Yavapai

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The Yavapai are a Native American people indigenous to central and western Arizona, historically known as semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers with close cultural ties to neighboring tribes.

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Label Occurrences
Yavapai canonical 21
Northern Yavapai 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people
continent North America
country United States of America
currentReligions Christianity
Native American Church
ethnicGroupOf United States
experiencedEvent Camp Verde Indian massacre of 1875
forced relocation to San Carlos Apache Reservation in the 1870s
federallyRecognizedTribe Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Tonto Apache Tribe (with Yavapai ancestry)
linked to: Western Apache

Yavapai-Apache Nation
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
hasCulturalTiesWith Apache
Havasupai
Hualapai
Mojave
O’odham
linked to: Tohono O'odham

Quechan
linked to: Quechan people
historicalTerritory Bradshaw Mountains
Colorado River region in western Arizona
Mogollon Rim region
linked to: Mogollon Rim

Prescott area
linked to: Prescott

Verde Valley
indigenousTo Arizona
central Arizona
western Arizona
languageFamily Yuman languages
languageStatus endangered language
populationRegion Maricopa County, Arizona
Verde Valley, Arizona
linked to: Verde Valley

Yavapai County, Arizona
relatedEthnicGroup Apache
Havasupai
Hualapai
subgroup Kewevkapaya (Southeastern Yavapai)
Tolkapaya (Western Yavapai)
linked to: Yavapai language

Wipukepa (Northeastern Yavapai)
Yavbe (Northwestern Yavapai)
traditionalEconomy gathering wild plants
hunting game
limited agriculture in some bands
traditionalHousing wickiup
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence hunter-gatherer
treatyOrAgreement U.S. federal recognition of Yavapai tribes
usesLanguage Yavapai language

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