Martu people
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The Martu people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands span a vast area of the Western Desert, maintaining strong cultural, linguistic, and spiritual traditions closely tied to their desert country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Martu people canonical | 4 |
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aboriginal Australian people
ⓘ
Indigenous people of Western Australia ⓘ |
| artForm |
carving
ⓘ
desert painting ⓘ dot painting ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Canning Stock Route
ⓘ
Pilbara region ⓘ |
| community |
Jigalong
ⓘ
Kunawarritji ⓘ Kunawarritji Aboriginal community ⓘ Parnngurr ⓘ Parnngurr Aboriginal community ⓘ Punmu ⓘ Punmu Aboriginal community ⓘ |
| continent | Australia ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| culturalLandscape |
sand dunes
ⓘ
soakages and rockholes ⓘ spinifex grasslands ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
initiation ceremonies
ⓘ
ritual body painting ⓘ songlines ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| culture | Western Desert cultural traditions ⓘ |
| currentActivities |
contemporary art production
ⓘ
cultural heritage management ⓘ ranger programs ⓘ |
| diet |
bush foods
ⓘ
bush tomatoes ⓘ goanna ⓘ kangaroo ⓘ witchetty grubs ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Australia ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
dispossession during Canning Stock Route construction
ⓘ
return to country movement in late 20th century ⓘ |
| knowledgeSystem |
desert ecological knowledge
ⓘ
fire management knowledge ⓘ |
| language |
Kartujarra
ⓘ
Kariyarra ⓘ
surface form:
Kiyajarra
Manyjilyjarra ⓘ Ngaanyatjarra ⓘ Pintupi people ⓘ
surface form:
Pintupi
Putijarra ⓘ Warnman ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup |
Western Desert language
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert language continuum
|
| nativeTitle | Martu native title determination (2002) ⓘ |
| nativeTitleArea |
Gibson Desert
ⓘ
Great Sandy Desert ⓘ Karlamilyi National Park ⓘ Little Sandy Desert ⓘ |
| organization |
Martu Council
ⓘ
Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ |
| populationTrend | largely relocated to missions and stations in mid-20th century ⓘ |
| practices |
desert tracking skills
ⓘ
fire-stick farming ⓘ traditional hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Federal Court of Australia ⓘ |
| region |
Western Australia
ⓘ
Western Desert region ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert
|
| religion |
Australian Aboriginal spirituality
ⓘ
Dreaming ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
kinship system
ⓘ
skin group system ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory | Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.