Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin

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Indigenous peoples of North America cultural group ethnic group

The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native American groups traditionally inhabiting the arid interior region between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, known for their diverse languages, mobile foraging lifeways, and deep cultural ties to the desert environment.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin canonical	5
Great Basin Indigenous peoples	1
Great Basin Native American cultures	1
Great Basin cultural area	1
Great Basin indigenous peoples	1
Great Basin region (prehistory, reconstructed)	1
Great Basin tribes	1
Indigenous peoples of Nevada	1
Native Americans in the Great Basin	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ cultural group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
ceremony	Ghost Dance religious movement ⓘ surface form: Ghost Dance (19th century) round dance ⓘ
colonialHistory	contact with American settlers ⓘ contact with Spanish colonizers ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
culturalContinuity	ongoing practice of traditional arts and ceremonies ⓘ
environment	arid interior plateau ⓘ desert and semi-desert ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Bannock ⓘ Chemehuevi ⓘ Eastern Shoshone ⓘ Goshute ⓘ Kawaiisu ⓘ Mono ⓘ Northern Paiute ⓘ Panamint Shoshone ⓘ Southern Paiute people ⓘ surface form: Southern Paiute Ute people ⓘ surface form: Ute Washoe ⓘ Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone ⓘ surface form: Western Shoshone
housing	brush shelters ⓘ semi-subterranean winter houses ⓘ wickiups ⓘ
impactOfColonialism	disruption of traditional subsistence ⓘ forced relocation to reservations ⓘ
knownFor	adaptation to desert environments ⓘ diverse languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily	Isolate language family (Washoe) ⓘ Numic languages ⓘ Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
locatedBetween	Rocky Mountains ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ
materialCulture	basketry ⓘ rabbit-skin blankets ⓘ sagebrush bark clothing ⓘ
mobilityPattern	seasonal round ⓘ small, flexible bands ⓘ
modernStatus	federally recognized tribes in the United States ⓘ
region	Great Basin ⓘ
religion	shamanism ⓘ vision quest practices ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle	hunting and gathering ⓘ mobile foraging ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing in lakes and marshes ⓘ piñon nut harvesting ⓘ rabbit drives ⓘ seed gathering ⓘ small game hunting ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Description of subject: The Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin are Native American groups traditionally inhabiting the arid interior region between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, known for their diverse languages, mobile foraging lifeways, and deep cultural ties to the desert environment.

Referenced by (13)

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

Mono people → culturalArea → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin cultural area

Indigenous peoples of North America → hasSubgroup → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

Numic → associatedWith → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin Indigenous peoples

Numic → usedBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

linguist Carobeth Laird → ethnicGroupDocumented → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

subject surface form: Carobeth Laird

this entity surface form: Native Americans in the Great Basin

Proto-Numic → spokenIn → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin region (prehistory, reconstructed)

Nevada State Museum, Carson City → heritageFocus → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of Nevada

Numic languages → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

Julian Steward → researchInterest → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin indigenous peoples

Lovelock Cave → associatedWithCulture → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin Native American cultures

Núuchi-u → culturalContext → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

Central Numic → spokenBy → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

Owens Valley Paiute → partOf → Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Basin tribes