Bay Miwok
E108636
Bay Miwok refers to the Indigenous people and their now-extinct Miwokan language once spoken in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bay Miwok canonical | 11 |
| Bay Miwok language | 2 |
| Nicasio Miwok | 1 |
| Olema Miwok | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T812499 — 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: Bay Miwok Context triple: [Miwok languages, hasSubgroup, Bay Miwok]
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A.
Coast Miwok
The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of what is now Marin and southern Sonoma counties in Northern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, coastal village life, and deep ties to the region’s land and waterways.
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B.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
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C.
Eastern Miwok
Eastern Miwok is a branch of the Miwok Native American people and their associated language varieties traditionally spoken in the central Sierra Nevada and adjacent regions of California.
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D.
Ohlone languages
Ohlone languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages traditionally spoken by the Ohlone people of the central California coast.
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E.
Northern Sierra Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people indigenous to the northern Sierra Nevada region of California, traditionally known for their distinct Miwok language dialect and cultural practices tied to the foothill and mountain environments.
- 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: Bay Miwok Target entity description: Bay Miwok refers to the Indigenous people and their now-extinct Miwokan language once spoken in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
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A.
Coast Miwok
The Coast Miwok are an Indigenous people of what is now Marin and southern Sonoma counties in Northern California, known for their rich cultural traditions, coastal village life, and deep ties to the region’s land and waterways.
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B.
Plains Miwok
Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.
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C.
Eastern Miwok
Eastern Miwok is a branch of the Miwok Native American people and their associated language varieties traditionally spoken in the central Sierra Nevada and adjacent regions of California.
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D.
Ohlone languages
Ohlone languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages traditionally spoken by the Ohlone people of the central California coast.
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E.
Northern Sierra Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people indigenous to the northern Sierra Nevada region of California, traditionally known for their distinct Miwok language dialect and cultural practices tied to the foothill and mountain environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Miwok people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
European colonization of California
ⓘ
Spanish missions in California ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRegion | California cultural area ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguists ⓘ |
| documentedIn | ethnographic records of California Indians ⓘ |
| ethnolinguisticGroup | Bay Miwok language speakers ⓘ |
| hasCulturalHeritage | California Native traditions ⓘ |
| hasDescendants | contemporary Native American communities in California ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Spanish colonial period in California
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish colonial California
pre-contact California ⓘ |
| indigenousTo | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| language |
Bay Miwok
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay Miwok language
|
| languageFamily |
Miwok languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Miwokan languages
Utian languages ⓘ |
| languageStatus |
extinct
ⓘ
no native speakers remaining ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
East Bay ⓘ San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| partOf |
Native peoples of the San Francisco Bay Area
ⓘ
Ohlone–Miwok cultural area ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | distinct Miwokan group in linguistic literature ⓘ |
| regionType | inland Bay Area ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Coast Miwok
ⓘ
Ohlone peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Ohlone
Plains Miwok ⓘ Sierra Miwok ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Miwok
ⓘ
Miwok people ⓘ
surface form:
Miwok peoples
|
| traditionalHousing |
semi-subterranean structures
ⓘ
thatched dwellings ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Contra Costa County
ⓘ
Mount Diablo region ⓘ Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta margins ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
acorn processing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bay Miwok Description of subject: Bay Miwok refers to the Indigenous people and their now-extinct Miwokan language once spoken in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bay Miwok language
this entity surface form:
Bay Miwok language
this entity surface form:
Olema Miwok
this entity surface form:
Nicasio Miwok