Cocopa people

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The Cocopa people are an Indigenous group native to the lower Colorado River region of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, traditionally known for riverine agriculture, fishing, and a rich cultural heritage expressed through their Yuman language and ceremonial practices.

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AI-generated illustration of Cocopa people

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Cocopa people (The Cocopa people are an Indigenous group native to the lower Colorado River region of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, traditionally known for riverine agriculture, fishing, and a rich cultural heritage expressed through their Yuman language and ceremonial practices.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cocopa 6
Cocopa people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Yuman people ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
culturalRegion American Southwest ⓘ
Northwestern Mexico ⓘ
linked to: Northern Mexico
ethnicGroupOf Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribeName Cocopah Indian Tribe of Arizona ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial dances ⓘ
seasonal ceremonies ⓘ
song traditions ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
historicalImpact affected by U.S.–Mexico border formation ⓘ
affected by diversion of Colorado River water ⓘ
language Cocopa language ⓘ
languageFamily Yuman language family ⓘ
nativeTo U.S.–Mexico borderlands ⓘ
lower Colorado River region ⓘ
populationTrend small population with language revitalization efforts ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Havasupai people ⓘ
Hualapai people ⓘ
Kumeyaay people ⓘ
Maricopa people ⓘ
Mojave people ⓘ
Paipai people ⓘ
Quechan people ⓘ
religion syncretic Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
reservation Cocopah Indian Reservation ⓘ
reservationLocation near Yuma, Arizona ⓘ
selfDesignation Cocopah ⓘ
linked to: Cocopah people
traditionalEconomy beans cultivation ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
river fishing ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
wild plant gathering ⓘ
traditionalHousing brush houses ⓘ
thatched structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Sonoran Desert riparian areas ⓘ
lower Colorado River delta ⓘ
UNESCOStatus endangered language community ⓘ
uses irrigation from Colorado River for agriculture ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Cocopa language → glottologName → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people
Cocopa language → hasAlternativeName → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people
Yuman → hasLanguage → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people
Yuman → ethnicGroup → Cocopa people ⓘ
Southern Uto-Aztecan → hasLanguage → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people
Mexican Cocopa → spokenBy → Cocopa people ⓘ
Mexican Cocopa → ethnicGroup → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people
Cocopah language → hasAlternativeName → Cocopa ⓘ
linked to: Cocopa people