The members of the Blue Lake Rancheria include people with Wiyot, Yurok, Tolowa, and Cherokee ancestry. This tribe is made up of the remnant survivors of the people who once lived along the Eel and Mad Rivers in northern California. Priror to Euro-American settlement, the ancestors of the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe were primarily Wiyot.
While not always historically accurate, Edward Curtis' large body of photos --more accurately called photogravures –offer a historic glimpse into the lives of more than 100 nartive american tribes at the turn of the 20th century. Now you can find more than 2,000 of them online and free to use in your classroom projects.
The Big Lagoon Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Yurok and Tolowa Indians.
The Catawba Nation is the only federally recognized tribe in the state of South Carolina.
The Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe made up of of Chetco, Hupa, Karuk, Tolowa, Wiyot, and Yurok people in Humboldt County, California.
The Cherokee Nation is descended from those Cherokees who were removed to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma on the long journey now referred to as the Trail of Tears.