Bear clan
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The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear clan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T663722 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear clan Context triple: [Ho-Chunk, hasClan, Bear clan]
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A.
Thunderbird clan
The Thunderbird clan is a traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship group associated with the powerful thunderbird spirit in the tribe’s cultural and ceremonial life.
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B.
Torwa dynasty
The Torwa dynasty was a precolonial Shona ruling house that controlled southwestern Zimbabwe from its capital at Khami, succeeding Great Zimbabwe as a major regional power.
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C.
Montagnards
The Montagnards were the radical Jacobin-led political group that dominated the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, advocating extreme egalitarian policies and centralization of power.
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D.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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E.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bear clan Target entity description: The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
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A.
Thunderbird clan
The Thunderbird clan is a traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship group associated with the powerful thunderbird spirit in the tribe’s cultural and ceremonial life.
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B.
Torwa dynasty
The Torwa dynasty was a precolonial Shona ruling house that controlled southwestern Zimbabwe from its capital at Khami, succeeding Great Zimbabwe as a major regional power.
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C.
Montagnards
The Montagnards were the radical Jacobin-led political group that dominated the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, advocating extreme egalitarian policies and centralization of power.
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D.
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot are a Native American people known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, warrior traditions, and historic presence across the northern Great Plains of what is now the United States and Canada.
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E.
Kaw Nation
The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe originally from what is now Kansas and Oklahoma, historically known as the Kanza or Kansa people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ho-Chunk clan
ⓘ
kinship group ⓘ social group ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ho-Chunk ceremonial life
ⓘ
Ho-Chunk social organization ⓘ traditional Ho-Chunk governance ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Ho-Chunk social structure
ⓘ
Native American clan ⓘ |
| continuity | survives in contemporary Ho-Chunk communities ⓘ |
| culture | Ho-Chunk ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
Ho-Chunk Nation
ⓘ
linked to:
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
|
| ethnographicRegion |
Nebraska
ⓘ
Upper Midwest ⓘ
linked to:
Midwestern United States
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ho-Chunk customary law ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
exogamous marriage rules
ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
maintaining clan-based identity
ⓘ
organizing kinship relations ⓘ regulating marriage within the tribe ⓘ transmitting ceremonial knowledge ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ pre-contact era ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ceremonial responsibilities
ⓘ
lineage responsibilities ⓘ social responsibilities ⓘ |
| hasStatus | traditional Ho-Chunk institution ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | bear ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMembership | hereditary ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ho-Chunk language ⓘ |
| namedAfter | bear ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ho-Chunk clan system
ⓘ
linked to:
Ho-Chunk
Ho-Chunk traditional political structure ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Thunderbird clan
ⓘ
Wolf clan ⓘ other Ho-Chunk clans ⓘ |
| religion | Ho-Chunk traditional religion ⓘ |
| transmits |
ceremonial obligations
ⓘ
clan identity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bear clan Description of subject: The Bear clan is one of the traditional Ho-Chunk social and kinship groups, historically associated with specific ceremonial roles, responsibilities, and lineage within the tribe.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.