Alyawarre people

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The Alyawarre people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Northern Territory, known for their deep cultural, spiritual, and custodial connection to their traditional lands and sacred sites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of the Northern Territory
artForm body painting
ceremonial song
dance
storytelling
connectionToLand ancestral country stewardship
sacred sites custodianship
cosmologyFeature Dreaming
country Northern Territory NERFINISHED
culturalContinuity maintenance of sacred sites
ongoing practice of ceremonies
culturalHeritage ancestral law
oral tradition
sacred narratives
culturalPractice ceremonial exchange
initiation ceremonies
kin-based land tenure
songlines
diet bush foods
native animals
native plants
ethnonymVariant Alyawarr NERFINISHED
Alyawarra NERFINISHED
Iliaura NERFINISHED
governedBy traditional law and custom
historicalImpact colonisation and pastoral expansion
kinshipSystem complex kinship rules
language Alyawarre language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Arandic languages NERFINISHED
Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
languageRevitalisation community-based language programs
languageStatus endangered
nativeTitleInvolvement land rights claims in Northern Territory
populationRegion communities in Central and Northern Australia
relatedGroup Anmatyerre people NERFINISHED
Arrernte people NERFINISHED
Kaytetye people NERFINISHED
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
socialOrganization clan-based
section and subsection system
traditionalEconomy fire-stick farming
gathering
hunting
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalRegion Central Australia NERFINISHED
Northern Territory Barkly Tableland region NERFINISHED

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Arrernte people hasPart Alyawarre people
Devils Marbles isSacredTo Alyawarre people