Southern Paiute people

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous people of the United States
culturalRegion Great Basin
surface form: Great Basin culture area

Plateau culture area
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
hasAutonym Nuwu
Nüwü (or Nuwuvi)
surface form: Nuwuvi
hasFederallyRecognizedTribe Cedar Band of Paiutes
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes
Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
surface form: Kanosh Band of Paiutes

Cedar Band of Paiutes
surface form: Koosharem Band of Paiutes

Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
San Juan Southern Paiute
surface form: San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe

Shivwits Band of Paiutes
hasNeighboringPeople Hopi people
Hualapai people
Mojave people
Navajo people
Paiute
surface form: Northern Paiute people

Ute people
historicalInteractionWith Mexican authorities
Mormon settlers
Spanish colonists
United States government
indigenousTo Lower Colorado River region
surface form: Colorado River region

Great Basin
southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
languageFamily Numic languages
Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
religion Christianity
traditional Southern Paiute religion
speaks Southern Numic
surface form: Southern Paiute language
subgroupOf Numic-speaking peoples
Paiute
surface form: 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 alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Paunsaugunt Plateau languageOfName Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute
Southern Paiute language ethnicGroup Southern Paiute people
Southern Paiute language usedBy Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute tribal communities
Northern Paiute relatedEthnicGroup Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum spokenBy Southern Paiute people
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum hasDialects Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum ethnicityAssociated Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute
Great Basin linguistic area hasEthnicGroup Southern Paiute people
Panamint neighboringLanguage Southern Paiute people
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute