Tepehuán

E21552

Indigenous people ethnic group

The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tepehuán canonical	9
Tepehuano del sur	1
Tepehuán del sur	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T132090 — 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: Tepehuán
Context triple: [Sierra Madre Occidental, indigenousPeoples, Tepehuán]

A. Cerro Jefe
Cerro Jefe is a prominent mountain in central Panama known for its cloud forests, biodiversity, and panoramic views over the surrounding isthmus.
B. Cerro Mohinora
Cerro Mohinora is a prominent mountain peak in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as one of the region’s highest elevations and a notable natural landmark within the Sierra Madre Occidental range.
C. Cerro San Cristóbal
Cerro San Cristóbal is a prominent hill and urban park in Santiago, Chile, known for its panoramic city views, religious sanctuaries, and recreational attractions.
D. Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
E. Cerro Manqui
Cerro Manqui is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts major astronomical observatories, including the Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
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: Tepehuán
Target entity description: The Tepehuán are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico known for their distinct language, traditional agriculture, and cultural practices rooted in the rugged highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

A. Cerro Jefe
Cerro Jefe is a prominent mountain in central Panama known for its cloud forests, biodiversity, and panoramic views over the surrounding isthmus.
B. Cerro Mohinora
Cerro Mohinora is a prominent mountain peak in Chihuahua, Mexico, known as one of the region’s highest elevations and a notable natural landmark within the Sierra Madre Occidental range.
C. Cerro San Cristóbal
Cerro San Cristóbal is a prominent hill and urban park in Santiago, Chile, known for its panoramic city views, religious sanctuaries, and recreational attractions.
D. Ojos del Salado
Ojos del Salado is a massive stratovolcano in the Andes on the Argentina–Chile border, recognized as the highest active volcano in the world.
E. Cerro Manqui
Cerro Manqui is a mountain in Chile’s Atacama Desert that hosts major astronomical observatories, including the Baade Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalPractice	rain-fed agriculture ⓘ terraced farming in mountainous areas ⓘ
artForm	handicrafts ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ
colonialExperience	missionization by Spanish missionaries ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalIdentity	maintenance of Indigenous customs despite external pressures ⓘ strong attachment to ancestral lands ⓘ
culturalPractice	communal fiestas ⓘ ritual dances ⓘ syncretic religious ceremonies ⓘ use of traditional dress in ceremonies ⓘ
demographicTrend	ongoing cultural and linguistic assimilation pressures ⓘ
geographicHabitat	mountainous highlands ⓘ rugged terrain of the Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
historicalEvent	Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century ⓘ suffered population decline after Spanish colonization ⓘ
housing	rural dispersed settlements ⓘ small village communities ⓘ
language	Northern Tepehuán language ⓘ Southern Tepehuán language ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
languageStatus	endangered languages ⓘ
legalStatus	recognized Indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
preservationEffort	language revitalization initiatives ⓘ maintenance of traditional ceremonies ⓘ
primaryRegion	Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
region	Northern Mexico ⓘ surface form: northern Mexico
relatedGroup	Pima people ⓘ Tarahumara people ⓘ other Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples ⓘ
religion	Indigenous traditional religion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialOrganization	community-based governance ⓘ use of traditional authorities ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	agriculture ⓘ bean cultivation ⓘ livestock raising ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Sierra Madre Occidental → indigenousPeoples → Tepehuán ⓘ

Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Tepehuán ⓘ

Nayarit → hasIndigenousGroup → Tepehuán ⓘ

Indigenous peoples of the Southwest → hasSubgroup → Tepehuán ⓘ

Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century → relatedEthnicGroup → Tepehuán ⓘ

Southern Tepehuán language → hasAlternativeName → Tepehuán ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tepehuán del sur

Southern Tepehuán language → hasAlternativeName → Tepehuán ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tepehuano del sur

Sierra Tarahumara → ethnicGroup → Tepehuán ⓘ

Del Nayar → languageSpoken → Tepehuán ⓘ

Tepiman → hasMemberLanguage → Tepehuán ⓘ

Pima Bajo → neighboringIndigenousGroup → Tepehuán ⓘ

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