Yokuts people

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Native American people indigenous people of California

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Yokuts peoples 2
Mutsun people 1
Yokuts tribes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of California ⓘ
affectedBy epidemic diseases after European contact ⓘ
missionization in California ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage ceremonial dances ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
hasDialect Delta Yokuts dialects ⓘ
Yokutsan languages ⓘ
surface form: Foothill Yokuts dialects

Yokutsan languages ⓘ
surface form: Valley Yokuts dialects
historicalEvent impacted by American settlement in 19th century ⓘ
impacted by Mexican period in California ⓘ
impacted by Spanish colonization in California ⓘ
indigenousTo California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Central Valley ⓘ
surface form: California Central Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
languageFamily Yokutsan languages ⓘ
presentIn federally recognized tribes in California ⓘ
socialOrganization tribelets ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
net making ⓘ
shell beadwork ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment marshes ⓘ
oak woodlands ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
traditionalFood acorn mush ⓘ
fish from rivers and sloughs ⓘ
small game ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ
tule houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion Kaweah River headwaters ⓘ
surface form: Kaweah River region

San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
surface form: Kern River region

Kings River ⓘ
surface form: Kings River region

San Joaquin Valley ⓘ
Tulare Basin ⓘ
surface form: Tulare Lake Basin
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering of acorns ⓘ
gathering of seeds and roots ⓘ
marshland hunting ⓘ
riverine fishing ⓘ
usesMaterialInBasketry redbud ⓘ
tule reeds ⓘ
willow ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

this entity surface form: Mutsun people
Yokutsan languages → ethnicGroup → Yokuts people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yokuts peoples
California cultural area → inhabitedBy → Yokuts people ⓘ
Miwok people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yokuts people ⓘ
Mono people → relatedEthnicGroup → Yokuts people ⓘ
Ohlone peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Yokuts people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yokuts peoples
Yokutsan languages → usedBy → Yokuts people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yokuts tribes