Kurrama people

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The Kurrama people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, particularly around the Hamersley Range.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Puutu Kunti Kurrama people 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
affectedBy European colonisation of Pilbara
associatedWith iron ore mining regions of Pilbara
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroupIn Western Australia NERFINISHED
governedBy customary law
hasAlternativeName Gurama people NERFINISHED
Kurama people NERFINISHED
Kurrama NERFINISHED
hasArtTradition body painting for ceremony
rock art in Pilbara region
hasContemporaryOrganization Kurrama Aboriginal Corporation NERFINISHED
hasCulturalConnectionTo Hamersley Range NERFINISHED
Pilbara landscape NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
initiation ceremonies
songlines
storytelling traditions
hasCulturalRegion Pilbara cultural bloc NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages NERFINISHED
hasLanguageSubfamily Ngayarta languages NERFINISHED
hasNativeTitleClaims Pilbara region NERFINISHED
hasNeighboringGroup Banyjima people NERFINISHED
Ngarluma people NERFINISHED
Panyjima people NERFINISHED
Yindjibarndi people NERFINISHED
Yinhawangka people NERFINISHED
hasRightsOver land and resources in traditional country
hasSpiritualConnectionTo Dreaming sites in Hamersley Range NERFINISHED
waterholes and gorges of Pilbara
hasTraditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
languageSpoken Kurrama language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Pilbara region NERFINISHED
Western Australia
nativeTo Hamersley Range NERFINISHED
Pilbara region NERFINISHED
partOf Aboriginal Australians NERFINISHED
recognizedAs traditional owners in Western Australia
regionType inland Pilbara
subjectOf anthropological research in Pilbara region
traditionalCountryIncludes areas around Tom Price
parts of Hamersley Range
traditionalEconomyIncludes fishing in inland waterways
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Hamersley Range NERFINISHED
Pilbara region NERFINISHED

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Banjima people neighbouringGroup Kurrama people
Banjima people neighbouringGroup Kurrama people
this entity surface form: Puutu Kunti Kurrama people
Yindjibarndi people neighbouringGroup Kurrama people
Hamersley Range traditionalOwners Kurrama people