Gooniyandi people

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The Gooniyandi people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the central Kimberley region of Western Australia, with a distinct language and cultural traditions tied to that country.

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Gooniyandi people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
areAssociatedWith Fitzroy River region
areClassifiedAs Australian Aboriginal group
areIndigenousTo Kimberley region
arePartOf Aboriginal Australians
surface form: First Nations of Australia
areRecognizedAs Traditional Owners in Western Australia
areRelatedTo Bunuba people
areTraditionalOwnersOf parts of the central Kimberley region
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Australia
haveConnectionToLand ancestral lands in central Kimberley
haveCulturalTraditionsTiedTo Kimberley region
surface form: Central Kimberley country
haveCustomaryLaw yes
haveDistinctCulture yes
haveNameVariant Gooniendi
Gunian
Konejandi
haveOralTraditions yes
languageFamily Bunuban languages
maintain Dreaming stories
kinship systems
partOf Aboriginal peoples of the Kimberley
practice traditional ceremonies
region Kimberley region
surface form: Central Kimberley
stateOrTerritory Western Australia
traditionalLanguage Gooniyandi language
useLanguage Gooniyandi language

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Kimberley region traditionalOwners Gooniyandi people