Tsurai Village
The Tsurai Village has been in existence since time immemorial. Being over 65,000 acres in size, Tsurai was the largest southernmost village of the Yurok Tribe. The village is located on the northern coast of California, in Humboldt County. The Tsurai enjoyed an elegant lifestyle until European contact by way of Spanish explorers in 1775. The Spanish erected the wooden cross on Tsurewa, and proclaimed the new acquisition for the King of Spain, forever naming the area Trinidad. Since that time, there have been steady changes to Tsurai. Some pieces forever lost, while others remain intact and resilient. The Tsurai people being the most resilient piece, and adapting to the times by forming this non-profit to protect the cultural landscape that made up our traditional boundaries. The Tsurai Ancestral Society is made up of documented lineal descendants of the Tsurai village.
Pictured above from left to right: Glen, Chuck and Axel Lindgren on their front porch in Trinidad in the 1930’s prior to their enlistment in the military during WWII.