Yaqui people
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The Yaqui people are an Indigenous group native to the Sonoran Desert region of northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, resistance to colonization, and distinctive language and culture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaqui people canonical | 51 |
| Yaqui (neighboring people) | 1 |
| Yaqui communities | 1 |
| Yaqui people of Sonora, Mexico | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2957412 — 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: Yaqui people Context triple: [indigenous peoples of Mexico, majorEthnicGroup, Yaqui people]
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A.
Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
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B.
Zoque people
The Zoque people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group primarily inhabiting parts of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco, known for their Zoquean languages and rich traditions in agriculture, crafts, and communal festivals.
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C.
Moxeño people
The Moxeño people are an indigenous Arawakan-speaking group of Bolivia known for their traditional communal lifestyles, rich ceremonial music and dance, and long history in the lowland regions of the country.
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D.
Mazatec
Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.
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E.
Mazahua people
The Mazahua people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group of central Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional textiles, and rich ceremonial and agricultural traditions.
- 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: Yaqui people Target entity description: The Yaqui people are an Indigenous group native to the Sonoran Desert region of northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, resistance to colonization, and distinctive language and culture.
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A.
Cochimí people
The Cochimí people are an Indigenous group native to the central Baja California peninsula in Mexico, historically known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and now largely assimilated, with their original language considered extinct.
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B.
Zoque people
The Zoque people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group primarily inhabiting parts of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Tabasco, known for their Zoquean languages and rich traditions in agriculture, crafts, and communal festivals.
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C.
Moxeño people
The Moxeño people are an indigenous Arawakan-speaking group of Bolivia known for their traditional communal lifestyles, rich ceremonial music and dance, and long history in the lowland regions of the country.
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D.
Mazatec
Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.
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E.
Mazahua people
The Mazahua people are an Indigenous Mesoamerican group of central Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language, traditional textiles, and rich ceremonial and agricultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people
ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Mexico
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
ceremonial music
ⓘ
mask making ⓘ ritual dance ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Oasisamerica ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | yaq ⓘ |
| hasAutonym | Yoeme ⓘ |
| historicalConflictWith |
Mexican government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Mexico
Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Deer Dance
ⓘ
Pascua Yaqui Easter ceremonies ⓘ ceremonial traditions ⓘ distinctive culture ⓘ distinctive language ⓘ resistance to colonization ⓘ |
| language | Yaqui language ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Uto-Aztecan languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Uto-Aztecan
|
| mainSettlement |
Pascua Yaqui Reservation
ⓘ
Río Yaqui valley ⓘ
linked to:
Yaqui Valley
|
| nativeTo |
Arizona
ⓘ
Sonora ⓘ Sonoran Desert ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of Mexico
ⓘ
linked to:
indigenous peoples of Mexico
Native peoples of the Southwestern United States ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Government of Mexico
ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| religion |
Indigenous Yaqui religion
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ syncretic Christianity ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Yoeme ⓘ |
| suffered |
forced relocation
ⓘ
land dispossession ⓘ military campaigns ⓘ |
| traditionalBelief | sacredness of the Río Yaqui ⓘ |
| traditionalCrop |
beans
ⓘ
corn ⓘ squash ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hunting ⓘ |
| traditionalReligion | Yoeme religion ⓘ |
| usesScript | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Yaqui people Description of subject: The Yaqui people are an Indigenous group native to the Sonoran Desert region of northern Mexico and southern Arizona, known for their rich ceremonial traditions, resistance to colonization, and distinctive language and culture.
Referenced by (54)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yaqui people
linked to: Yaqui people
subject linked to:
Tribal Council
subject linked to:
José María Leyva (Cajeme)