Yankunytjatjara people

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Aboriginal Australian people Indigenous people of Australia

The Yankunytjatjara people are an Aboriginal Australian group of the Western Desert region, closely related to the Pitjantjatjara and Anangu peoples and known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and linguistic ties to central Australia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Yankunytjatjara people canonical 14
Anangu 4
Anangu peoples 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalPractice ceremonial dance ⓘ
initiation ceremonies ⓘ
songlines ⓘ
culturalRegion Western Desert (Australia) ⓘ
surface form: Central desert of Australia
culturalValue intergenerational knowledge transmission ⓘ
respect for country ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
hasCommunity remote communities in central Australia ⓘ
hasContemporaryActivity maintenance of language and culture ⓘ
hasCulturalContinuity pre-colonial to contemporary period ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and stories tied to landscape ⓘ
hasSpiritualConnectionTo Tjukurpa ⓘ
surface form: Tjukurpa (Dreaming)

land of central Australia ⓘ
isPartOfBroaderGroup Anangu people ⓘ
surface form: Anangu peoples

Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert peoples
kinshipSystem complex kinship rules ⓘ
landTenureSystem traditional custodianship of country ⓘ
language Yankunytjatjara language ⓘ
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Western Desert language ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert languages
partOf Western Desert cultural bloc ⓘ
Western Desert language ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert language group
region Central Australia ⓘ
Western Desert region ⓘ
relatedTo Anangu people ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
selfIdentification Anangu people ⓘ
surface form: Anangu
sharesCulturalTraditionsWith Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
sharesLinguisticTiesWith Anangu people ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara people ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem Dreaming ⓘ
Tjukurpa ⓘ
traditionalEconomy foraging of native plants ⓘ
hunting of native animals ⓘ
traditionalKnowledge desert survival skills ⓘ
fire management practices ⓘ
water sources in arid country ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryType arid desert ⓘ
semi-arid desert ⓘ
usesArtForm body painting ⓘ
dot painting ⓘ
rock art ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → traditionalOwners → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Central Australia → traditionalOwners → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara → relatedGroup → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu
Pitjantjatjara → selfDesignation → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu
Pitjantjatjara people → partOf → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu peoples
Pitjantjatjara people → sharesCulturalGroupWith → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Pitjantjatjara people → selfDesignation → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu
Pitjantjatjara language → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anangu
Western Desert cultural bloc → includesPeople → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara language → spokenBy → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Yankunytjatjara language → ethnicGroup → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Western Desert region → inhabitedBy → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Tjukurpa → isCentralTo → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Western Desert art → ethnicGroup → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands → traditionalOwners → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands → ethnicGroup → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Executive Board → represents → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (SA) → grantsTitleTo → Yankunytjatjara people ⓘ