Dena’ina people
E383730
The Dena’ina people are an Alaska Native Athabaskan group traditionally inhabiting the Cook Inlet and surrounding regions, known for their rich fishing culture and one of the few Athabaskan languages with a maritime orientation.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dena’ina | 4 |
| Denaʼina people | 2 |
| Dena’ina people canonical | 2 |
| Denaʼina Athabascan people | 1 |
| Dena’ina Athabascan | 1 |
| Dena’ina Athabascan people | 1 |
| Inland Dena’ina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3586431 — 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: Dena’ina people Context triple: [Bristol Bay, hasIndigenousGroup, Dena’ina people]
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A.
Sugpiaq people
The Sugpiaq people, also known as the Alutiiq, are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native peoples traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding Gulf of Alaska.
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B.
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska, comprising diverse cultural groups such as the Inupiat, Yup’ik, Aleut, and numerous Alaska Native tribes and communities with distinct languages, traditions, and histories.
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C.
Yup’ik people
The Yup’ik people are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native Inuit known for their rich subsistence traditions, complex ceremonial life, and enduring communities along the western and southwestern coasts of Alaska.
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D.
Tongass people
The Tongass people are an Indigenous Tlingit group from the coastal and island regions of southeastern Alaska, historically known for their maritime culture and complex clan-based social structure.
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E.
Unangan people
The Unangan people, also known as Aleuts, are an Indigenous group of the Aleutian Islands and nearby regions of Alaska, traditionally renowned for their seafaring, marine hunting, and distinctive cultural and linguistic heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dena’ina people Target entity description: The Dena’ina people are an Alaska Native Athabaskan group traditionally inhabiting the Cook Inlet and surrounding regions, known for their rich fishing culture and one of the few Athabaskan languages with a maritime orientation.
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A.
Sugpiaq people
The Sugpiaq people, also known as the Alutiiq, are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native peoples traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding Gulf of Alaska.
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B.
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska, comprising diverse cultural groups such as the Inupiat, Yup’ik, Aleut, and numerous Alaska Native tribes and communities with distinct languages, traditions, and histories.
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C.
Yup’ik people
The Yup’ik people are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native Inuit known for their rich subsistence traditions, complex ceremonial life, and enduring communities along the western and southwestern coasts of Alaska.
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D.
Tongass people
The Tongass people are an Indigenous Tlingit group from the coastal and island regions of southeastern Alaska, historically known for their maritime culture and complex clan-based social structure.
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E.
Unangan people
The Unangan people, also known as Aleuts, are an Indigenous group of the Aleutian Islands and nearby regions of Alaska, traditionally renowned for their seafaring, marine hunting, and distinctive cultural and linguistic heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Alaska Native people
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Athabaskan people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tanaina ⓘ |
| associatedCity |
Anchorage
ⓘ
Kenai, Alaska ⓘ
surface form:
Kenai
Nikiski ⓘ |
| associatedProtectedArea | Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ⓘ |
| colonialContactWith |
Russian Empire
ⓘ
European-American settlers ⓘ
surface form:
United States settlers
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea |
Pacific coast of North America
ⓘ
surface form:
North Pacific Coast
Subarctic ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| haveClanSystem | true ⓘ |
| haveLanguageRevitalizationEfforts | true ⓘ |
| language | Dena’ina language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Dena’ina people
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dena’ina
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| notableFor |
maritime-oriented Athabaskan culture
ⓘ
rich fishing culture ⓘ |
| partOf |
Alaska Native regional corporations
ⓘ
surface form:
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporations
|
| populationTrend | decline after European contact ⓘ |
| region | Southcentral Alaska ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional Dena’ina spirituality ⓘ |
| state | Alaska ⓘ |
| subgroupOf |
Athabascan peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Alaska Athabaskans
|
| subsistenceActivity |
gathering wild plants
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hunting ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ trapping ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | mixed subsistence economy ⓘ |
| traditionalFood |
dried salmon
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smoked fish ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
seasonal camps
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semi-subterranean houses ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Anchorage area
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Cook Inlet ⓘ Iliamna, Alaska ⓘ
surface form:
Iliamna Lake region
Kenai Peninsula ⓘ Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ⓘ
surface form:
Lake Clark region
Susitna Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Susitna River region
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| traditionalTransportation |
birchbark canoes
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skin boats ⓘ |
| useEnvironment |
coastal marine resources
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inland forest resources ⓘ riverine resources ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Dena’ina people Description of subject: The Dena’ina people are an Alaska Native Athabaskan group traditionally inhabiting the Cook Inlet and surrounding regions, known for their rich fishing culture and one of the few Athabaskan languages with a maritime orientation.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.