Kawaiisu people

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The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.

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Generate an image of the Kawaiisu people (The Kawaiisu people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the southern Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains of California, known for their Uto-Aztecan language and rich basketry and rock art traditions.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kawaiisu people canonical 14
Kawaiisu people of California 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of California ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalHeritage basketry designs ⓘ
rock art sites in the Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ
culturalRegion eastern California ⓘ
southwestern Great Basin ⓘ
culture rich basketry tradition ⓘ
rock art tradition ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and stories ⓘ
historicalEra mission and post-mission periods in California ⓘ
pre-contact California ⓘ
language Kawaiisu language ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan

Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
linguisticBranch Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
nativeTo California ⓘ
neighboringGroup Kern River Yokuts ⓘ
Kitanemuk people ⓘ
Serrano people ⓘ
Tübatulabal people ⓘ
partOf California Native American cultures ⓘ
Great Basin cultural area ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin
populationType small Indigenous group ⓘ
recognizedAs Native American tribe ⓘ
region Tehachapi Pass area ⓘ
southern Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Numic-speaking peoples ⓘ
traditionalArt petroglyphs ⓘ
pictographs ⓘ
traditionalCraft basket weaving ⓘ
traditionalHousing brush shelters ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion Native Californian spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
seed collecting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory California ⓘ
Tehachapi Mountains ⓘ
southern Sierra Nevada ⓘ
usesMaterial juncus for basketry ⓘ
willow for basketry ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

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

Chemehuevi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Southern Numic → usedBy → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Numic languages → spokenBy → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Kawaiisu language → ethnicGroup → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Tehachapi Pass area → culturalLandscapeOf → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Tübatulabal people → neighboringPeople → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Kitanemuk people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Caliente → spokenBy → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Caliente → ethnicity → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Newberry Mountains language → ethnicGroup → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Kawaiisu-Tehachapi → ethnicGroup → Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Tehachapi Indians → presentDayDescendants → Kawaiisu people of California ⓘ
linked to: Kawaiisu people
Kawaiisu subgroup → associatedWith → Kawaiisu people ⓘ