Southern Paiute people

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Native American people indigenous people of the United States

The Southern Paiute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin and Colorado River regions of the southwestern United States, known for their Numic language, desert-adapted lifeways, and complex relationships with neighboring tribes and European-American settlers.

Aliases (4)

Southern Paiute ×13
Southern Paiute culture ×1
Southern Paiute peoples ×1
Southern Paiute–Chemehuevi (in some classifications) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people → indigenous people of the United States →
culturalRegion	Great Basin culture area → Plateau culture area →
ethnicGroupOf	United States →
hasAutonym	Nuwu → Nuwuvi →
hasFederallyRecognizedTribe	Cedar Band of Paiutes → Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes → Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians → Kanosh Band of Paiutes → Koosharem Band of Paiutes → Las Vegas Paiute Tribe → Moapa Band of Paiute Indians → Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah → San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe → Shivwits Band of Paiutes →
hasNeighboringPeople	Hopi people → Hualapai people → Mojave people → Navajo people → Northern Paiute people → Ute people →
historicalInteractionWith	Mexican authorities → Mormon settlers → Spanish colonists → United States government →
indigenousTo	Colorado River region → Great Basin → Southwestern United States →
languageFamily	Numic languages → Uto-Aztecan languages →
religion	Christianity → traditional Southern Paiute religion →
speaks	Southern Paiute language →
subgroupOf	Numic-speaking peoples → Paiute people →
traditionalEnvironment	desert → semi-arid regions →
traditionalHousing	brush shelters → wickiups →
traditionalSubsistence	gathering → hunting → small-scale agriculture →
traditionalTerritoryIncludes	eastern California → northern Arizona → northwestern Arizona along the Colorado River → southern Nevada → southern Utah →
usesWritingSystemForLanguage	Latin script →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chemehuevi ("Southern Paiute") → Chemehuevi ("Southern Paiute") → Chemehuevi people → Nuwuvi ("Southern Paiute") → Nüwü ("Southern Paiute") →	subgroupOf
Southern Numic ("Southern Paiute") → Uto-Aztecan ("Southern Paiute") →	includesLanguage
Chemehuevi ("Southern Paiute") → Nüwü ("Southern Paiute peoples") →	partOf
Chemehuevi ("Southern Paiute") → Chemehuevi people →	relatedEthnicGroup
Chemehuevi language ("Southern Paiute–Chemehuevi (in some classifications)") →	alternateName
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan →	associatedWithPeople
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation ("Southern Paiute culture") →	hasCulturalHeritage
Proto-Uto-Aztecan ("Southern Paiute") →	hasDescendant
Numic ("Southern Paiute") →	hasLanguage
Southern Numic ("Southern Paiute") →	hasPart
Havasuw `Baaja ("Southern Paiute") →	neighboringTribes
Paiute ("Southern Paiute") →	subgroup
Southern Numic →	usedBy