Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin

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The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native American groups traditionally inhabiting the arid interior region between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, known for their diverse languages, mobile foraging lifeways, and deep cultural ties to the desert environment.

All labels observed (13)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
cultural group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ceremony Ghost Dance (19th century) ⓘ
round dance ⓘ
colonialHistory contact with American settlers ⓘ
contact with Spanish colonizers ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalContinuity ongoing practice of traditional arts and ceremonies ⓘ
environment arid interior plateau ⓘ
desert and semi-desert ⓘ
hasSubgroup Bannock ⓘ
Chemehuevi ⓘ
Eastern Shoshone ⓘ
Goshute ⓘ
Kawaiisu ⓘ
Mono ⓘ
Northern Paiute ⓘ
Panamint Shoshone ⓘ
Southern Paiute ⓘ
Ute ⓘ
linked to: Ute people

Washoe ⓘ
Western Shoshone ⓘ
housing brush shelters ⓘ
semi-subterranean winter houses ⓘ
wickiups ⓘ
impactOfColonialism disruption of traditional subsistence ⓘ
forced relocation to reservations ⓘ
knownFor adaptation to desert environments ⓘ
diverse languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily Isolate language family (Washoe) ⓘ
Numic languages ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language family ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedBetween Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
materialCulture basketry ⓘ
rabbit-skin blankets ⓘ
sagebrush bark clothing ⓘ
mobilityPattern seasonal round ⓘ
small, flexible bands ⓘ
modernStatus federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ
region Great Basin ⓘ
religion shamanism ⓘ
vision quest practices ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunting and gathering ⓘ
mobile foraging ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing in lakes and marshes ⓘ
piñon nut harvesting ⓘ
rabbit drives ⓘ
seed gathering ⓘ
small game hunting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Mono people → culturalArea → Great Basin cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Numic → associatedWith → Great Basin Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Numic → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Carobeth Laird → ethnicGroupDocumented → Native Americans in the Great Basin ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Carobeth Laird
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Proto-Numic → spokenIn → Great Basin region (prehistory, reconstructed) ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Nevada State Museum, Carson City → heritageFocus → Indigenous peoples of Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Numic languages → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Julian Steward → researchInterest → Great Basin indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Lovelock Cave → associatedWithCulture → Great Basin Native American cultures ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Núuchi-u → culturalContext → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Central Numic → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Owens Valley Paiute → partOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes → isPartOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Northeast California → culturallyInfluencedBy → Great Basin cultures ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Panamint people → arePartOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Bannock people → culturalRegion → Great Basin cultures ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Bannock → culturalRegion → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Great Basin–Southwest transition zone → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Great Basin cultures ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Nuche → culturalRegion → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Cedar City Band → hasHeritage → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Chief Pocatello → partOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Chief Pocatello → ethnicGroup → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Coso people → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Wovoka → culturalContext → Great Basin Native American religions ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Shoshone scouts → culturalBackground → Great Basin Native Americans ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Native American languages of the Great Basin → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Mono Lake Paiute → partOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Mono Lake Paiute → broaderGrouping → Native American peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe → isPartOf → Great Basin tribes ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Spanish Nevada → predecessorInhabitant → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Nüümü → partOf → Great Basin Indigenous peoples ⓘ
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin