Washoe people

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The Washoe people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Lake Tahoe region of the Sierra Nevada, known for their distinct cultural traditions and historical ties to areas of present-day Nevada and California.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Washoe people canonical 26
Waší∙šiw (Washoe people) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy California Gold Rush ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Carson City, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Carson City

Gardnerville, Nevada ⓘ
Washoe County, Nevada ⓘ
linked to: Washoe County
contemporaryActivity cultural revitalization ⓘ
language preservation programs ⓘ
contemporaryIssue land and water rights around Lake Tahoe ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Basin ⓘ
Sierra Nevada ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribalEntity Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California ⓘ
governingBody Washoe Tribal Council ⓘ
hasClanOrBandStructure yes ⓘ
hasNotableArtForm finely woven baskets ⓘ
historicalEvent loss of lands around Lake Tahoe in the 19th century ⓘ
indigenousTo Lake Tahoe region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Tahoe Basin

Sierra Nevada ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
western Nevada ⓘ
language Washo language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
legalStatus sovereign tribal nation within the United States ⓘ
nameEtymology "Washoe" derived from an autonym often rendered as Waší:šiw or similar forms ⓘ
linked to: Washoe language
neighboringPeople Maidu people ⓘ
Miwok peoples ⓘ
linked to: Miwok people

Northern Paiute ⓘ
oralTradition myths and legends tied to Lake Tahoe ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European-American contact ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
reservationIn California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalFood pine nuts ⓘ
traditionalHousing wickiup ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Carson Valley ⓘ
Lake Tahoe ⓘ
Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
Truckee River basin ⓘ
linked to: Truckee River
uses seasonal migration patterns ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

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

Washo language → spokenBy → Washoe people ⓘ
Washo language → ethnicGroup → Washoe people ⓘ
Northern Sierra Nevada → inhabitedBy → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe County, Nevada → namedAfter → Washoe people ⓘ
Peter Washoe → ethnicAssociation → Washoe people ⓘ
Cave Rock → ethnicGroupAssociated → Washoe people ⓘ
Washo → spokenBy → Washoe people ⓘ
Washo → ethnicGroup → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe Valley → namedAfter → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe Valley → traditionalHomelandOf → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe Valley → hasIndigenousPeople → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe → endonym → Waší∙šiw (Washoe people) ⓘ
linked to: Washoe people
Washoe language → ethnicGroup → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe Lake → traditionalHomelandOf → Washoe people ⓘ
Washoe Lake → namedAfter → Washoe people ⓘ
De ek Wadapush → reveredBy → Washoe people ⓘ
De ek Wadapush → significanceFor → Washoe people ⓘ
De’ek Wadápuš → culturallySacredTo → Washoe people ⓘ