Cocopah people

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Native American people indigenous people

The Cocopah people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region of what is now Arizona, California, and northern Mexico, known for their riverine agriculture, rich cultural traditions, and enduring cross-border community.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Yuma people 4
Cocopah 1
Yuma peoples 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Colorado River dam construction ⓘ
autonym Xawiƚƚ kwñchawaay ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossBorderCommunity U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ
surface form: United States–Mexico border
culturalPractice basketry ⓘ
bird songs ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
culturalRegion Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Colorado River Indian tribes region
engagedIn language revitalization efforts ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
federallyRecognizedTribeOf United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Cocopah Indian Tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity tribal enterprises on Cocopah Indian Reservation ⓘ
hasReservation Cocopah Indian Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalActivity trade along the Colorado River ⓘ
language Cocopah language ⓘ
languageFamily Hokan languages ⓘ
surface form: Hokan language family (proposed)

Yuman language family ⓘ
surface form: Yuman languages
nativeTo Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Sonora NERFINISHED ⓘ
lower Colorado River region ⓘ
neighboringGroup Quechan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationCenter Mexicali Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yuma, Arizona area NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kumeyaay people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mojave people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quechan people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional Yuman religion ⓘ
reservationLocatedIn Yuma County, Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalCrops beans ⓘ
corn ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
squash ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
traditionalHousing brush houses ⓘ
earthen structures ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
uses floodplain farming along the Colorado River ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Cocopa language → ethnicGroup → Cocopah people ⓘ
Yuman peoples → hasPart → Cocopah people ⓘ
Yuman peoples → hasPart → Cocopah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuma people
lower Gila River → historicallyUsedBy → Cocopah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuma peoples
this entity surface form: Yuma people
Paipai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cocopah people ⓘ
Yavapai people → relatedEthnicGroup → Cocopah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuma people
Kumeyaay people → relatedGroup → Cocopah people ⓘ
Cocopa people → selfDesignation → Cocopah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cocopah
Cocopa language → spokenBy → Cocopah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yuma people