Tepehuan people

E356198

ethnic group indigenous people

The Tepehuan people are an indigenous group of northern Mexico known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and resilient cultural practices in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Tepehuán people	7
Tepehuan people canonical	3
Guarijío people	2
Pima Bajo people	1
Southern Tepehuán people	1
Wixárika people	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2957421 — 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: Tepehuan people
Context triple: [indigenous peoples of Mexico, majorEthnicGroup, Tepehuan people]

A. 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.
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.
C. Amuzgo people
The Amuzgo people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group primarily inhabiting the border region of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language and rich textile-weaving traditions.
D. Yaqui people
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.
E. 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.
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: Tepehuan people
Target entity description: The Tepehuan people are an indigenous group of northern Mexico known for their distinct Uto-Aztecan language varieties, traditional agriculture, and resilient cultural practices in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

A. 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.
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.
C. Amuzgo people
The Amuzgo people are an indigenous Mesoamerican group primarily inhabiting the border region of Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language and rich textile-weaving traditions.
D. Yaqui people
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.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy	Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Chihuahua ⓘ Durango ⓘ Jalisco ⓘ Nayarit ⓘ
culturalPractice	ritual music and dance ⓘ syncretic Catholic-indigenous ceremonies ⓘ traditional communal rituals ⓘ use of traditional medicine ⓘ
culturalRegion	Mesoamerica ⓘ
ethnicity	Tepehuan ⓘ
ethnographicRegion	Gran Nayar ⓘ
governmentRecognition	recognized indigenous people of Mexico ⓘ
historicalEvent	Tepehuán Revolt of the early 17th century ⓘ surface form: Tepehuán Revolt
historicalPeriod	Spanish colonial period in Mexico ⓘ
language	Northern Tepehuán language ⓘ surface form: Northern Tepehuan language Southern Tepehuán language ⓘ surface form: Southern Tepehuan language Tepehuan language varieties ⓘ
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan ⓘ surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
languageStatus	endangered ⓘ
mountainRange	Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
populationTrend	minority within Mexico ⓘ
region	northern Mexico ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Cora people ⓘ Huichol ⓘ surface form: Huichol people Mexicanero ⓘ surface form: Mexicanero people Tarahumara people ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ indigenous Mesoamerican religion ⓘ
struggle	cultural survival ⓘ defense of land rights ⓘ
subsistenceType	subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ bean cultivation ⓘ craft production ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ livestock raising ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ
traditionalHousing	adobe houses ⓘ wooden houses ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

indigenous peoples of Mexico → majorEthnicGroup → Tepehuan people ⓘ

Huichol → spokenBy → Tepehuan people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wixárika people

Guarijío → spokenBy → Tepehuan people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guarijío people

Guarijío → ethnicGroup → Tepehuan people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Guarijío people

Tepehuan → ethnicity → Tepehuan people ⓘ

Northern Tepehuán language → ethnicGroup → Tepehuan people ⓘ