Foothill Yokuts

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The Foothill Yokuts are a group of Native American Yokuts people traditionally inhabiting the Sierra Nevada foothills of central California, known for their distinct dialects and cultural practices.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chukchansi Yokuts 2
Foothill Yokuts canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
Yokuts subgroup ⓘ
affectedBy American westward expansion ⓘ
Spanish colonization of California ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalIdentity indigenous people of California ⓘ
culturalRegion California cultural area NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCulturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
seasonal ceremonial gatherings ⓘ
shamanic healing practices ⓘ
hasDialect distinct Foothill Yokuts dialects ⓘ
hasSocialOrganization tribelets ⓘ
village-based communities ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century California ⓘ
pre-contact California ⓘ
languageFamily Yokutsan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticCharacteristic distinct dialects from Valley Yokuts ⓘ
partOf Yokuts cultural-linguistic group NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Mono people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Sierra Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valley Yokuts NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion traditional Native Californian spiritual practices ⓘ
state California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
subgroupOf Yokuts people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment foothill oak woodland ⓘ
river valleys of Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean structures ⓘ
thatched dwellings ⓘ
traditionalRegion Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ
central California NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryType foothill and lower montane zones of Sierra Nevada ⓘ
usesResource acorns as staple food ⓘ
local game animals ⓘ
river fish ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Northern Valley Yokuts → relatedGroup → Foothill Yokuts ⓘ
Chukchansi → hasEthnicGroup → Foothill Yokuts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chukchansi Yokuts
Chukchansi → hasAlternativeName → Foothill Yokuts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chukchansi Yokuts