Chemehuevi people

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The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.

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Generate an image of the Chemehuevi people (The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chemehuevi people canonical 22
Chemehuevi culture 2
Southern Paiute people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
Southern Paiute group ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
federally recognized tribe ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
affectedBy 19th-century U.S. expansion in the Southwest ⓘ
relocation and reservation policies ⓘ
autonym Nüwü (or Nuwuvi) ⓘ
colonialContact Mexican authorities ⓘ
Spanish colonizers ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
culturalPractice storytelling ⓘ
traditional basket weaving ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Basin ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
culturalRevitalization documentation of oral literature ⓘ
language preservation efforts ⓘ
environmentalAdaptation desert water-source knowledge ⓘ
use of seasonal plant resources ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation ⓘ
historicalLifestyle semi-nomadic ⓘ
knownFor adaptation to arid environments ⓘ
basketry ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
language Chemehuevi language ⓘ
linguisticBranch Southern Numic ⓘ
linguisticFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
notableScholarshipOn ethnographic work by Carobeth Laird ⓘ
linguistic work by linguist Margaret L. Press (Chemehuevi grammar) ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kawaiisu people ⓘ
Southern Paiute people ⓘ
Ute people ⓘ
religion Christianity (some members) ⓘ
Native American Church (some members) ⓘ
traditional Southern Paiute beliefs ⓘ
reservationLocation San Bernardino County, California ⓘ
reservationRegion Colorado River Indian Reservation area of California side of Lake Havasu ⓘ
subfamily Numic branch ⓘ
Southern Numic ⓘ
subgroupOf Southern Paiute people ⓘ
traditionalRegion Great Basin–Mojave transition zone ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
lower Colorado River region ⓘ
southern Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Las Vegas Valley

western Arizona ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing along the Colorado River ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

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

Mojave Desert → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Mojave Desert → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Southern Paiute people ⓘ
linked to: Chemehuevi people
Mojave Road historic route → originallyUsedBy → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Colorado River Indian Tribes → hasCulturalHeritage → Chemehuevi culture ⓘ
linked to: Chemehuevi people
Serrano people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Chemehuevi language → ethnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Southern Numic → usedBy → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Nüwü → ethnicGroupOf → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
subject linked to: Nüwü (or Nuwuvi)
CRIT → hasTribalMembersFrom → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Taaqtam → relatedEthnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Carobeth Laird → studied → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
subject linked to: linguist Carobeth Laird
Oasis of Mara → usedBy → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Colorado River Numic → ethnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Chemehuevi Reservation → ethnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Chemehuevi Reservation → namedAfter → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Mojave River region → traditionalHomelandOf → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Serrano tribes → relatedEthnicGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum → spokenBy → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Carobeth Laird → studied → Chemehuevi people ⓘ
Carobeth Laird → studied → Chemehuevi culture ⓘ
linked to: Chemehuevi people
Vanyume people → neighboringGroup → Chemehuevi people ⓘ