Tepehuan people

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The Tepehuan people are an indigenous group of northern Mexico known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and resilient cultural practices in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Tepehuán people 7
Tepehuan people canonical 3
Guarijío people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
affectedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas
continent North America
country Mexico
countrySubdivision Chihuahua
Durango
Jalisco
Nayarit
culturalPractice ritual music and dance
syncretic Catholic-indigenous ceremonies
traditional communal rituals
use of traditional medicine
culturalRegion Mesoamerica
ethnicity Tepehuan
ethnographicRegion Gran Nayar
governmentRecognition recognized indigenous people of Mexico
historicalEvent Tepehuán Revolt
historicalPeriod Spanish colonial period in Mexico
language Northern Tepehuan language
Southern Tepehuan language
Tepehuan language varieties
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageStatus endangered
mountainRange Sierra Madre Occidental
populationTrend minority within Mexico
region northern Mexico
relatedEthnicGroup Cora people
Huichol people
linked to: Huichol

Mexicanero people
linked to: Mexicanero

Tarahumara people
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous Mesoamerican religion
struggle cultural survival
defense of land rights
subsistenceType subsistence agriculture
traditionalEconomicActivity agriculture
bean cultivation
craft production
gathering wild plants
hunting
livestock raising
maize cultivation
squash cultivation
traditionalHousing adobe houses
wooden houses
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Huichol spokenBy Wixárika people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Guarijío spokenBy Guarijío people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Guarijío ethnicGroup Guarijío people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Tepehuan ethnicity Tepehuan people
Northern Tepehuán language ethnicGroup Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century participant Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Southern Tepehuán language spokenBy Southern Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Tarahumara people relatedGroup Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Del Nayar hasIndigenousGroup Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Estado de Sonora containsIndigenousGroup Pima Bajo people
linked to: Tepehuan people
State of Nayarit hasIndigenousPeople Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Sierra del Nayar traditionalHomelandOf Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Cora people areRelatedTo Tepehuán people
linked to: Tepehuan people
Tepehuan languages spokenBy Tepehuan people