Yuman

Yuman

The Yuman people are a group of Native American ethnic groups of the Yuman-Cochimí language family. The historic Yuman-speaking peoples in this region were skilled warriors and active traders, maintaining exchange networks with the Pima in southern Arizona and with the Pacific coast.

The term Patayan is used by archaeologists to describe the prehistoric Native American cultures that inhabited parts of modern day Arizona, California and Baja California, including areas near the Colorado River Valley, the nearby uplands, and north to the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. These prehistoric people may have been ancestral to the Yuman. They practiced floodplain agriculture where possible, but relied heavily on hunting and gathering.

Subgroups include the River Yuman, Delta-Californian, and Upland Yuman ("Pai").


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  • Yuman — Yu man, a. Designating, or pertaining to, an important linguistic stock of North American Indians of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, nearly all agriculturists and adept potters and basket makers. Their usual dwelling is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Yuman — [yo͞o′mən] n. 1. a member of a group of North American Indian peoples of the SW U.S. and NW Mexico 2. the family of languages spoken by these peoples, including Yuma adj. designating or of these peoples or their languages or cultures …   English World dictionary

  • Yuman — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Yuma. Les Yuman sont un groupe amérindien de la famille linguistique ethnique Yuman Cochimí. Ils sont originaires de Haute et Basse Californie (Mexique). Le peuple historique parlant Yuman dans cette région… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Yuman — /yooh meuhn/, n. 1. a family of languages including the language shared by the Yuma and Mohave Indians and several other languages of the lower valley of the Colorado River. adj. 2. of or pertaining to Yuman. [1890 95; YUM(A) + AN] * * * ▪ people …   Universalium

  • Yuman — noun Etymology: Yuma Quechan (member of a Yuman speaking people of the lower Colorado River valley), from Spanish, from O odham yu•mĭ Date: 1891 an American Indian language family of southwestern United States and northern Mexico • Yuman… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Yuman — /ˈjumən/ (say yoohmuhn) noun 1. a Native American linguistic stock of the south western US. –adjective 2. of or relating to the Yuman …  

  • Yuman–Cochimí languages — Yuman–Cochimí Yuman Geographic distribution: Colorado River basin and Baja California Linguistic classification: Hokan ? Yuman–Cochimí Subdivision …   Wikipedia

  • Yuman-Cochimí languages — Infobox Language family name=Yuman Cochimí region=Colorado River basin and Baja California familycolor=American family=Yuman Cochimí child1=Yuman child2= Cochimi map caption=Pre contact distribution of Yuman Cochimí languagesYuman Cochimí is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Yuman music — The Yuman are a tribe of Native Americans from what is now Southern California. Folk songs in Yuma culture are said to be given to a person while dreaming. Many individuals who are in emotional distress go to a secluded area for a few weeks,… …   Wikipedia

  • yuman — yu·man …   English syllables

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