Yavapai people

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The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.

Observed surface forms (3)


Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people
continent North America
country United States of America
culturalPractice basketry
ceremonial dances
oral tradition
culturalRegion southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasAutonym Enyaeva (various Yavapai self-designations)
hasSubgroup Kewevkapaya (Southeastern Yavapai)
Yavapai language
surface form: Tolkapaya (Western Yavapai)

Wipukpa dialect
surface form: Wipukepa (Northeastern Yavapai)

Yavapai people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yavbe Pai (Northwestern Yavapai)
historicalEvent forced relocation to San Carlos Reservation in the 1870s
return from San Carlos Reservation in the 1880s
indigenousTo Arizona
central Arizona
western Arizona
language Yavapai language
languageFamily Upland Yuman
surface form: Upland Yuman languages

Yuman language family
surface form: Yuman languages
neighboringGroup Maricopa people
Mojave people
surface form: Mohave people

Pima people
populationRegion Arizona
presentIn Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Yavapai-Apache Nation
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe (through several tribal governments)
region southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest
relatedEthnicGroup Apache tribes
surface form: Apache people

Havasupai people
Hualapai people
Tohono O'odham
surface form: O’odham people

Quechan people
Cocopah people
surface form: Yuma people
religion Christianity
traditional Yavapai religion
traditionalEconomy gathering
hunting
small-scale agriculture
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic
traditionalTerritory Bradshaw Mountains region
surface form: Bradshaw Mountains

Mogollon Rim
surface form: Mogollon Rim region

Prescott area
Verde Valley
surface form: Verde River region
usesScript Latin alphabet

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Yavapai-Apache Nation composedOf Yavapai people
Yavapai language ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Yavbeʼ dialect ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Yuman ethnicGroup Yavapai people
Verde Valley hasIndigenousHomelandOf Yavapai people
Yuman peoples hasPart Yavapai people
Yavapai people hasSubgroup Yavapai people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yavbe Pai (Northwestern Yavapai)
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe isPartOf Yavapai people
Yavapai language languageGroup Yavapai people
this entity surface form: Yavapai–Havasupai–Hualapai group
Yavapai County, Arizona namedAfter Yavapai people
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation partOf Yavapai people
Havasupai people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Hualapai people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Mojave people relatedEthnicGroup Yavapai people
Upland Yuman spokenBy Yavapai people
Wipukpa dialect spokenBy Yavapai people
Yavbeʼ dialect spokenBy Yavapai people
this entity surface form: Yavapai people subgroup