Death Valley Shoshone
E1040758
Death Valley Shoshone are a Native American group of the Timbisha Shoshone people traditionally associated with the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Death Valley Shoshone canonical | 2 |
| Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone | 1 |
| Death Valley Timbisha Shoshone Reservation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13427124 — 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: Death Valley Shoshone Context triple: [Timbiša, alternateName, Death Valley Shoshone]
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A.
Death Valley
Death Valley is an extremely hot, arid basin in eastern California known as one of the lowest, driest, and hottest places on Earth.
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B.
Death Valley
Death Valley is the intimidating nickname for Tiger Stadium, the loud and storied home football venue of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge.
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C.
Death Valley
Death Valley is a 2011 American horror-comedy mockumentary TV series that follows an LAPD task force battling vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Wyoming Basin
The Wyoming Basin is a broad, high-elevation intermontane region in the western United States characterized by arid basins, plateaus, and significant fossil fuel and mineral resources.
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E.
Amargosa Valley
Amargosa Valley is a sparsely populated desert community in Nye County, Nevada, known for its proximity to Death Valley and the Amargosa Desert.
- 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: Death Valley Shoshone Target entity description: Death Valley Shoshone are a Native American group of the Timbisha Shoshone people traditionally associated with the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
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A.
Death Valley
Death Valley is an extremely hot, arid basin in eastern California known as one of the lowest, driest, and hottest places on Earth.
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B.
Death Valley
Death Valley is the intimidating nickname for Tiger Stadium, the loud and storied home football venue of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge.
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C.
Death Valley
Death Valley is a 2011 American horror-comedy mockumentary TV series that follows an LAPD task force battling vampires, werewolves, and zombies in the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Wyoming Basin
The Wyoming Basin is a broad, high-elevation intermontane region in the western United States characterized by arid basins, plateaus, and significant fossil fuel and mineral resources.
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E.
Amargosa Valley
Amargosa Valley is a sparsely populated desert community in Nye County, Nevada, known for its proximity to Death Valley and the Amargosa Desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American ethnic group
ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedNationalPark |
Death Valley National Park
ⓘ
linked to:
Death Valley National Park (partial)
|
| associatedReservation |
Death Valley Indian Community of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
ⓘ
linked to:
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
|
| colonialImpact | displacement due to mining and tourism in Death Valley ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalRegion | Great Basin culture area ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| ethnonym | Timbisha ⓘ |
| federallyRecognizedTribePartOf | Timbisha Shoshone Tribe ⓘ |
| historicalRange |
Death Valley floor
ⓘ
linked to:
Death Valley
southern Owens Valley region ⓘ surrounding mountain ranges of Death Valley ⓘ |
| language | Timbisha language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Numic languages
ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| modernIssue |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
land rights in Death Valley National Park ⓘ |
| peoplehood |
Timbisha Shoshone people
ⓘ
linked to:
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
|
| recognizedAs | distinct local group of Timbisha Shoshone ⓘ |
| region |
Inyo County, California
ⓘ
Nye County, Nevada ⓘ
linked to:
Nye County
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Owens Valley Paiute
ⓘ
Panamint Shoshone ⓘ Western Shoshone ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Native American religion ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Timbisha Shoshone
ⓘ
linked to:
Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
|
| traditionalCraft | basketry ⓘ |
| traditionalEnvironment |
Great Basin
ⓘ
Mojave Desert region ⓘ
linked to:
Mojave Desert
desert ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
mesquite beans
ⓘ
piñon nuts ⓘ reptiles ⓘ small mammals ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | brush shelters ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
gathering wild plants
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ small game hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Death Valley ⓘ Nevada ⓘ |
| USState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California (state)
Nevada ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Death Valley Shoshone Description of subject: Death Valley Shoshone are a Native American group of the Timbisha Shoshone people traditionally associated with the Death Valley region of California and Nevada.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Death Valley Shoshone
linked to: Death Valley Shoshone