream.

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