Jawi people

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The Jawi people are an Indigenous Australian group from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, traditionally associated with the islands and coastal areas of the Dampier Peninsula.

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Bardi Jawi people 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal people of Western Australia
Indigenous Australian people
affectedBy European colonisation of Kimberley region
continent Australia
country Australia
cultureArea Northwest Australia NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Australia NERFINISHED
facedIssue dispossession of traditional lands
disruption of traditional lifestyle
hasArtForm song and dance
storytelling
visual art (traditional designs)
hasContemporaryIssue cultural preservation
language endangerment
hasCustom Dreaming stories
ceremonial practices
traditional law
hasHeritage island and coastal country
hasIdentity distinct Aboriginal group of Dampier Peninsula
hasKnowledge marine navigation (local)
tides and currents (traditional ecological knowledge)
hasLifestyle hunter-gatherer (traditional)
marine-oriented
hasOrganization local Indigenous corporations and councils (Kimberley region)
hasPopulationStatus small population
hasRight native title claims (Kimberley region)
hasSocialStructure clan-based
kinship system
languageFamily Nyulnyulan languages NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Jawi language NERFINISHED
locatedIn Kimberley region NERFINISHED
Western Australia
nativeTo Dampier Archipelago islands (Kimberley) NERFINISHED
Kimberley coast NERFINISHED
partOf Aboriginal peoples of the Kimberley NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous group under Australian law
relatedEthnicGroup Bardi people NERFINISHED
Nyulnyul people NERFINISHED
other Nyulnyulan-speaking peoples
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting land animals
plant food gathering
shellfish gathering
traditionalRegion Dampier Peninsula NERFINISHED
coastal areas of Dampier Peninsula
islands off Dampier Peninsula
uses sea resources (traditional subsistence)

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Bardi people closelyRelatedGroup Jawi people
Bardi people formsGroupWith Jawi people
this entity surface form: Bardi Jawi people