Purépecha people
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The Purépecha people are an indigenous group of western Mexico known for their pre-Hispanic Tarascan Empire, distinctive language isolate, and rich artisan and agricultural traditions centered in present-day Michoacán.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Purépecha people canonical | 13 |
| Purépecha | 10 |
| Purepecha people | 1 |
| Purépecha (Tarascans) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2380804 — 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: Purépecha people Context triple: [State of Michoacán, hasIndigenousPeople, Purépecha people]
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Tlaxcalans
The Tlaxcalans are an Indigenous Nahua people of central Mexico known for their independent city-state confederation and pivotal alliance with the Spanish during the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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Chichimeca peoples
The Chichimeca peoples were a diverse group of semi-nomadic indigenous cultures of northern Mexico known for their hunting-gathering lifestyle and resistance to Mesoamerican and later Spanish expansion.
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Popoluca
Popoluca refers to several closely related indigenous languages of the Mixe–Zoquean family spoken by native communities in southern Veracruz, Mexico.
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Mexica
The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.
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Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Purépecha people Target entity description: The Purépecha people are an indigenous group of western Mexico known for their pre-Hispanic Tarascan Empire, distinctive language isolate, and rich artisan and agricultural traditions centered in present-day Michoacán.
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A.
Tlaxcalans
The Tlaxcalans are an Indigenous Nahua people of central Mexico known for their independent city-state confederation and pivotal alliance with the Spanish during the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Chichimeca peoples
The Chichimeca peoples were a diverse group of semi-nomadic indigenous cultures of northern Mexico known for their hunting-gathering lifestyle and resistance to Mesoamerican and later Spanish expansion.
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C.
Popoluca
Popoluca refers to several closely related indigenous languages of the Mixe–Zoquean family spoken by native communities in southern Veracruz, Mexico.
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D.
Mexica
The Mexica were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of central Mexico who founded the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and became the dominant power in the Aztec Empire.
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E.
Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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Subject: Purépecha people Description of subject: The Purépecha people are an indigenous group of western Mexico known for their pre-Hispanic Tarascan Empire, distinctive language isolate, and rich artisan and agricultural traditions centered in present-day Michoacán.
Referenced by (25)
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