Owens Valley Paiute

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Native American people indigenous people of the United States

The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Owens Valley Paiute canonical 4
Paiute-Kawaiisu 2
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
associatedModernTribe Owens Valley Paiute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley

Bishop Paiute Tribe ⓘ
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians ⓘ
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalHeritage Paiute culture ⓘ
culturalPractice communal irrigation management ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
seasonal round of resource use ⓘ
environment Owens River valley floor ⓘ
Eastern Sierra ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Nevada east slope

arid basin and range landscape ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Owens Valley ⓘ
historicalEvent displacement following Los Angeles water diversions ⓘ
historicalPeriod contact with Euro-American settlers in 19th century ⓘ
knownFor complex ditch irrigation systems ⓘ
floodplain farming ⓘ
traditional irrigation agriculture ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
locatedIn Great Basin ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin region

Owens Valley ⓘ
eastern California ⓘ
neighboringGroup Mono Lake Paiute ⓘ
Western Shoshone ⓘ
Yokuts ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin tribes
region California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
religion traditional Paiute spiritual beliefs ⓘ
selfIdentification Nüümü ⓘ
stateRecognizedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
subgroupOf Northern Paiute ⓘ
traditionalCrops native grasses ⓘ
seed plants ⓘ
tubers ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Northern Paiute language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
irrigated agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTechnology basketry ⓘ
irrigation ditches ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Inyo Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Inyo Mountains region

Owens River ⓘ
surface form: Owens River watershed

eastern Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Paiute → subgroup → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
Mono language → alsoKnownAs → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
Kawaiisu language → alternativeName → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paiute-Kawaiisu
Tübatulabal people → neighboringPeople → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kern River Paiute
Kawaiisu → alsoKnownAs → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paiute-Kawaiisu
Northern Paiute language → hasDialects → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
this entity surface form: California Northern Paiute
Owens Valley Paiute → associatedModernTribe → Owens Valley Paiute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
Mono → alsoKnownAs → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
subject surface form: Mono language
Mono → alsoKnownAs → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ
subject surface form: Mono language
this entity surface form: Mono Paiute
Panamint → neighboringLanguage → Owens Valley Paiute ⓘ