Plateau of western North America

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The Plateau of western North America is a cultural and geographic region characterized by intermontane basins and river valleys between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades/Coast Ranges, traditionally inhabited by diverse Indigenous peoples.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographic region
archaeologicalTradition Plateau culture area
associatedWith salmon fishing
semi-sedentary village life
borderedBy Great Basin
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
surface form: Pacific Northwest Coast
characterizedBy intermontane basins
river valleys
continent North America
culturalAreaOf Indigenous peoples of North America
hasClimate continental climate
hasVegetation coniferous forests
sagebrush steppe
includesPartOf British Columbia
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
surface form: Washington (state)

Wyoming
locatedBetween Cascade Range
Pacific Coast Ranges
surface form: Coast Ranges

Rocky Mountains
partlyIn Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
traditionalInhabitants Bannock people
Cayuse people
Colville people
Flathead (Salish) people
surface form: Flathead people

Interior Salish peoples
Kutenai people NERFINISHED
Nez Perce
surface form: Nez Perce people

Nlaka'pamux people
Northern Paiute
surface form: Northern Paiute people

Syilx Okanagan people
surface form: Okanagan people

Secwepemc people
Shuswap (Secwepemc) people
surface form: Shuswap people

Sinixt people
Spokane people
Syilx Okanagan people
surface form: Syilx people

Umatilla people
Walla Walla people
Yakima (Yakama) people
surface form: Yakama people
traversedBy Columbia River
Fraser River
Snake River

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- 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.
Input
Subject: Plateau of western North America
Description of subject: The Plateau of western North America is a cultural and geographic region characterized by intermontane basins and river valleys between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascades/Coast Ranges, traditionally inhabited by diverse Indigenous peoples.

Referenced by (3)

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

Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan region Plateau of western North America
Karok culturalRegion Plateau of western North America
this entity surface form: Northwestern Plateau–California borderlands
Kutenai (Ktunaxa) region Plateau of western North America
subject surface form: Kutenai language
this entity surface form: Interior Plateau of North America