The Karok (also spelled Karuk) are American Indians who traditionally lived in three groups of villages in the Klamath River valley in northwestern California. The Karok language belongs to the Hokan language family. The word karok means “upstream”; the Karok lived up the river from their friends the Yurok (whose name means “downstream”) and Hupa. The three tribes traded, intermarried, and maintained similar traditions. All three tribes combined traits of the California and Northwest Coast

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