- Chilula
The Chilula were an
Athapaskan tribe who inhabited the area on or near lower Redwood Creek, inCalifornia some 500 to 600 years before contact withwhites . They have since been incorporated into theHoopa tribe and live mainly on the Hoopa Reservation.The tribe's originally had 18 villages: Howunakut, Noleding, Tlochime, Kingkyolai, Kingyukyomunga, Yisining'aikut, Tsinsilading, Tondinunding, Yinukanomitseding, Hontetlme, Tlocheke, Hlichuhwinauhwding, Kailuhwtahding, Kailuhwchengetlding, Sikingchwungmitahding, Kinahontahding, Misme, and Kahustahding.
Legacy
A 205' Cherokee-class
US Navy oceangoingtugboat was christened theUSS Chilula (WATF-153) in1945 , and recommissioned in1958 as theUnited States Coast Guard Cutter "Chilula" (WMEC-153), serving until1991 .
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