Tsimshian
E14812
Tsimshian is an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their rich maritime culture, complex social organization, and distinctive art and oral traditions.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsimshian canonical | 24 |
| Tsimshian people | 12 |
| Tsimshian peoples | 4 |
| Coast Tsimshian | 3 |
| Southern Tsimshian | 2 |
| Tsimshian First Nations | 1 |
| Tsimshian culture | 1 |
| Tsimshian hereditary chiefs | 1 |
| Tsimshian mythology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45390 — 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: Tsimshian Context triple: [Alaska, recognizedIndigenousLanguages, Tsimshian]
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A.
Haida
Haida is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Haida people of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia and parts of southeastern Alaska.
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B.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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C.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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D.
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
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E.
Hualapai people
The Hualapai people are a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona, known for their distinct language, culture, and stewardship of lands along the Grand Canyon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tsimshian Target entity description: Tsimshian is an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their rich maritime culture, complex social organization, and distinctive art and oral traditions.
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A.
Haida
Haida is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Haida people of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia and parts of southeastern Alaska.
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B.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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C.
Tlingit
Tlingit is an Indigenous language of the Pacific Northwest Coast, traditionally spoken by the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and western Canada.
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D.
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
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E.
Hualapai people
The Hualapai people are a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona, known for their distinct language, culture, and stewardship of lands along the Grand Canyon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Nations people
ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ |
| artForm |
formline art
ⓘ
mask making ⓘ wood carving ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalArea |
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Coast culture area
|
| culturalFeature |
crest systems
ⓘ
elaborate ceremonial regalia ⓘ hereditary chiefs ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
complex oral traditions
ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ totem pole carving ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Metlakatla Indian Community
ⓘ
Tsimshian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tsimshian First Nations
|
| kinshipSystem | matrilineal descent ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tsimshianic languages ⓘ |
| neighboringPeople |
Gitxsan
ⓘ
Haida ⓘ Heiltsuk ⓘ Nisga’a ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ |
| notableRiver |
Nass River
ⓘ
Skeena River ⓘ |
| notableVillage |
Metlakatla, Alaska
ⓘ
Metlakatla, British Columbia ⓘ |
| primaryArea |
North Coast of British Columbia
ⓘ
Southeastern Alaska ⓘ
surface form:
Southeast Alaska
|
| region |
Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Northwest Coast
|
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ |
| socialOrganization |
matrilineal clans
ⓘ
moieties ⓘ |
| socialStructureFeature | ranked lineages ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
maritime-based subsistence
ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ sea mammal hunting ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | plank houses ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage |
Gitxsan
ⓘ
Nisga’a ⓘ Sm’álgyax ⓘ Tsimshian self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Tsimshian
|
| traditionalTransport | dugout canoes ⓘ |
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: Tsimshian Description of subject: Tsimshian is an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America, known for their rich maritime culture, complex social organization, and distinctive art and oral traditions.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.