Yuman peoples

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The Yuman peoples are a group of Indigenous tribes native to the lower Colorado River region and adjacent areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, sharing related languages and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yuman peoples canonical 12
Yuman-speaking peoples 2
Kiliwa Indians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations and Indigenous peoples of Mexico
Indigenous peoples of North America
Native American peoples
ethnolinguistic group
associatedRiver Colorado River
colonialEncounterWith Mexican government
Spanish Empire
United States government
country Mexico
United States
culturalRegion American Southwest
Northwest Mexico
linked to: Northwestern Mexico
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial singing
oral tradition
ritual dances
hasPart Cocopah people
Halchidhoma people
Havasupai people
Hualapai people
Ipai people
Kamia people
Kiliwa people
Kumeyaay people
Maricopa people
Mohave people
linked to: Mojave people

Paipai people
Quechan people
Tipai people
Yavapai people
Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
languageFamily Yuman–Cochimí languages
nativeTo Sonoran Desert region
linked to: Sonoran Desert

lower Colorado River region
northwestern Mexico
southwestern United States
shares cultural traditions
related languages
speaks Yuman languages
traditionalHousing brush shelters
semi-subterranean houses
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
riverine agriculture
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Arizona
Baja California
California
Sonora

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Maricopa people ethnicGroup Yuman peoples
Maricopa people alsoKnownAs Piipaash people
linked to: Yuman peoples
Kiliwa people hasExonym Kiliwa Indians
linked to: Yuman peoples
Kumeyaay people partOf Yuman peoples
Paipai people partOf Yuman-speaking peoples
linked to: Yuman peoples
Kwatsáan culturallyRelatedTo Yuman peoples
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe ethnolinguisticGroup Yuman-speaking peoples
linked to: Yuman peoples
Yuman languageFamilyOf Yuman peoples
Paipai subclassOf Yuman peoples
Kiliwa subgroupOf Yuman peoples
Tipay ethnoLinguisticGroup Yuman peoples
Core Yuman ethnicGroup Yuman peoples
Paipai territory ethnolinguisticGroup Yuman peoples
Cucapá culturalRegion Yuman peoples