Nüümü

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Nüümü is the self-designation of the Owens Valley Paiute people, an Indigenous group native to the Owens Valley region of eastern California.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nüümü canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
affectedByHistoricalEvent California Indian Wars
Owens Valley water diversions to Los Angeles
autonymMeaning the people
culturalRegion Great Basin
ethnonymLanguage Northern Paiute language
hasAlternativeName Owens Valley Numu
Owens Valley Paiute
hasColonialLanguage English
Spanish
hasContemporaryPoliticalRepresentation Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
linked to: Owens Valley Paiute

Bishop Paiute Tribe
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians
Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe
hasEthnicLanguage Northern Paiute
locatedInCountry United States
locatedInState California
nativeToRegion Owens Valley
eastern California
partOf Great Basin Indigenous peoples
Numic-speaking peoples
linked to: Numic peoples

Paiute peoples
linked to: Paiute
relatedGroup Mono Lake Paiute
Southern Paiute
Western Shoshone
selfDesignationOf Owens Valley Paiute
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tool production
traditionalCrop native grasses
seed plants
tubers
traditionalHousingType wickiup
traditionalIrrigationPractice diversion of creek water to fields
traditionalReligionType Native American traditional religion
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
irrigated agriculture
traditionalTerritoryFeature Owens River
Owens Valley wetlands
Sierra Nevada (eastern slope)
White Mountains (California)
usesAutonym Nüümü

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

Northern Paiute hasAutonym Nüümü
Nüümü usesAutonym Nüümü