Pee-Posh

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Pee-Posh, also known as the Piipaash, are an Indigenous people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, closely associated with the Maricopa community.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pee Posh 1
Pee Posh people 1
Pee-Posh canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
alternateName Pee Posh ⓘ
Pee-Posh people ⓘ
Piipaash ⓘ
closelyAssociatedWith Maricopa community ⓘ
Maricopa people ⓘ
colonialHistory affected by Mexican governance in the 19th century ⓘ
affected by Spanish colonial expansion in the Sonoran region ⓘ
affected by United States expansion in the 19th century ⓘ
culturalPractice basketry ⓘ
ceremonial dances ⓘ
river irrigation agriculture along the Gila and Colorado rivers ⓘ
demographicStatus small Indigenous population ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Colorado River Indian Tribes ⓘ
Gila River Indian Community ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Piipaash language ⓘ
historicalAssociation formed multi-tribal alliance with O’odham groups along the Gila River ⓘ
historicalEvent migrated eastward from the Colorado River to the Gila River in the 18th and 19th centuries ⓘ
languageFamily River Yuman languages ⓘ
Yuman languages ⓘ
locatedInCountry Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedInRegion Lower Colorado River region ⓘ
locatedInSubregion Northern Mexico ⓘ
Southwestern United States ⓘ
neighboringGroup Akimel O’odham (Pima) ⓘ
linked to: Akimel O'odham

Cocopah ⓘ
Quechan ⓘ
linked to: Quechan people

Tohono O’odham ⓘ
linked to: Tohono O'odham
partOf Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation population ⓘ
Gila River Indian Community population ⓘ
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community population ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribal members within U.S. tribal communities ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Cocopah ⓘ
Maricopa people ⓘ
Mojave people ⓘ
Quechan ⓘ
linked to: Quechan people
religion syncretic practices including Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
selfDesignation Piipaash ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Piipaash language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Lower Colorado River ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River

Lower Gila River ⓘ
linked to: Gila River

Sonoran Desert ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Piipaash → hasAlternativeName → Pee-Posh ⓘ
Huhugam Heritage Center → focusesOn → Pee Posh people ⓘ
linked to: Pee-Posh
Piipaash people → hasAlternativeName → Pee Posh ⓘ
linked to: Pee-Posh