Navajo people
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The Navajo people are a Native American nation of the American Southwest known for their rich cultural traditions, Navajo language, and historic homeland spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Navajo people canonical | 35 |
| Navajo | 27 |
| Navajo (Diné) | 3 |
| Diné people | 1 |
| Navajo (Diné) people | 1 |
| Navajo people (Diné) | 1 |
| Navajo people (nearby influence) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347917 — 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: Navajo people Context triple: [Colorado River Indian Tribes, composedPrimarilyOf, Navajo people]
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Hopi people
The Hopi people are a Native American tribe primarily residing in northeastern Arizona, known for their ancient pueblo villages, rich agricultural traditions, and deeply rooted spiritual and ceremonial practices.
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B.
Yavapai people
The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.
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C.
Hualapai people
The Hualapai people are a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona, known for their distinct language, culture, and stewardship of lands along the Grand Canyon.
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D.
Ute people
The Ute people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, known for their hunter-gatherer traditions, horsemanship, and enduring cultural presence in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring areas.
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E.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Navajo people Target entity description: The Navajo people are a Native American nation of the American Southwest known for their rich cultural traditions, Navajo language, and historic homeland spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
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A.
Hopi people
The Hopi people are a Native American tribe primarily residing in northeastern Arizona, known for their ancient pueblo villages, rich agricultural traditions, and deeply rooted spiritual and ceremonial practices.
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B.
Yavapai people
The Yavapai people are a Native American group indigenous to central and western Arizona, known for their distinct language, semi-nomadic history, and close cultural ties with neighboring tribes.
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C.
Hualapai people
The Hualapai people are a Native American tribe traditionally inhabiting northwestern Arizona, known for their distinct language, culture, and stewardship of lands along the Grand Canyon.
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D.
Ute people
The Ute people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the Great Basin and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States, known for their hunter-gatherer traditions, horsemanship, and enduring cultural presence in Colorado, Utah, and neighboring areas.
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E.
Mojave people
The Mojave people are a Native American tribe indigenous to the lower Colorado River region, whose culture, traditions, and identity are deeply rooted in the Mojave Desert landscape.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous people of North America
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Native American people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ sovereign tribal nation ⓘ |
| artForm |
Navajo rug weaving
ⓘ
sandpainting ⓘ turquoise and silver jewelry ⓘ |
| capital | Window Rock, Arizona ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
sheep herding
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silversmithing ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Four Corners region ⓘ |
| demographicTrend | experienced population decline after European contact ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
arts and crafts ⓘ energy resource extraction ⓘ livestock ranching ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| governingBody | Navajo Nation Council ⓘ |
| governmentType | tribal government ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Long Walk of the Navajo
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internment at Bosque Redondo ⓘ |
| language | Navajo language ⓘ |
| languageStatus | one of the most spoken Native American languages in the United States ⓘ |
| legalStatus | federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ |
| mainTerritory | Navajo Nation ⓘ |
| militaryConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| militaryContribution | Navajo Code Talkers ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Navajo Nation
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surface form:
Diné
|
| populationCenter |
Arizona
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageFamily |
Northern Athabaskan languages
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surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Na-Dene language family
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| recognizedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| relatedEthnicGroup |
Apache tribes
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surface form:
Apache people
Chiricahua Apache ⓘ Mescalero Apache ⓘ Western Apache ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
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Native American Church ⓘ traditional Navajo religion ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | hogans ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
southwestern United States
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surface form:
American Southwest
Arizona ⓘ Colorado ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ Utah ⓘ |
| treaty | Treaty of 1868 ⓘ |
| usesWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: Navajo people Description of subject: The Navajo people are a Native American nation of the American Southwest known for their rich cultural traditions, Navajo language, and historic homeland spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.