MATTOLE ARE BEAR RIVER INDIANS ARE A GROUP OF NATIVE WHO TRADITIONALLY LIVE ON THE MATTOLE AND BEAR RIVERS NEAR CAPE MENDOCINO. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MATTOLE AND OTHER INDIANS IS THAT THE MEN HAD FACIAL, TATTOOS TO WOMEN. THEY SPOKE ATABASKAN LANGUAGE AND MAY HAVE RETALIATED TO THEIR EEL RIVER NEIGHBORS. KROEBER NOTED IN 1770 THE MATTOLE HAD 500 PEOPLE IN 1770. COOK ESTIMATED THE KATO, MATTOLE, MOGATL, AND SINKYONE TO BE ABOUT 4700 - 50 % HIGHER THAN KROEBER. THEY WERE SEDENTARY HUNTERS AND GATHERS WHO CAME FROM CANADA.
TODAY THEY ARE ON THE ROHNERVILLE RANCHERIA THAT IS ORGANIZED AS A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN LOLETA, CA. LIKE MOST NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS THEY ATE QUITE A BIT OF SALMON. TODAY THEY ARE INVOLVED IN FINDING NEW WAYS TO RESTORE THE SALMON HABITAT.
BY 1850 THEY, LIKE MANY OTHER GROUPS, WERE GREATLY AFFECTED BY GOLD MINERS AND INFLUX OF ANGLOS.
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