Editing Eureka, California (section)

=== Native Americans ===
The [[Wiyot people]] lived in {{langnf|wiy|'''Jaroujiji'''|where you sit and rest|i=no}}, now known as Eureka, for thousands of years before European arrival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Land Acknowledgement |url=https://www.clarkemuseum.org/land-acknowledgement.html |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=CLARKE HISTORICAL MUSEUM |language=en}}</ref>Their traditional coastal homeland ranges from the [[Little River (Humboldt County)|Little River]] in the north to [[Bear River (Humboldt County)|Bear River Ridge]] in the south, including the entire coastline of Humboldt Bay, stretching inland to the mountains.<ref name="Wiyot History">{{cite web |title=History of the Wiyot Tribe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902211056/https://www.wiyot.us/148/Cultural |url=https://www.wiyot.us/148/Cultural |website=Wiyot Tribe, CA |publisher=Wiyot Tribe |access-date=2 September 2024 |archive-date=2 September 2024}}</ref> The Wiyot people are particularly known for their basketry<ref>{{cite web |title=Wiyot People, Places, and Practices |url=https://www.clarkemuseum.org/wiyot-people-places-and-practices.html |publisher=Clarke Historical Museum |access-date=2 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902212129/https://www.clarkemuseum.org/wiyot-people-places-and-practices.html |archive-date=September 2, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> and fishery management. An extensive collection of intricate basketry of the area's indigenous groups exists in the [[Clarke Historical Museum]] in [[Old Town Eureka]].

The [[Yurok people|Yurok]] people share [[Algic languages|linguistic]] and cultural practices with the Wiyot people, and their traditional territory is located to the north of Eureka. The Yurok Tribe's [[language revitalization]] program is seen by many as the most successful of its kind in California, and {{As of|2013|lc=y}}, [[Eureka High School (California)|Eureka High School]] has the largest [[Yurok language]] program of any school.<ref name="LAT2013">{{cite news  | last =Romney  | first =Lee  | title =Revival of nearly extinct Yurok language is a success story  | work =Los Angeles Times  | date = February 6, 2013 | url =http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yurok-language-20130207,0,776112.story   | access-date = February 7, 2013 }}</ref>