Plains Miwok

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Native American people indigenous people of California

Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Plains Miwok canonical	14
Plains Miwok language	6

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T139004 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Plains Miwok
Context triple: [Southern Sierra Miwok, relatedEthnicGroup, Plains Miwok]

A. Northern Sierra Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people indigenous to the northern Sierra Nevada region of California, traditionally known for their distinct Miwok language dialect and cultural practices tied to the foothill and mountain environments.
B. Southern Sierra Miwok
The Southern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people of California whose traditional homeland includes the Yosemite Valley and surrounding Sierra Nevada foothills.
C. Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
D. Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
E. Kumeyaay language
The Kumeyaay language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Plains Miwok
Target entity description: Plains Miwok are a Native American people of central California, traditionally inhabiting the lower Sacramento Valley and known for their distinct Miwokan language and cultural practices.

A. Northern Sierra Miwok
Northern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people indigenous to the northern Sierra Nevada region of California, traditionally known for their distinct Miwok language dialect and cultural practices tied to the foothill and mountain environments.
B. Southern Sierra Miwok
The Southern Sierra Miwok are a Native American people of California whose traditional homeland includes the Yosemite Valley and surrounding Sierra Nevada foothills.
C. Miwok languages
Miwok languages are a group of closely related Native American languages traditionally spoken by the Miwok peoples of central and northern California.
D. Quechan language
The Quechan language is a Native American language spoken by the Quechan (Yuma) people of the lower Colorado River region in the southwestern United States.
E. Kumeyaay language
The Kumeyaay language is an indigenous Native American language traditionally spoken by the Kumeyaay people in the border region of southern California and northern Baja California.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American people ⓘ indigenous people of California ⓘ
colonialHistory	experienced population decline after European contact ⓘ impacted by Spanish missions in California ⓘ subject to Mexican land grant era pressures ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalArea	California cultural area ⓘ
culturalRevitalization	cultural preservation programs ⓘ language documentation efforts ⓘ
currentStatus	federally recognized descendants in several California tribes ⓘ
descendantCommunity	Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ Sheep Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians ⓘ Wilton Rancheria ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroupOf	Plains Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Plains Miwok language
languageFamily	Miwokan languages ⓘ Utian languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus	few or no native speakers remaining ⓘ language severely endangered ⓘ
materialCulture	stone and bone tools ⓘ use of tule reeds for boats and houses ⓘ
neighboringGroup	Nisenan ⓘ Northern Valley Yokuts ⓘ Patwin ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Bay Miwok ⓘ Coast Miwok ⓘ Lake Miwok ⓘ Sierra Miwok ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
subgroupOf	Miwok people ⓘ
traditionalCeremony	Kuksu dances ⓘ world renewal ceremonies ⓘ
traditionalCraft	basketry ⓘ tule mat weaving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	trade with neighboring tribes ⓘ
traditionalHousing	semi-subterranean earth lodges ⓘ thatched tule houses ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Calaveras River area ⓘ Sacramento Valley ⓘ surface form: Cosumnes River area Mokelumne River area ⓘ Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ surface form: Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area Central California ⓘ surface form: central California Sacramento Valley ⓘ surface form: lower Sacramento Valley
traditionalReligion	Kuksu religious system ⓘ
traditionalSocialOrganization	tribelets ⓘ village-based political units ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering acorns ⓘ gathering seeds and roots ⓘ hunting ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Southern Sierra Miwok → relatedEthnicGroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Miwok languages → hasSubgroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Miwok languages → hasLanguage → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Northern Sierra Miwok → relatedEthnicGroup → Plains Miwok ⓘ

Plains Miwok → ethnolinguisticGroupOf → Plains Miwok self-linksurface differs ⓘ