The Yaquina people were a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of
Native Americans. There were 19 Yaquina in 1910. Their language was one of the
Yakonan languages. The Yaquina lived around the
Yaquina River
The Yaquina River ( ) is a stream, long, on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of Oregon. It drains an area of the Central Oregon Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley near Newport.
It rises in the mountains west of Corvallis along the c ...
and
Yaquina Bay
Yaquina Bay ( ) is a coastal estuarine community found in Newport, Oregon, United States. Yaquina Bay is a semi-enclosed body of water, approximately 8 km² (3.2 mi²) in area, with free connection to the Pacific Ocean, but also diluted ...
, both of which have been named after it. The town of
Yaquina, Oregon, has also been named after the Indians.
Villages
North of Yaquina River
Yaquina villages north of the Yaquina River were:
* Holukhik
* Hunkkhwitik
* Iwai
* Khaishuk
* Khilukh
* Kunnupiyu
* Kwulaishauik
* Kyaukuhu
* Kyuwatkal
* Mipshuntik
* Mittsulstik
* Shash
* Thlalkhaiuntik
* Thlekakhaik
* Tkhakiyu
* Tshkitshiauk
* Tthilkitik
* Ukhwaiksh
* Yahal
* Yikkhaich
South side of Yaquina River
Yaquina villages south of the Yaquina River were:
* Atshuk
* Chulithltiyu
* Hakkyaiwal
* Hathletukhish
* Hitshinsuwit
* Hiwaitthe
* Kaku
* Khaiyukkhai
* Khitalaitthe
* Kholkh
* Khulhanshtauk
* Kilauutuksh
* Kumsukwum
* Kutshuwitthe
* Kwaitshi
* Kwilaishauk
* Kwulchichicheshk
* Kwullaish
* Kwullakhtauik
* Kwutichuntthe
* Mulshintik
* Naaish
* Paiinkhwutthu
* Pikiiltthe
* Pkhulluwaaitthe
* Pkuuniukhtauk
* Puuntthiwaun
* Shilkhotshi
* Shupauk
* Thlekwiyauik
* Thlelkhus
* Thlinaitshtik
* Thlukwiutshthu
* Tkulmashaauk
* Tuhaushuwitthe
* Tulshk
References
Native American tribes in Oregon
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Kalapuya
Newport, Oregon
Alsean languages
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