Kizh people

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The Kizh people are an Indigenous Native American group of the Los Angeles Basin and Southern California, historically known as the Gabrieleño and recognized for their deep cultural and ancestral ties to the region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kizh people canonical 9
Kizh (historical name for people) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native American people
ethnic group
affectedBy California mission system
Spanish colonization of the Americas
alsoKnownAs Gabrieleño
Gabrieleño-Tongva
linked to: Tongva/Gabrieleño

Gabrielino
colonizedBy Spanish Empire
country United States
culturalRegion California cultural area
culturalRevitalization language revitalization efforts
revival of traditional ceremonies
ethnonym Kizh
historicalEvent forced relocation to Spanish missions
population decline after European contact
historicalNameOrigin named Gabrieleño after Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
missionAssociation Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
modernStatus state-recognized or locally recognized group in California
unrecognized tribe by the federal government
nativeTo Los Angeles Basin
Southern California
preContactLifestyle acorn-based economy
fisher
hunter-gatherer
region Los Angeles County
Orange County, California
Riverside County, California
linked to: Riverside County

San Bernardino County, California
relatedEthnicGroup Cahuilla people
Luiseño people
Tongva people
religion Native American traditional religion
Roman Catholicism
traditionalCraft basketry
stone tools
traditionalFood acorns
seafood
seeds and nuts
traditionalHousing dome-shaped tule houses
traditionalLanguage Gabrieleño language
Kizh language
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Los Angeles River
Los Angeles coastal plain
linked to: Los Angeles Basin

San Fernando Valley
San Gabriel River
San Gabriel Valley
Santa Ana River

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Referenced by (10)

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

Kizh Nation represents Kizh people
Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe peopleAlsoCalled Kizh (historical name for people)
linked to: Kizh people
Kij ethnonymOf Kizh people
Kij peopleAssociated Kizh people
Kij denotes Kizh people
Kichireño refersTo Kizh people
Kichireño ethnonymFor Kizh people
Kichireño denotesMembershipIn Kizh people
Kizh language ethnicGroup Kizh people