Mescalero Apache
E240318
The Mescalero Apache are a Native American people of the Apache group traditionally inhabiting areas of what is now southern New Mexico and west Texas, known for their resilient resistance to colonization and rich cultural heritage.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mescalero Apache canonical | 10 |
| Mescalero Apache Tribe | 5 |
| Mescalero Apache people | 2 |
| Mescalero Apache Tribal Council | 1 |
| Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache | 1 |
| Mimbres band of the Apache | 1 |
| Mimbreño Apache | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2130871 — 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: Mescalero Apache Context triple: [Apache Wars, opponent, Mescalero Apache]
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A.
Chiricahua Apache
The Chiricahua Apache are a Native American people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, historically known for their fierce resistance to U.S. and Mexican expansion under leaders such as Cochise and Geronimo.
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B.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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C.
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Yaqui people based in southern Arizona, known for its rich cultural traditions and communities near Tucson.
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D.
Kiowa people
The Kiowa people are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, rich oral traditions, and historical presence in what is now Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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E.
Tohono O'odham
The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and agricultural ties to the Sonoran Desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mescalero Apache Target entity description: The Mescalero Apache are a Native American people of the Apache group traditionally inhabiting areas of what is now southern New Mexico and west Texas, known for their resilient resistance to colonization and rich cultural heritage.
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A.
Chiricahua Apache
The Chiricahua Apache are a Native American people of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, historically known for their fierce resistance to U.S. and Mexican expansion under leaders such as Cochise and Geronimo.
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B.
Comanche
The Comanche are a Native American people renowned for their skilled horsemanship, warrior culture, and dominance across the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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C.
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Yaqui people based in southern Arizona, known for its rich cultural traditions and communities near Tucson.
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D.
Kiowa people
The Kiowa people are a Native American tribe of the Great Plains known for their nomadic buffalo-hunting culture, rich oral traditions, and historical presence in what is now Oklahoma and surrounding regions.
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E.
Tohono O'odham
The Tohono O'odham are a Native American people of the U.S.–Mexico borderlands known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and agricultural ties to the Sonoran Desert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apache group
ⓘ
Indigenous people of the United States ⓘ Native American people ⓘ |
| ceremony |
Girls' Puberty Ceremony
ⓘ
Mountain Spirit Dance ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalHeritage |
Apache warrior society traditions
ⓘ
rich oral tradition ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Southwest ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
cattle ranching
ⓘ
forestry ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| economicEnterprise | Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| federallyRecognizedTribe | Yes ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Mescalero Apache
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mescalero Apache Tribal Council
|
| governmentType | tribal government ⓘ |
| knownFor |
resistance to Mexican rule
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resistance to Spanish colonization ⓘ resistance to United States military campaigns ⓘ |
| language |
Mescalero Apache
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache
|
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Southern Athabaskan ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Athabaskan languages
|
| notableLeader |
Josecito
ⓘ
Kutu-hala (Cadete) ⓘ Victorio ⓘ |
| officialName |
Mescalero Apache
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mescalero Apache Tribe
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| populationCenter | Mescalero, New Mexico ⓘ |
| primaryState | New Mexico ⓘ |
| relatedGroup |
Chiricahua Apache
ⓘ
Jicarilla Apache ⓘ Lipan Apache ⓘ Navajo people ⓘ
surface form:
Navajo
Western Apache ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
traditional Apache religion ⓘ various Christian denominations ⓘ |
| reservation |
Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Mescalero Apache Reservation
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| reservationEstablished | 1873 ⓘ |
| reservationLocation | Otero County, New Mexico ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Apache ⓘ |
| traditionalFoodSource | mescal agave ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
gathering
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hunting ⓘ raiding and trading ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
southern New Mexico
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West Texas ⓘ
surface form:
west Texas
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| treaty | Treaty with the Apaches (Mescalero), 1855 ⓘ |
| USCensusClassification |
Native Americans
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surface form:
American Indian
|
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: Mescalero Apache Description of subject: The Mescalero Apache are a Native American people of the Apache group traditionally inhabiting areas of what is now southern New Mexico and west Texas, known for their resilient resistance to colonization and rich cultural heritage.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.