Pitjantjatjara people

E256807
Aboriginal Australian people Indigenous people of Australia

The Pitjantjatjara people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Central Australian desert region, known for their strong maintenance of traditional language, culture, and connection to their ancestral lands.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Pitjantjatjara people canonical 27
Anangu people 4
Anangu 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
associatedLandRightsArea Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands ⓘ
surface form: Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands
clanSystem kinship-based social organisation ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalRegion Western Desert region ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
governingBody Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara ⓘ
hasConcept Tjukurpa ⓘ
hasNotableCommunity Amata ⓘ
Docker River ⓘ
Fregon ⓘ
Indulkana ⓘ
Mimili ⓘ
Pukatja ⓘ
Warburton ⓘ
Wingellina ⓘ
knownFor strong connection to ancestral lands ⓘ
strong maintenance of traditional culture ⓘ
strong maintenance of traditional language ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
Western Desert language ⓘ
languageStatus one of the stronger surviving Aboriginal languages in Australia ⓘ
nativeTo Northern Territory ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
partOf Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
surface form: Anangu peoples
region Central Australia ⓘ
surface form: Central Australian desert

Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
surface form: Anangu
sharesCulturalGroupWith Ngaanyatjarra people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
stateJurisdiction South Australia ⓘ
TjukurpaMeaning Dreaming law ⓘ
traditionalArtForm body painting ⓘ
dot painting ⓘ
rock art ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering ⓘ
traditionalHousing wiltja (windbreak shelter) ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Pitjantjatjara language ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers ⓘ
traditionalPractice ceremonial dance ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Aboriginal Australians → hasPart → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Aboriginal Australians → hasPart → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu people
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → coManagedWith → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu traditional owners
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu people
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu people
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Central Australia → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara → isPartOfBroaderGroup → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu
Pitjantjatjara → culturalHeritageStatus → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: recognized as traditional owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta region
Koori people → distinctFrom → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu people
Pitjantjatjara language → spokenBy → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara language → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
MacDonnell Region → hasIndigenousGroup → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Western Desert cultural bloc → includesPeople → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Western Desert region → inhabitedBy → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Tjukurpa → isCentralTo → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Western Desert art → ethnicGroup → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara people → relatedTo → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara people → sharesCulturalTraditionsWith → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara people → sharesLinguisticTiesWith → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands → ethnicGroup → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Executive Board → represents → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Amata → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Fregon (Kaltjiti) → inhabitedBy → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Fregon (Kaltjiti) → isCulturalCentreFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Fregon (Kaltjiti) → isResidentialCentreFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Mimili → inhabitedBy → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Mimili → hasIndigenousCommunity → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Indulkana (Iwantja) → inhabitedBy → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Indulkana (Iwantja) → knownFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pitjantjatjara culture
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA) → grantsTitleTo → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Pukatja (Ernabella) → traditionalOwners → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
Pukatja (Ernabella) → culturalSignificanceFor → Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ