Yavapai people

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The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalPractice basketry
ceremonial dances
oral tradition
culturalRegion Southwestern United States
ethnicGroupOf United States
hasAutonym Enyaeva (various Yavapai self-designations)
hasSubgroup Kewevkapaya (Southeastern Yavapai)
Tolkapaya (Western Yavapai)
linked to: Yavapai language

Wipukepa (Northeastern Yavapai)
linked to: Wipukpa dialect

Yavbe Pai (Northwestern Yavapai)
linked to: Yavapai people
historicalEvent forced relocation to San Carlos Reservation in the 1870s
return from San Carlos Reservation in the 1880s
indigenousTo Arizona
central Arizona
western Arizona
language Yavapai language
languageFamily Upland Yuman languages
linked to: Upland Yuman

Yuman languages
neighboringGroup Maricopa people
Mohave people
linked to: Mojave people

Pima people
populationRegion Arizona
presentIn Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe (through several tribal governments)
region American Southwest
relatedEthnicGroup Apache people
linked to: Apache tribes

Havasupai people
Hualapai people
O’odham people
linked to: Tohono O'odham

Quechan people
Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
religion Christianity
traditional Yavapai religion
traditionalEconomy gathering
hunting
small-scale agriculture
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalTerritory Bradshaw Mountains
Mogollon Rim region
linked to: Mogollon Rim

Prescott area
Verde River region
linked to: Verde Valley
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Mojave people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Hualapai people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Yavapai language ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Yavapai language languageGroup Yavapai–Havasupai–Hualapai group
linked to: Yavapai people
Havasupai people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Yavapai people hasSubgroup Yavbe Pai (Northwestern Yavapai)
linked to: Yavapai people
Yuman peoples hasPart Yavapai people
Verde Valley hasIndigenousHomelandOf Yavapai people
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe isPartOf Yavapai people
Upland Yuman spokenBy Yavapai people
Yavapai County, Arizona namedAfter Yavapai people
Yuman ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Yavbeʼ dialect spokenBy Yavapai people subgroup
linked to: Yavapai people
Yavbeʼ dialect ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Wipukpa dialect spokenBy Yavapai people
Yavapai-Apache Nation composedOf Yavapai people
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation partOf Yavapai people
Yavapai Point namedAfter Yavapai people
Yavapai War conflictBetween Yavapai people
Yavapai War indigenousPeopleInvolved Yavapai people
Yavapai War opponent Yavapai bands
linked to: Yavapai people
Yavapai War relatedTo Yavapai people
Sinagua culture possibleSuccessor Yavapai people
Montezuma Well associatedPeople Yavapai people
Tolkepaya dialect spokenBy Yavapai people
Tolkepaya dialect ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Wipukepa band ethnicGroupOf Yavapai people
Wipukepa band historicallyAssociatedWith Yavapai people of central Arizona
linked to: Yavapai people
Wipukepa band isPartOf Yavapai bands
linked to: Yavapai people
Middle Verde inhabitedBy Yavapai people
Rimrock, Arizona hasAssociatedPeople Yavapai people
subject linked to: Rimrock