Owens Valley Paiute
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The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Owens Valley Paiute canonical | 4 |
| Paiute-Kawaiisu | 2 |
| Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley | 1 |
| California Northern Paiute | 1 |
| Kern River Paiute | 1 |
| Mono Paiute | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842541 — 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: Owens Valley Paiute Context triple: [Paiute, subgroup, Owens Valley Paiute]
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A.
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes
The Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people traditionally associated with the Great Basin region of the southwestern United States.
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B.
Shivwits Band of Paiutes
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe in southwestern Utah, representing one of the bands of the Southern Paiute people with its own government and reservation lands.
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C.
Cedar Band of Paiutes
The Cedar Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people based in southwestern Utah.
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D.
Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
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E.
San Juan Southern Paiute
The San Juan Southern Paiute are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas around the San Juan River in the Four Corners region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical ties to neighboring Paiute and Puebloan groups.
- 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: Owens Valley Paiute Target entity description: The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.
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A.
Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes
The Indian Peaks Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people traditionally associated with the Great Basin region of the southwestern United States.
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B.
Shivwits Band of Paiutes
The Shivwits Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe in southwestern Utah, representing one of the bands of the Southern Paiute people with its own government and reservation lands.
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C.
Cedar Band of Paiutes
The Cedar Band of Paiutes is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Southern Paiute people based in southwestern Utah.
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D.
Paiute
The Paiute are an Indigenous people of the Great Basin region of the western United States, traditionally known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle, intricate basketry, and deep cultural ties to the desert landscape.
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E.
San Juan Southern Paiute
The San Juan Southern Paiute are a Native American people traditionally inhabiting areas around the San Juan River in the Four Corners region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical ties to neighboring Paiute and Puebloan groups.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American people
ⓘ
indigenous people of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedModernTribe |
Owens Valley Paiute
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
Bishop Paiute Tribe ⓘ Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians ⓘ Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalHeritage | Paiute culture ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
communal irrigation management
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ seasonal round of resource use ⓘ |
| environment |
Owens River valley floor
ⓘ
Eastern Sierra ⓘ
surface form:
Sierra Nevada east slope
arid basin and range landscape ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Owens Valley ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | displacement following Los Angeles water diversions ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | contact with Euro-American settlers in 19th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex ditch irrigation systems
ⓘ
floodplain farming ⓘ traditional irrigation agriculture ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| locatedIn |
Great Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin region
Owens Valley ⓘ eastern California ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Mono Lake Paiute
ⓘ
Western Shoshone ⓘ Yokuts ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Basin tribes
|
| region |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| religion | traditional Paiute spiritual beliefs ⓘ |
| selfIdentification | Nüümü ⓘ |
| stateRecognizedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| subgroupOf | Northern Paiute ⓘ |
| traditionalCrops |
native grasses
ⓘ
seed plants ⓘ tubers ⓘ |
| traditionalLanguage | Northern Paiute language ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ |
| traditionalTechnology |
basketry
ⓘ
irrigation ditches ⓘ stone tools ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Inyo Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Inyo Mountains region
Owens River ⓘ
surface form:
Owens River watershed
eastern Sierra Nevada foothills ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Owens Valley Paiute Description of subject: The Owens Valley Paiute are a Native American group indigenous to California’s Owens Valley, known for their traditional irrigation agriculture and distinct Paiute cultural heritage.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Paiute-Kawaiisu
this entity surface form:
Kern River Paiute
this entity surface form:
Paiute-Kawaiisu
this entity surface form:
California Northern Paiute
this entity surface form:
Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley
subject surface form:
Mono language
subject surface form:
Mono language
this entity surface form:
Mono Paiute