Costanoan people

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The Costanoan people, also known as the Ohlone, are Indigenous peoples of the central California coast with a rich cultural heritage and deep historical ties to the region long predating European contact.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy California mission system ⓘ
Spanish colonization of California ⓘ
alternateName Costeño ⓘ
Ohlone people ⓘ
linked to: Ohlone peoples
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalPractice basketry ⓘ
ceremonial dances ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalRegionOverlap neighboring Esselen people ⓘ
neighboring Miwok peoples ⓘ
neighboring Yokuts peoples ⓘ
cultureArea California cultural area ⓘ
encountered Franciscan missionaries ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan missions

Spanish explorers ⓘ
hasSubgroup Awaswas Ohlone ⓘ
Chalon Ohlone ⓘ
linked to: Rumsen Ohlone

Chochenyo Ohlone ⓘ
Karkin Ohlone ⓘ
Mutsun Ohlone ⓘ
Ramaytush Ohlone ⓘ
Rumsen Ohlone ⓘ
Tamyen Ohlone ⓘ
heritage rich cultural heritage ⓘ
historicalTies deep historical ties to central California coast ⓘ
languageFamily Ohlone languages ⓘ
Utian languages ⓘ
Yok-Utian languages ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
central California coast ⓘ
modernDescendants federally unrecognized tribes ⓘ
state-recognized and local Ohlone groups ⓘ
nativeName Ohlone ⓘ
partOf Native Americans in California ⓘ
preContactStatus autonomous villages and tribal groups ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
subjectOf California mission records ⓘ
timeDepth pre-contact presence for thousands of years ⓘ
traditionalHousing domed structures ⓘ
thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering of acorns ⓘ
gathering of seeds and plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Big Sur coast ⓘ
Monterey Bay area ⓘ
linked to: Monterey Bay

Salinas Valley ⓘ
San Benito County region ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
Santa Clara Valley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Costanoan languages → spokenBy → Costanoan people ⓘ
Ohlone peoples → alsoKnownAs → Costanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Indigenous peoples of California → includesEthnicGroup → Costanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Mission Indians → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Costanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Amah Mutsun → partOf → Costanoan-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Tamien → subgroupOf → Costanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Santa Clara Costanoan → partOf → Costanoan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people
Santa Clara Costanoan → nameEtymology → “Costanoan” derives from Spanish “costeño,” meaning “coastal people” ⓘ
linked to: Costanoan people