Maidu people
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The Maidu people are a Native American group indigenous to northern California, traditionally known for their acorn-based diet, basketry, and complex social and ceremonial life.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maidu people canonical | 15 |
| Maidu | 5 |
| Maidu peoples | 3 |
| Nisenan people | 2 |
| Maidu family | 1 |
| Maidu-Konkow-Nisenan | 1 |
| Nisenan Maidu | 1 |
| The Northern Maidu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T774182 — 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: Maidu people Context triple: [California cultural area, inhabitedBy, Maidu people]
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A.
Modoc people
The Modoc people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the regions of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical resistance during the Modoc War of the 1870s.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Cocopah people
The Cocopah people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region of what is now Arizona, California, and northern Mexico, known for their riverine agriculture, rich cultural traditions, and enduring cross-border community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Maidu people Target entity description: The Maidu people are a Native American group indigenous to northern California, traditionally known for their acorn-based diet, basketry, and complex social and ceremonial life.
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A.
Modoc people
The Modoc people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the regions of northern California and southern Oregon, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical resistance during the Modoc War of the 1870s.
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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Cocopah people
The Cocopah people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region of what is now Arizona, California, and northern Mexico, known for their riverine agriculture, rich cultural traditions, and enduring cross-border community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
ⓘ
indigenous people of California ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
California Gold Rush
ⓘ
European colonization ⓘ |
| ceremony |
Kuksu ceremony
ⓘ
World Renewal ceremonies ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRevitalization |
basketry teaching and preservation
ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasModernCommunity |
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
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Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California ⓘ Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California ⓘ
surface form:
Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California
Rancheria of Maidu Indians ⓘ |
| indigenousTo |
Sacramento Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Feather River region
Sacramento Valley ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ Northern California ⓘ
surface form:
northern California
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| knownFor |
acorn-based diet
ⓘ
basketry ⓘ ceremonial life ⓘ complex social organization ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Maiduan languages
ⓘ
Penutian languages ⓘ |
| region |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| socialOrganization |
patrilineal tendencies
ⓘ
village-based ⓘ |
| subgroup |
Konkow Maidu
ⓘ
Mountain Maidu ⓘ Valley Maidu ⓘ |
| traditionalCraft |
basket weaving
ⓘ
bone tools ⓘ net making ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
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gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
acorns
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deer ⓘ fish ⓘ roots ⓘ seeds ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
conical bark houses
ⓘ
semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ |
| traditionalHousingMaterial |
bark
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earth ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Maidu language ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
animism
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shamanism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Maidu people Description of subject: The Maidu people are a Native American group indigenous to northern California, traditionally known for their acorn-based diet, basketry, and complex social and ceremonial life.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.