Karuk
See also: karuk
English
![](../I/m/Jetty_Rae_Head_Shot_March_2013.jpg)
Musician Jetty Rae, whose grandmother was a full-blooded Karuk.
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Karok káruk (“upstream, upriver (people)”), because they lived upstream on the Klamath River while the Yurok lived downstream.
Proper noun
Karuk
- An indigenous people of California who reside along the Klamath River.
- The language spoken by this tribe, which is either a language isolate or perhaps Hokan.
Translations
Karok language
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Translations
Karok person
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