Yokuts

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The Yokuts are a Native American people indigenous to California’s Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex village-based social organization.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yokuts canonical 10
Valley Yokuts 3
Yokuts groups 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy American settlement in the 19th century ⓘ
Spanish colonization of California ⓘ
mission system in California ⓘ
artForm basket designs with geometric patterns ⓘ
ceremonialPractice dance ceremonies ⓘ
shamanic healing ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language documentation and revival efforts ⓘ
currentStatus federally recognized and non-recognized descendant communities in California ⓘ
ethnicGroup Native Americans in California ⓘ
hasDialect Foothill Yokuts dialects ⓘ
Lake Yokuts dialects ⓘ
Valley Yokuts dialects ⓘ
historicalPopulationRegion San Joaquin Valley wetlands ⓘ
indigenousTo California ⓘ
California’s Central Valley ⓘ
linked to: Central Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
knownFor complex village-based social organization ⓘ
diverse dialects ⓘ
rich basketry traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Penutian (proposed) ⓘ
Yokutsan languages ⓘ
neighboringGroup Chumash ⓘ
Miwok ⓘ
Mono ⓘ
Salinan ⓘ
primaryLocation San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
Tulare Basin ⓘ
region Central California ⓘ
religion traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization tribelet-level political units ⓘ
village-based ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
traditionalFood acorns ⓘ
salmon and other fish ⓘ
small game ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
thatched dwellings ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Yokutsan ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
usesMaterialCulture basketry materials such as willow and sedge ⓘ
tule reeds ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Chukchansi → hasLinguisticRelation → Tachi Yokuts ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts
Yowlumne → subgroupOf → Valley Yokuts ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts
Gashowu → ethnicGroup → Yokuts ⓘ
Palewyami → relatedTo → Yokuts ⓘ
Miwok → neighboringGroup → Yokuts ⓘ
Foothill Yokuts → relatedEthnicGroup → Valley Yokuts ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts
Southern Valley Yokuts → languageFamilyBranch → Valley Yokuts ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts
central Sierra Nevada → traditionalHomelandOf → Yokuts groups ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts
Lake Isabella area → traditionalInhabitants → Yokuts groups ⓘ
linked to: Yokuts