Cahita peoples

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The Cahita peoples are an Indigenous group of northwestern Mexico, historically known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan languages and agricultural communities along the Yaqui and Mayo rivers.

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Label Occurrences
Cahita peoples canonical 5

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
broaderCategory Mesoamerican-related cultures ⓘ
Native American peoples ⓘ
colonialPowerEncountered Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Mexico cultural area ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mexico ⓘ
geographicFeatureAssociated Mayo River ⓘ
Yaqui River ⓘ
hasSubgroup Mayo people ⓘ
Yaqui people ⓘ
historicalLanguageGroup Cahita languages ⓘ
linked to: Cahitan languages
historicalRegion Mayo River valley ⓘ
Yaqui River valley ⓘ
linked to: Yaqui Valley
knownFor agricultural communities along the Yaqui and Mayo rivers ⓘ
distinct Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedIn Sinaloa ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ
northwestern Mexico ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
regionType riverine communities ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Opata people ⓘ
Pima people ⓘ
Tarahumara people ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
subgroupOf Uto-Aztecan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
timePeriod colonial period in Mexico ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy irrigated agriculture ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe dwellings ⓘ
thatch-roof houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Cahitan languages → ethnicGroup → Cahita peoples ⓘ
Cahitan languages → historicallySpokenBy → Cahita peoples ⓘ
Yoreme → ethnolinguisticGroup → Cahita peoples ⓘ
Tehueco people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Cahita peoples ⓘ