Yokuts people

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The Yokuts people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex riverine and marshland subsistence practices.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Yokuts people canonical 15
Yokuts peoples 5
Chukchansi Yokuts people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of California
affectedBy epidemic diseases after European contact
missionization in California
continent North America
country United States
culturalHeritage ceremonial dances
oral tradition
storytelling
hasClanSystem yes
hasDialect Delta Yokuts dialects
Foothill Yokuts dialects
linked to: Yokutsan languages

Valley Yokuts dialects
linked to: Yokutsan languages
historicalEvent impacted by American settlement in 19th century
impacted by Mexican period in California
impacted by Spanish colonization in California
indigenousTo California
California Central Valley
linked to: Central Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills
languageFamily Yokutsan languages
presentIn federally recognized tribes in California
socialOrganization tribelets
traditionalCraft basketry
net making
shell beadwork
traditionalEnvironment marshes
oak woodlands
rivers
wetlands
traditionalFood acorn mush
fish from rivers and sloughs
small game
waterfowl
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean earth lodges
tule houses
traditionalRegion Kaweah River region
Kern River region
linked to: San Joaquin Valley

Kings River region
linked to: Kings River

San Joaquin Valley
Tulare Lake Basin
linked to: Tulare Basin
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence gathering of acorns
gathering of seeds and roots
marshland hunting
riverine fishing
usesMaterialInBasketry redbud
tule reeds
willow

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Referenced by (24)

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California cultural area inhabitedBy Yokuts people
Mono people relatedEthnicGroup Yokuts people
Miwok people relatedEthnicGroup Yokuts people
Mission San Juan Bautista associatedWithPeople Mutsun people
linked to: Yokuts people
Sierra Nevada foothills historicallyInhabitedBy Yokuts peoples
linked to: Yokuts people
Yokutsan languages ethnicGroup Yokuts people
Yokutsan languages usedBy Yokuts tribes
linked to: Yokuts people
Ohlone peoples relatedEthnicGroup Yokuts peoples
linked to: Yokuts people
Kern River Yokuts ethnicGroupOf Yokuts people
Kern River Yokuts subgroupOf Yokuts people
Northern Valley Yokuts partOf Yokuts peoples
linked to: Yokuts people
Tübatulabal people neighboringPeople Yokuts people
Salinan people neighboringGroup Yokuts people
Sierra Miwok neighboringGroup Yokuts peoples
linked to: Yokuts people
Tulare Lake historicalInhabitants Yokuts people
Chukchansi spokenBy Chukchansi Yokuts people
linked to: Yokuts people
Tulare Lake Yokuts spokenBy Yokuts people
Delta Yokuts ethnicGroup Yokuts people
Yowlumne associatedPeople Yokuts peoples
linked to: Yokuts people
Gashowu spokenBy Gashowu Yokuts people
linked to: Yokuts people
Palewyami ethnicGroup Yokuts people
Choynimni ethnicGroup Yokuts people