Indigenous peoples of the Southwest
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The Indigenous peoples of the Southwest are Native American and First Nations groups from the arid and semi-arid regions of what is now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for their complex agricultural practices, distinctive adobe and cliff dwellings, and rich artistic and ceremonial traditions.
All labels observed (16)
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous peoples of North America
ⓘ
Native American cultural group ⓘ cultural region population ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Spanish colonization
ⓘ
United States expansion ⓘ |
| environmentType |
arid region
ⓘ
semi‑arid region ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
dry‑farming
ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ pastoralism (sheep and goats, post‑contact) ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalCulture |
Ancestral Puebloans
ⓘ
Hohokam culture ⓘ
surface form:
Hohokam
Mogollon culture ⓘ Patayan culture ⓘ Sinagua culture ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Keresan languages ⓘ Tanoan languages ⓘ Uto‑Aztecan languages ⓘ Zuni language isolate ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Apache tribes
ⓘ
surface form:
Apache peoples
Hopi people ⓘ
surface form:
Hopi
Navajo people ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo
Opata ⓘ Pima people ⓘ
surface form:
Pima (Akimel O’odham)
Pueblo peoples ⓘ Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Puebloan peoples of Arizona
Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Puebloan peoples of New Mexico
Southern Paiute people ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Paiute
Tarahumara ⓘ
surface form:
Tarahumara (Rarámuri)
Tepehuán ⓘ Tohono O'odham ⓘ
surface form:
Tohono O’odham
Ute people ⓘ
surface form:
Ute
Yaqui ⓘ Zuni people ⓘ
surface form:
Zuni
|
| influencedBy |
Mesoamerica
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesoamerican cultures
|
| knownFor |
adobe dwellings
ⓘ
beans and squash cultivation ⓘ cliff dwellings ⓘ complex agricultural practices ⓘ complex ceremonial cycles ⓘ irrigation agriculture ⓘ katsina (kachina) traditions ⓘ kivas and ceremonial structures ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ multi‑story pueblo architecture ⓘ pottery traditions ⓘ ritual dances ⓘ sandpainting ⓘ silver and turquoise jewelry ⓘ weaving and textiles ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North America
ⓘ
Northern Mexico ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
|
| partOf |
indigenous peoples of the Americas
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
|
| traditionalRegion |
Chihuahuan Desert
ⓘ
Colorado Plateau ⓘ Four Corners region ⓘ Rio Grande valley ⓘ Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest
this entity surface form:
Ancient Puebloan and related cultures of the U.S. Southwest
this entity surface form:
Puebloan cultures
this entity surface form:
HOME: Native People in the Southwest
this entity surface form:
Southwest culture area
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States
this entity surface form:
Puebloan culture area
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the North American Southwest
this entity surface form:
Southwest culture area
this entity surface form:
Ancestral Pueblo region
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of northern Mexico
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the U.S. Southwest
this entity surface form:
Puebloan Southwest
this entity surface form:
Puebloan Southwest
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of Arizona
this entity surface form:
distinct from Southwest Indians
this entity surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert