Tepehuan

E94508
Indigenous people ethnic group

The Tepehuan are an Indigenous people of northern Mexico, known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language, traditional agriculture, and communities in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Tepehuan 1
Southern Tepehuan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalSystem milpa ⓘ
colonialHistory experienced population decline after contact ⓘ
subject to Spanish missions ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalPractice music with string instruments ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
seasonal agricultural ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRegion Gran Nayar ⓘ
ethnicity Tepehuan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubgroup Tepehuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tepehuan

Tepehuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Southern Tepehuan
historicalEvent Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century ⓘ
surface form: Tepehuan Revolt
indigenousTo Mexico ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeArea Chihuahua ⓘ
Durango ⓘ
Jalisco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nayarit NERFINISHED ⓘ
mountainRange Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
neighboringGroup Cora ⓘ
Huichol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarahumara ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous group of Mexico ⓘ
region Northern Mexico ⓘ
surface form: northern Mexico
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional indigenous religion ⓘ
selfIdentification O’dam ⓘ
O’dam ⓘ
surface form: O’dami
speaks Northern Tepehuán language ⓘ
surface form: Northern Tepehuan language

Southern Tepehuan language ⓘ
Tepehuan languages ⓘ
Tepehuan Revolt directed against Spanish colonial rule ⓘ
occurred in early 17th century ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe houses ⓘ
wooden houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
bean cultivation ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
maize cultivation ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
usesLanguageScript Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Chihuahua → hasIndigenousGroup → Tepehuan ⓘ
Tepehuan → hasSubgroup → Tepehuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Tepehuan
Tepehuan → hasSubgroup → Tepehuan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Tepehuan