Hoopa Valley Tribe
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Background
The Hoopa Valley Tribe states its own purpose in one sentence: we, the Hoopa Valley Tribe, are a tribal government dedicated to protecting and promoting the interests, rights and well-being of the Hoopa Valley people, striving to preserve our sovereignty, culture, traditions and natural resources. Its tribal council seats a chairman and a vice-chairman who also holds the Mesket Field District seat, with further seats for the Soctish-Chenone, Hostler-Matilton, Agency, Norton, Bald Hill and Campbell field districts. Hoopa Forest Industries, the Tribe's log harvesting operation, has been a chartered company since 1996, preparing two to four timber sales a year against the Tribe's allowable cut and harvesting Douglas fir, hardwood oak and madrone under forest management it describes as environmentally safe.
Visit and learn
Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.
Parks on its homelands
Redwood National and State ParksThe Hoopa Valley Tribal Council has seven elected council people and one elected chairperson. Source
Programs
Hoopa Forest Industries
The Tribe's log harvesting operation, a chartered company in operation since 1996, preparing two to four timber sales annually and harvesting Douglas fir, hardwood oak and madrone. A sawmill added in 2006 with federal and state grant funding has since expanded to several portable sawmills supplying local and regional lumber markets, and the company supports about 25 to 30 tribal member households.
Sources
- https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
- https://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/hoopa-valley-tribal-council/
- https://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/departments/1490-2/hoopa-forest-industries/
Checked September 2026.