Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

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Native American people federally recognized Native American tribe sovereign tribal nation

The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians canonical	6
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California	1
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians tribal government	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T830220 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
Context triple: [Plains Miwok, descendantCommunity, Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians]

A. Wilton Rancheria
Wilton Rancheria is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
B. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
C. Morongo Band of Mission Indians
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Southern California composed primarily of Serrano and Cahuilla descendants, known for its large reservation and economic enterprises including the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.
D. San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Serrano people based in Southern California, known for its cultural preservation efforts and significant economic enterprises, including gaming and philanthropy.
E. Metlakatla Indian Community
The Metlakatla Indian Community is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Tsimshian people based on Annette Island in Alaska, known for being the only Native reservation in the state.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
Target entity description: The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.

A. Wilton Rancheria
Wilton Rancheria is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
B. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
C. Morongo Band of Mission Indians
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Southern California composed primarily of Serrano and Cahuilla descendants, known for its large reservation and economic enterprises including the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.
D. San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Serrano people based in Southern California, known for its cultural preservation efforts and significant economic enterprises, including gaming and philanthropy.
E. Metlakatla Indian Community
The Metlakatla Indian Community is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Tsimshian people based on Annette Island in Alaska, known for being the only Native reservation in the state.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (27)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ federally recognized Native American tribe ⓘ sovereign tribal nation ⓘ
category	Federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ Miwok tribes ⓘ linked to: Miwok people Native American tribes in California ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
ethnicGroup	Plains Miwok ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup	Miwok ⓘ
federalRecognitionStatus	federally recognized ⓘ
governmentType	tribal government ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	sovereign domestic dependent nation ⓘ
hasSettlementType	rancheria ⓘ
languageFamily	Utian languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Amador County, California ⓘ California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
partOf	Miwok peoples ⓘ linked to: Miwok people
people	Miwok ⓘ
primaryAncestry	Plains Miwok descendants ⓘ
recognizedAs	Indian tribe under federal law ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
region	Northern California ⓘ
state	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
traditionalLanguage	Plains Miwok language ⓘ linked to: Plains Miwok
tribalAffiliation	Miwok ⓘ
tribalJurisdiction	Buena Vista Rancheria ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plains Miwok → descendantCommunity → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Miwok people → presentDayTribalEntity → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Buena Vista Rancheria → homelandOf → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Buena Vista Rancheria → tribalAffiliation → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Buena Vista Rancheria → governingBody → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians tribal government ⓘ

linked to: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians

Buena Vista Rancheria → jurisdiction → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Buena Vista Rancheria → associatedPeople → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ

Me-Wuk people → hasFederallyRecognizedTribe → Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California ⓘ