Cochimí people

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Indigenous people Native American people ethnic group

The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Cochimí 1
Cochimí–Yuman peoples 1
Guaycura people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
archaeologicalAssociation Great Mural rock art of Baja California ⓘ
associatedWith Misión San Francisco de Borja Adac ⓘ
surface form: Spanish missions in Baja California
colonizedBy Spanish Empire ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalRegion Aridoamerica ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California cultural area
currentStatus largely assimilated ⓘ
ethnogenesisLocation central Baja California Peninsula ⓘ
ethnologueStatus extinct language ⓘ
historicalEra pre-Columbian era ⓘ
language Cochimí language ⓘ
languageFamily Yuman–Cochimí languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct ⓘ
laterReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
missionizationBy Dominican friars ⓘ
surface form: Dominicans

Franciscan Order ⓘ
surface form: Franciscans

Society of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesuits
mobilityPattern nomadic ⓘ
semi-nomadic ⓘ
nativeTo Baja California ⓘ
surface form: Baja California Peninsula

Baja California Sur ⓘ
central Baja California ⓘ
neighboringGroup Cochimí people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Guaycura people

Kiliwa people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kumeyaay people ⓘ
Paipai people ⓘ
Pericú people ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Baja California ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Mexico

Indigenous peoples of North America ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
region northwestern Mexico ⓘ
religion traditional Indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalArt cave paintings ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
traditionalHousing temporary shelters ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTechnology stone tools ⓘ
wooden tools ⓘ
UNESCOLanguageStatus extinct ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Yuman–Cochimí languages → hasSubfamily → Cochimí people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí
Cochimí people → neighboringGroup → Cochimí people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guaycura people
Kiliwa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cochimí people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cochimí–Yuman peoples