Cultural attributes of the Yurok’s

Food: The Yurok’s main foods were acorns and salmon. They fished in the Klamath River.

Shelter: The Yurok lived in homes shaped as rectangular structures made from cedar posts, poles, and split cedar planks.

Clothing: The Yurok’s wore animal hides. The traditional dress of the Yurok men included a deerskin loincloth and deerskin moccasins with elk hide soles. The women wore knee length deerskin skirts that were heavily ornamted.

Beliefs: Yurok’s religious practices were based on the belief that ages ago the Earth was inhabited by supernatural beings in human form.