Warumungu people

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The Warumungu people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Northern Territory, traditionally associated with the Tennant Creek region and its surrounding sacred sites.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Warumungu language 0
Warumungu art 0
Warumungu community 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Australian Aboriginal language
Indigenous Australian art tradition
Indigenous people of the Northern Territory
country Australia
ethnicGroupOf Northern Territory NERFINISHED
hasArtTradition Warumungu art
hasClanSystem yes
hasCommunity Ali Curung NERFINISHED
Tennant Creek NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice body painting
ceremonial song and dance
storytelling
hasDreamingTraditions Warumungu Dreaming NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalExperience cattle station labour
colonial dispossession
hasLanguageStatus endangered
hasNativeTitleClaims Tennant Creek area
hasNativeTitleDetermination Warumungu People Native Title Determination (Northern Territory) NERFINISHED
hasOrganisation Warumungu Land Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasReligion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
hasSacredSites Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles area NERFINISHED
sites around Tennant Creek
hasSkinNameSystem yes
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
partOf Central Australian Aboriginal groups NERFINISHED
traditionalLanguage Warumungu language NERFINISHED
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalRegion Northern Territory NERFINISHED
Tennant Creek region NERFINISHED

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

Devils Marbles isSacredTo Warumungu people
Nyinkka Nyunyu Art and Culture Centre servesCommunity Warumungu people
this entity surface form: Warumungu community
Tennant Creek traditionalOwners Warumungu people