Tehueco people

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The Tehueco people are an Indigenous group from the northwestern region of Mexico, historically associated with the broader Cahita cultural area and known for their distinct language and traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tehueco people canonical 1
Tehueco people (historically) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
affectedBy Jesuit evangelization
linked to: Jesuit missions

mission system
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalPractice agricultural ceremonies
ritual music
traditional dances
culturalRegion Gran Nayar
Northwest Mexico
linked to: Northwestern Mexico
demographicTrend population decline after conquest
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
ethnolinguisticGroup Cahita peoples
hasAlternativeName Tehueco
linked to: Chemehuevi
hasCulturalHeritage Indigenous rituals
oral traditions
traditional crafts
hasNameInSpanish Tehuecos
historicalEvent Spanish colonization of Sinaloa
historicallyAssociatedWith Jesuit missions in Sinaloa
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era
indigenousTo Fuerte River region
Sinaloa River basin
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
languageShift Spanish
languageStatus endangered
languageSubfamily Cahita languages
linked to: Cahitan languages
locatedIn Sinaloa
northwestern Mexico
modernLanguage Spanish
partOf Cahita cultural area
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Mexico
regionType riverine settlements
relatedEthnicGroup Mayo people
Yaqui people
other Cahita groups
religion Roman Catholicism
Traditional Indigenous beliefs
traditionalHousing rural villages
traditionalLanguage Cahita language
linked to: Cahitan languages

Tehueco language
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tehueco language ethnicity Tehueco people
Tehueco language isSpokenBy Tehueco people (historically)
linked to: Tehueco people