Nüümü

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Nüümü is the self-designation of the Owens Valley Paiute people, an Indigenous group native to the Owens Valley region of eastern California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nüümü canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
affectedByHistoricalEvent California Indian Wars ⓘ
Owens Valley water diversions to Los Angeles ⓘ
autonymMeaning the people ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Basin ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Northern Paiute language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Owens Valley Numu ⓘ
Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
hasColonialLanguage English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasContemporaryPoliticalRepresentation Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley ⓘ
linked to: Owens Valley Paiute

Bishop Paiute Tribe ⓘ
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians ⓘ
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe ⓘ
hasEthnicLanguage Northern Paiute ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States ⓘ
locatedInState California ⓘ
nativeToRegion Owens Valley ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
partOf Great Basin Indigenous peoples ⓘ
Numic-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Numic peoples

Paiute peoples ⓘ
linked to: Paiute
relatedGroup Mono Lake Paiute ⓘ
Southern Paiute ⓘ
Western Shoshone ⓘ
selfDesignationOf Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
stone tool production ⓘ
traditionalCrop native grasses ⓘ
seed plants ⓘ
tubers ⓘ
traditionalHousingType wickiup ⓘ
traditionalIrrigationPractice diversion of creek water to fields ⓘ
traditionalReligionType Native American traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryFeature Owens River ⓘ
Owens Valley wetlands ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (eastern slope) ⓘ
White Mountains (California) ⓘ
usesAutonym Nüümü ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Northern Paiute → hasAutonym → Nüümü ⓘ
Nüümü → usesAutonym → Nüümü ⓘ