Nhanda people

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The Nhanda people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the mid-west coast of Western Australia, with a distinct language and cultural heritage closely tied to the coastal and inland areas around Shark Bay and the Murchison region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
affectedBy British colonisation of Western Australia NERFINISHED
associatedWith Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia NERFINISHED
Shark Bay World Heritage Area NERFINISHED
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalRegion Gascoyne region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
Mid West region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Western Australia NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Gnanda NERFINISHED
Gnanda tribe NERFINISHED
Nanda NERFINISHED
Nhandi NERFINISHED
Nhanta NERFINISHED
hasConnectionTo Dreaming stories linked to coastal and inland landscapes
hasContemporaryIssue land rights and native title recognition
language revitalisation
hasCulturalHeritage coastal traditions
inland traditions
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
oral storytelling
song and dance traditions
hasDistinctLanguage true
hasKinshipSystem Australian Aboriginal kinship
hasKnowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge of coastal and arid environments
hasPopulationType small Indigenous community
hasSocialStructure clan-based organisation
hasTraditionalLifestyle fishing
gathering
hunting
isPartOf Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia NERFINISHED
isRecognizedAs traditional owners of parts of the mid-west coast of Western Australia
isSubjectOf anthropological research in Western Australia
linguistic documentation of Nhanda language
language Nhanda language NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered
neighboringGroup Malpa peoples
Yamatji peoples NERFINISHED
region Mid West region of Western Australia NERFINISHED
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalEconomy marine resource use
terrestrial hunting and gathering
traditionalTerritory Murchison region NERFINISHED
Shark Bay region NERFINISHED
coastal areas around Shark Bay
inland areas around the Murchison River
mid-west coast of Western Australia
usesLanguageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED

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Shark Bay traditionalOwners Nhanda people