Luritja people

E342069

The Luritja people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands span parts of the Western Desert region in central Australia, with a distinct language and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Luritja people canonical 5
Luritja 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Australia
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicity Aboriginal Australian
hasArtTradition Western Desert art
dot painting
hasCommunity Haasts Bluff
Papunya
surface form: Hermannsburg

Kintore
surface form: Kintore region

Papunya
hasCulturalPractices Dreaming stories
ceremonial practices
songlines
hasCulturalRevitalizationEfforts art and cultural centers in central Australia
language maintenance programs
hasCulturalTraditions distinct cultural traditions
hasEconomicActivity art production
cattle station work
hasHistoricalExperience dispossession of land
forced relocation
mission settlement
hasKinshipSystem Australian Aboriginal kinship system
hasLandConnection ancestral lands in Western Desert
hasLanguageShift increasing use of English and other Aboriginal languages
hasLanguageStatus endangered language
hasNativeTitleClaims parts of central Australia
hasOralTradition Dreaming narratives tied to landscape
hasPopulationStatus small population
hasSocialOrganization clan-based social structure
language Luritja language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
Western Desert language
locatedIn Northern Territory
central Australia
neighboringGroup Arrernte people NERFINISHED
Pintupi people NERFINISHED
Pitjantjatjara people NERFINISHED
Warlpiri people NERFINISHED
partOf Western Desert cultural bloc
region Central Australia
Western Desert region
surface form: Western Desert
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalTerritory Western Desert region
surface form: Western Desert region of central Australia
uses Luritja sign language

Referenced by (8)

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

Central Australia traditionalOwners Luritja people
MacDonnell Region hasIndigenousGroup Luritja people
Western Desert language hasDialect Luritja people
this entity surface form: Luritja
Western Desert art ethnicGroup Luritja people
Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd hasEthnicGroup Luritja people
this entity surface form: Luritja
Papunya hasLanguageGroup Luritja people
this entity surface form: Luritja