Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
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The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California descended from the Miwok people, known for preserving their cultural heritage and operating enterprises such as the Black Oak Casino Resort.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians canonical | 1 |
| Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1122201 — 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: Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians Context triple: [Miwok people, presentDayTribalEntity, Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians]
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A.
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California representing descendants of the Miwok people, with its own government, reservation, and cultural programs.
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B.
Wilton Rancheria
Wilton Rancheria is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
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C.
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
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D.
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
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E.
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
The Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Miwok people based in Amador County, California, known for operating the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort and related community enterprises.
- 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: Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians Target entity description: The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California descended from the Miwok people, known for preserving their cultural heritage and operating enterprises such as the Black Oak Casino Resort.
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A.
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California representing descendants of the Miwok people, with its own government, reservation, and cultural programs.
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B.
Wilton Rancheria
Wilton Rancheria is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
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C.
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California composed primarily of Plains Miwok descendants.
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D.
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
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E.
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
The Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Miwok people based in Amador County, California, known for operating the Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort and related community enterprises.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American tribe
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federally recognized tribe ⓘ sovereign nation ⓘ |
| casinoWebsite | https://www.blackoakcasino.com/ ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culture | Miwok culture ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
cultural preservation
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economic development ⓘ education programs ⓘ health services for tribal members ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Me-Wuk people
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Miwok people ⓘ |
| hasGoverningBody | tribal council ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentType | tribal government ⓘ |
| hasOfficialName |
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
|
| hasProgram |
cultural heritage programs
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elders programs ⓘ youth programs ⓘ |
| hasReservation | Tuolumne Rancheria ⓘ |
| hasRight |
self-governance
ⓘ
to operate gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ⓘ |
| hasSettlementType | rancheria ⓘ |
| industry |
gaming
ⓘ
hospitality ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Tuolumne Rancheria, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Tuolumne Rancheria
|
| languageFamily | Miwok languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Tuolumne County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Tuolumne County
|
| locatedNear |
Sierra Nevada foothills
ⓘ
Tuolumne, California ⓘ |
| operates |
Black Oak Casino
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Oak Casino Resort
Black Oak Casino Resort ⓘ Black Oak Hotel and Conference Center ⓘ tribal gaming enterprise ⓘ |
| peopleGroup | Sierra Miwok ⓘ |
| populationGroup | Miwok descendants ⓘ |
| primaryState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| recognizedAs | tribal government under U.S. law ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| region | Central California ⓘ |
| religion | Native American traditional religion ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Central Sierra Miwok ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Sierra Nevada region of California ⓘ |
| website | https://www.tuolumnebandofmewukindians.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians Description of subject: The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe in California descended from the Miwok people, known for preserving their cultural heritage and operating enterprises such as the Black Oak Casino Resort.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
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hasOfficialName
→
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California
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linked to: Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians