Paipai

E74842

ethnic group indigenous people

Paipai are an indigenous people of northern Baja California, Mexico, traditionally speaking a Yuman language and maintaining distinct cultural and historical traditions in the region.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group → indigenous people →
borderingRegion	U.S.–Mexico borderlands →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico →
culturalRegion	Baja California indigenous cultures → Northwest Mexico →
ethnicGroupOf	Mexico →
ethnolinguisticGroup	Yuman →
hasAutonym	Paipai →
hasCulturalPractice	ceremonial dances → storytelling → traditional music →
hasCulturalTradition	basketry → hunting and gathering → oral tradition → traditional agriculture →
hasNameInSpanish	paipai →
hasPopulationTrend	declining →
historicalContactWith	Catholic missionaries → Spanish colonizers →
indigenousTo	Baja California Peninsula →
isMinorityGroupIn	Baja California →
languageFamily	Yuman languages →
languageStatus	endangered →
locatedIn	Baja California → northern Baja California →
partOf	indigenous peoples of the Americas →
recognizedAs	indigenous people of Mexico →
region	Sierra de Juárez → Sierra de San Pedro Mártir →
relatedEthnicGroup	Cocopah → Kiliwa → Kumeyaay → Quechan →
religion	Roman Catholicism → traditional indigenous beliefs →
subclassOf	Yuman peoples →
traditionalCraft	basket weaving → woodworking →
traditionalHousing	semi-permanent dwellings →
traditionalLanguage	Paipai language →
traditionalSubsistence	gathering wild plants → hunting → small-scale agriculture →
traditionalTerritory	northern Baja California →
usesLanguageScript	Latin alphabet →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Paipai language →	ethnicity
Paipai →	hasAutonym
Yuman →	hasLanguage
Kiliwa →	relatedEthnicGroup