Cocopah people

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The Cocopah people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region of what is now Arizona, California, and northern Mexico, known for their riverine agriculture, rich cultural traditions, and enduring cross-border community.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Cocopah people canonical 20
Yuma people 5
Cocopah 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people
affectedBy Colorado River dam construction
autonym Xawiƚƚ kwñchawaay
country Mexico
United States
crossBorderCommunity United States–Mexico border
culturalPractice basketry
bird songs
oral storytelling
pottery
traditional dances
culturalRegion Colorado River Indian tribes region
engagedIn language revitalization efforts
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
United States
federallyRecognizedTribeOf United States
governingBody Cocopah Indian Tribe
hasEconomicActivity tribal enterprises on Cocopah Indian Reservation
hasReservation Cocopah Indian Reservation
historicalActivity trade along the Colorado River
language Cocopah language
languageFamily Hokan language family (proposed)
linked to: Hokan languages

Yuman languages
nativeTo Arizona
Baja California
California
Sonora
lower Colorado River region
neighboringGroup Quechan people
populationCenter Mexicali Valley
Yuma, Arizona area
linked to: Yuma, Arizona
relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people
Mojave people
Quechan people
religion Protestant Christianity
Roman Catholicism
traditional Yuman religion
reservationLocatedIn Yuma County, Arizona
traditionalCrops beans
corn
cotton
squash
wheat
traditionalHousing brush houses
earthen structures
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
riverine agriculture
uses floodplain farming along the Colorado River

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

Cocopa language spokenBy Cocopah people
Cocopa language ethnicGroup Cocopah people
Cocopa people selfDesignation Cocopah
linked to: Cocopah people
Kumeyaay people relatedGroup Cocopah people
Yavapai people relatedEthnicGroup Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
Paipai people relatedEthnicGroup Cocopah people
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation tribalAffiliation Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
Fort Yuma Indian Reservation isHomelandOf Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
Yuman peoples hasPart Cocopah people
Yuman peoples hasPart Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
lower Gila River historicallyUsedBy Yuma peoples
linked to: Cocopah people
U.S. Cocopa spokenBy Cocopah people
Cocopah language ethnicGroup Cocopah people
Quechan Indian Reservation homelandOf Yuma people
linked to: Cocopah people
Cocopah Indian Reservation homelandOf Cocopah people
Tipai people relatedEthnicGroup Cocopah people
Halchidhoma people relatedEthnicGroup Cocopah people
Cocopah Resort ethnicGroupOwner Cocopah people