Shasta people
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The Shasta people are a Native American tribe indigenous to northern California and southern Oregon, traditionally living around the Klamath River and Mount Shasta.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shasta people canonical | 17 |
| Shasta elders (historically and in recent times) | 1 |
| Shasta peoples | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T748918 — 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.
Target entity: Shasta people Context triple: [Mount Shasta, isSacredTo, Shasta people]
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A.
Yokuts people
The Yokuts people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex riverine and marshland subsistence practices.
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B.
Wintu people
The Wintu people are an Indigenous group of Northern California whose traditional homeland centers around the upper Sacramento River region.
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C.
Miwok people
The Miwok people are a group of Native American tribes indigenous to central California, traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, and surrounding regions.
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Quechan people
The Quechan people are a Native American tribe traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and riverine culture.
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E.
Luiseño people
The Luiseño people are a Native American group indigenous to Southern California, traditionally inhabiting areas along the San Luis Rey River and known for their rich cultural, linguistic, and ceremonial traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Shasta people Target entity description: The Shasta people are a Native American tribe indigenous to northern California and southern Oregon, traditionally living around the Klamath River and Mount Shasta.
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A.
Yokuts people
The Yokuts people are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex riverine and marshland subsistence practices.
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B.
Wintu people
The Wintu people are an Indigenous group of Northern California whose traditional homeland centers around the upper Sacramento River region.
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C.
Miwok people
The Miwok people are a group of Native American tribes indigenous to central California, traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills, Central Valley, and surrounding regions.
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D.
Quechan people
The Quechan people are a Native American tribe traditionally living along the lower Colorado River in what is now southeastern California and southwestern Arizona, known for their rich oral traditions, agriculture, and riverine culture.
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E.
Luiseño people
The Luiseño people are a Native American group indigenous to Southern California, traditionally inhabiting areas along the San Luis Rey River and known for their rich cultural, linguistic, and ceremonial traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ indigenous people of the United States ⓘ language family ⓘ |
| affectedBy | U.S. Indian removal and reservation policies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalPractice |
ceremonial dances
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
Cascade Range foothills
ⓘ
Klamath Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Klamath River basin
|
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasSacredSite | Mount Shasta ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
contact with Euro-American settlers in the 19th century
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displacement during the California Gold Rush ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
northern California
ⓘ
southern Oregon ⓘ |
| language | Shasta language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Hokan (proposed)
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Shastan languages ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Achomawi people
ⓘ
surface form:
Achomawi (Pit River) people
Karuk people ⓘ Klamath people ⓘ Modoc people ⓘ Yurok people ⓘ |
| presentDayCommunity |
residents of northern California
ⓘ
residents of southern Oregon ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Indigenous peoples of California
ⓘ
surface form:
California Native Americans
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Coast cultural area (broadly defined)
Indigenous peoples of the Plateau ⓘ
surface form:
Plateau tribes
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| traditionalCraft |
basketry
ⓘ
stone tool making ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
acorns
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deer ⓘ roots and berries ⓘ salmon ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
semi-subterranean plank houses
ⓘ
sweat houses ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
animism
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shamanism ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
acorn processing
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Klamath Basin
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surface form:
Klamath River region
Shasta Cascade region ⓘ
surface form:
Mount Shasta region
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| usesMaterial |
bear grass (for basketry)
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cedar wood ⓘ obsidian ⓘ |
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Shasta people Description of subject: The Shasta people are a Native American tribe indigenous to northern California and southern Oregon, traditionally living around the Klamath River and Mount Shasta.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.