Owens Valley Paiute

E318882

Native American people indigenous people of the United States

The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Owens Valley Paiute canonical	15
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley	2
Owens Valley Paiute culture	2
Owens Valley Paiute people	2
Paiute-Kawaiisu	2
California Northern Paiute	1
Kern River Paiute	1
Mono Paiute	1
Owens Valley Indian communities	1
Owens Valley Paiute communities	1
Paiute peoples of the Owens Valley	1
Yerington Paiute	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842541 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Owens Valley Paiute
Context triple: [Paiute, subgroup, Owens Valley Paiute]

A. Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes
The Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people traditionally associated with the Great Basin region of the southwestern United States.
B. Shivwits Band of Paiutes
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe in southwestern Utah, representing one of the bands of the Southern Paiute people with its own government and reservation lands.
C. Cedar Band of Paiutes
The Cedar Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people based in southwestern Utah.
D. Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
E. San Juan Southern Paiute
The San Juan Southern Paiute are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas around the San Juan River in the Four Corners region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical ties to neighboring Paiute and Puebloan groups.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Owens Valley Paiute
Target entity description: The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.

A. Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes
The Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people traditionally associated with the Great Basin region of the southwestern United States.
B. Shivwits Band of Paiutes
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe in southwestern Utah, representing one of the bands of the Southern Paiute people with its own government and reservation lands.
C. Cedar Band of Paiutes
The Cedar Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people based in southwestern Utah.
D. Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
E. San Juan Southern Paiute
The San Juan Southern Paiute are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas around the San Juan River in the Four Corners region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical ties to neighboring Paiute and Puebloan groups.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
associatedModernTribe	Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley ⓘ linked to: Owens Valley Paiute Bishop Paiute Tribe ⓘ Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians ⓘ Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalHeritage	Paiute culture ⓘ
culturalPractice	communal irrigation management ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ seasonal round of resource use ⓘ
environment	Owens River valley floor ⓘ Sierra Nevada east slope ⓘ linked to: Eastern Sierra arid basin and range landscape ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Owens Valley ⓘ
historicalEvent	displacement following Los Angeles water diversions ⓘ
historicalPeriod	contact with Euro-American settlers in 19th century ⓘ
knownFor	complex ditch irrigation systems ⓘ floodplain farming ⓘ traditional irrigation agriculture ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan languages ⓘ linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedIn	Great Basin region ⓘ linked to: Great Basin Owens Valley ⓘ eastern California ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Mono Lake Paiute ⓘ Western Shoshone ⓘ Yokuts ⓘ
partOf	Great Basin tribes ⓘ linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
region	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
religion	traditional Paiute spiritual beliefs ⓘ
selfIdentification	Nüümü ⓘ
stateRecognizedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
subgroupOf	Northern Paiute ⓘ
traditionalCrops	native grasses ⓘ seed plants ⓘ tubers ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Northern Paiute language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTechnology	basketry ⓘ irrigation ditches ⓘ stone tools ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Inyo Mountains region ⓘ linked to: Inyo Mountains Owens River watershed ⓘ linked to: Owens River eastern Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

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

Paiute → subgroup → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ

Mono language → alsoKnownAs → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ

Kawaiisu language → alternativeName → Paiute-Kawaiisu ⓘ