Yokuts

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The Yokuts are a Native American people indigenous to California’s Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills, known for their diverse dialects, rich basketry traditions, and complex village-based social organization.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Yokuts canonical 10
Valley Yokuts 3
Yokuts groups 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
affectedBy American settlement in the 19th century
Spanish colonization of California
mission system in California
artForm basket designs with geometric patterns
ceremonialPractice dance ceremonies
shamanic healing
country United States
culturalRevitalization language documentation and revival efforts
currentStatus federally recognized and non-recognized descendant communities in California
ethnicGroup Native Americans in California
hasDialect Foothill Yokuts dialects
Lake Yokuts dialects
Valley Yokuts dialects
historicalPopulationRegion San Joaquin Valley wetlands
indigenousTo California
California’s Central Valley
linked to: Central Valley

Sierra Nevada foothills
knownFor complex village-based social organization
diverse dialects
rich basketry traditions
languageFamily Penutian (proposed)
Yokutsan languages
neighboringGroup Chumash
Miwok
Mono
Salinan
primaryLocation San Joaquin Valley
Tulare Basin
region Central California
religion traditional animist beliefs
socialOrganization tribelet-level political units
village-based
traditionalCraft basketry
traditionalFood acorns
salmon and other fish
small game
waterfowl
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean houses
thatched dwellings
traditionalLanguage Yokutsan
traditionalSubsistence acorn processing
fishing
gathering
hunting
usesMaterialCulture basketry materials such as willow and sedge
tule reeds

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Referenced by (16)

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

Chukchansi hasLinguisticRelation Tachi Yokuts
linked to: Yokuts
Yowlumne subgroupOf Valley Yokuts
linked to: Yokuts
Gashowu ethnicGroup Yokuts
Palewyami relatedTo Yokuts
Miwok neighboringGroup Yokuts
Foothill Yokuts relatedEthnicGroup Valley Yokuts
linked to: Yokuts
Southern Valley Yokuts languageFamilyBranch Valley Yokuts
linked to: Yokuts
central Sierra Nevada traditionalHomelandOf Yokuts groups
linked to: Yokuts
Lake Isabella area traditionalInhabitants Yokuts groups
linked to: Yokuts