Kaw people
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The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kansa people | 15 |
| Kaw people canonical | 12 |
| Kaw (Kanza) people | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T883851 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Kaw people Context triple: [Kaw Nation, ethnicGroupOf, Kaw people]
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Wiyot people
The Wiyot people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Humboldt Bay region of northwestern California, known for their rich coastal culture, basketry, and the tragic 1860 Wiyot Massacre.
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Kitanemuk people
The Kitanemuk people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the Tehachapi Mountains and adjacent regions of Southern California, known for their distinct Takic language and cultural practices.
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C.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
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D.
Ngäbe people
The Ngäbe people are an Indigenous group of Central America, primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and subsistence farming culture.
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E.
Ipai people
The Ipai people are an Indigenous group of Southern California, traditionally inhabiting the northern Kumeyaay territory around present-day San Diego County and maintaining distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Kaw people Target entity description: The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."
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A.
Wiyot people
The Wiyot people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Humboldt Bay region of northwestern California, known for their rich coastal culture, basketry, and the tragic 1860 Wiyot Massacre.
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B.
Kitanemuk people
The Kitanemuk people are an Indigenous Native American group traditionally inhabiting the Tehachapi Mountains and adjacent regions of Southern California, known for their distinct Takic language and cultural practices.
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C.
Kunama people
The Kunama people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Horn of Africa, known for their distinct Nilo-Saharan language and traditional agro-pastoral lifestyle.
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D.
Ngäbe people
The Ngäbe people are an Indigenous group of Central America, primarily living in Panama and Costa Rica, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and subsistence farming culture.
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E.
Ipai people
The Ipai people are an Indigenous group of Southern California, traditionally inhabiting the northern Kumeyaay territory around present-day San Diego County and maintaining distinct cultural, linguistic, and historical traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Federally recognized tribe in the United States
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Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
Smallpox epidemics
ⓘ
U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Kansa
ⓘ
Kanza ⓘ |
| contemporaryReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRevitalizationEffort |
Language revitalization programs
ⓘ
Traditional ceremonies revival ⓘ |
| currentPrimaryLocation | Oklahoma ⓘ |
| demographicClassification |
Native Americans in Kansas
ⓘ
Native Americans in Oklahoma ⓘ |
| ethnonym | Kaw ⓘ |
| federallyRecognizedTribe | Kaw Nation ⓘ |
| forcedRemovalTo | Indian Territory ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Kaw City, Oklahoma ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
19th century United States expansion period
ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Columbian North America
|
| historicalTerritory |
Kansas River
ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas River valley
Lower Missouri River valley ⓘ Republican River ⓘ
surface form:
Republican River valley
Smoky Hill River ⓘ
surface form:
Smoky Hill River region
|
| language | Kansa language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Siouan languages ⓘ |
| nameEtymologyOf | Kansas ⓘ |
| notableCulturalElement | Use of the ethnonym "Kaw" for the Kansas River ⓘ |
| originalRegion |
Midwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Midwestern United States
present-day Kansas ⓘ present-day Nebraska ⓘ |
| people | Kaw people self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| populationTrend | Decline after European contact ⓘ |
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Omaha people
ⓘ
Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Osage people
Ponca ⓘ
surface form:
Ponca people
Quapaw tribe ⓘ
surface form:
Quapaw people
|
| sovereignEntity | Kaw Nation ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Dhegiha Siouan peoples ⓘ |
| toponymicInfluence |
Kansas River
ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
surface form:
State of Kansas
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| traditionalHousing |
Earth lodges
ⓘ
Tipis ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion |
Animism
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Tribal spiritual practices ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
Bison hunting
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Fishing ⓘ Maize agriculture ⓘ |
| treatyWith | United States government ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Kaw people Description of subject: The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.