Yokuts

E676390

Native American people

The Yokuts are a Native American people indigenous to California’s Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex village-based social organization.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yokuts canonical	6
Tachi Yokuts	1
Valley Yokuts	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ
affectedBy	American settlement in the 19th century ⓘ Spanish colonization of California ⓘ mission system in California ⓘ
artForm	basket designs with geometric patterns ⓘ
ceremonialPractice	dance ceremonies ⓘ shamanic healing ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRevitalization	language documentation and revival efforts ⓘ
currentStatus	federally recognized and non-recognized descendant communities in California ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Native Americans in California ⓘ
hasDialect	Foothill Yokuts dialects ⓘ Lake Yokuts dialects ⓘ Valley Yokuts dialects ⓘ
historicalPopulationRegion	San Joaquin Valley wetlands ⓘ
indigenousTo	California NERFINISHED ⓘ California’s Central Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Nevada foothills NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	complex village-based social organization ⓘ diverse dialects ⓘ rich basketry traditions ⓘ
languageFamily	Penutian (proposed) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yokutsan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Chumash NERFINISHED ⓘ Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ Mono NERFINISHED ⓘ Salinan NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLocation	San Joaquin Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Tulare Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central California NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
socialOrganization	tribelet-level political units ⓘ village-based ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ
traditionalFood	acorns ⓘ salmon and other fish ⓘ small game ⓘ waterfowl ⓘ
traditionalHousing	semi-subterranean houses ⓘ thatched dwellings ⓘ
traditionalLanguage	Yokutsan NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	acorn processing ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
usesMaterialCulture	basketry materials such as willow and sedge ⓘ tule reeds ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Mission Santa Cruz → nativeAmericanGroupsAssociated → Yokuts ⓘ

Owens Valley Paiute → neighboringGroup → Yokuts ⓘ

Tübatulabal → neighboringPeople → Yokuts ⓘ

Chukchansi → hasLinguisticRelation → Yokuts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tachi Yokuts

Tulare Lake Yokuts → isDialectOf → Yokuts ⓘ

Yowlumne → subgroupOf → Yokuts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Valley Yokuts

Gashowu → ethnicGroup → Yokuts ⓘ

Palewyami → relatedTo → Yokuts ⓘ