Native Americans
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Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.
All labels observed (21)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Native Americans Context triple: [Black Americans, ancestryIncludes, Native Americans]
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Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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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.
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Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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E.
European American
European Americans are U.S. residents whose ancestry traces primarily to the various peoples and nations of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Native Americans Target entity description: Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.
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A.
Wampanoag people
The Wampanoag people are a Native American nation of the northeastern United States, historically known for inhabiting present-day Massachusetts and Rhode Island and for their pivotal early contact with English colonists in the 17th century.
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B.
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.
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C.
Chemehuevi people
The Chemehuevi people are a Southern Paiute Native American group traditionally inhabiting areas of the Mojave Desert and lower Colorado River, known for their rich oral traditions, basketry, and adaptation to arid environments.
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D.
Taíno
The Taíno were an Indigenous Arawakan-speaking people of the Caribbean, especially the Greater Antilles, whose culture and language significantly influenced the region before and after European contact.
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E.
European American
European Americans are U.S. residents whose ancestry traces primarily to the various peoples and nations of Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (110)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous peoples
ⓘ
cultural group ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Native Americans
ⓘ
surface form:
American Indians
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form:
First Nations of the United States
Native Americans ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the United States
|
| citizenship | United States citizenship ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContribution |
beans cultivation
ⓘ
canoe design ⓘ corn cultivation ⓘ lacrosse ⓘ place names in the United States ⓘ snowshoe design ⓘ squash cultivation ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
Sun Dance
ⓘ
potlatch ⓘ powwow ⓘ sweat lodge ceremony ⓘ vision quest ⓘ |
| demographics | minority group in the United States ⓘ |
| governedBy | tribal governments ⓘ |
| hasSubgroup |
Aleut
ⓘ
Apache ⓘ Blackfoot ⓘ
surface form:
Blackfeet
Cherokee Nation (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ Cheyenne ⓘ Choctaw Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Choctaw
Comanche ⓘ Crow ⓘ Dakota ⓘ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians ⓘ Haida ⓘ Haudenosaunee ⓘ Hopi people ⓘ
surface form:
Hopi
Inupiaq ⓘ
surface form:
Inupiat
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Lakota
Lumbee ⓘ Mohawk ⓘ Creek (Muscogee) Nation ⓘ
surface form:
Muscogee (Creek)
Navajo Nation ⓘ Nez Perce ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Paiute ⓘ Ancestral Puebloans ⓘ
surface form:
Pueblo peoples
Seminole ⓘ Shoshone ⓘ Sioux people ⓘ
surface form:
Sioux
Tlingit ⓘ Ute people ⓘ
surface form:
Ute
Wampanoag people ⓘ
surface form:
Wampanoag
Central Alaskan Yup’ik ⓘ
surface form:
Yupik
|
| historicalEvent |
American Indian Movement
ⓘ
Great Sioux War of 1876 ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Little Bighorn
Trail of Tears ⓘ
surface form:
Long Walk of the Navajo
Occupation of Alcatraz ⓘ Red Power movement ⓘ Trail of Tears ⓘ Wounded Knee Massacre ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Great Basin ⓘ Great Plains ⓘ Northeast Woodlands ⓘ Pacific Northwest ⓘ Plateau ⓘ Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form:
Southwest United States
|
| languageFamily |
Algonquian languages
ⓘ
Na-Dene ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
Iroquoian languages ⓘ Muskogean languages ⓘ Siouan languages ⓘ Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan languages
|
| legalDocument |
Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
ⓘ
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ⓘ Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Removal Act
Indian Reorganization Act ⓘ Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ⓘ Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act ⓘ |
| legalStatus |
federally recognized tribe
ⓘ
state-recognized tribe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indigenous peoples of North America
ⓘ
surface form:
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
|
| populationAffectedBy |
European colonization of the Americas
ⓘ
assimilation policies ⓘ epidemic diseases ⓘ forced relocation ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
individual U.S. states ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Native American Church ⓘ Native American religions ⓘ Native American Church ⓘ
surface form:
Peyotism
|
| rightsIssue |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
land rights ⓘ language revitalization ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ treaty rights ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Archaic period in North America
ⓘ
Mississippian culture ⓘ
surface form:
Mississippian culture period
Paleo-Indian period ⓘ Paleo-Indian period ⓘ
surface form:
Woodland period
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
hoghan
ⓘ
longhouse ⓘ pueblo ⓘ tipi ⓘ wigwam ⓘ |
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Subject: Native Americans Description of subject: Native Americans are the Indigenous peoples of the United States, encompassing numerous distinct tribes and cultures with deep historical, spiritual, and cultural ties to the land long predating European colonization.
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