Great Basin Indians
E1429096
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Great Basin Indians are Indigenous peoples of the arid Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for mobile foraging lifeways adapted to desert and semi-desert environments.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Basin Indians canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20420323 — 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: Great Basin Indians Context triple: [Eastern Shoshone, culturalArea, Great Basin Indians]
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A.
Goshute people
The Goshute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin region of Utah and Nevada, culturally and linguistically related to other Shoshonean peoples.
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B.
Washoe people
The Washoe people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada, known for their distinct cultural traditions and historical ties to areas of present-day Nevada and California.
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C.
Modoc people
The Modoc people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the regions of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical resistance during the Modoc War of the 1870s.
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D.
Shoshone people
The Shoshone people are a Native American group of the Great Basin and surrounding regions, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with distinct Northern, Western, and Eastern bands and a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.
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E.
Owens Valley Paiute
The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.
- 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: Great Basin Indians Target entity description: Great Basin Indians are Indigenous peoples of the arid Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for mobile foraging lifeways adapted to desert and semi-desert environments.
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A.
Goshute people
The Goshute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin region of Utah and Nevada, culturally and linguistically related to other Shoshonean peoples.
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B.
Washoe people
The Washoe people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada, known for their distinct cultural traditions and historical ties to areas of present-day Nevada and California.
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C.
Modoc people
The Modoc people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the regions of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical resistance during the Modoc War of the 1870s.
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D.
Shoshone people
The Shoshone people are a Native American group of the Great Basin and surrounding regions, traditionally semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with distinct Northern, Western, and Eastern bands and a rich cultural and linguistic heritage.
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E.
Owens Valley Paiute
The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.