Miriwoong people

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The Miriwoong people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory, with a distinct language and cultural traditions tied closely to their country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Australia
associatedWithOrganization Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre
country Australia
culturalRegion Kimberley
ethnicGroupOf Australia
hasAlternativeName Miriwong
Miriwung
Mirwoong
hasArtTradition painting
song and dance
storytelling
hasClanStructure Miriwoong clan groups
hasCommunity Kununurra
Warmun region
hasConnectionTo Ord River region
country
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial law
kinship system
traditional ecological knowledge
hasCulturalTraditions traditions tied closely to their country
hasCustomaryLaw Miriwoong law
hasDistinctLanguage Miriwoong language
hasKnowledgeSystem bush medicine knowledge
seasonal calendar
hasOralTradition Dreaming stories
hasRevitalizationEffort Miriwoong language revitalization programs
hasTotemicSystem Miriwoong totems
language Miriwoong language
languageFamily Jarrakan languages
languageStatus endangered
locatedIn Northern Territory
Western Australia
neighboringGroup Gajirrabeng people
Jaru people
Kija people
partOf First Nations of the Kimberley
region East Kimberley
spiritualConnectionTo land
sacred sites
waterways
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering plant foods
hunting
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory East Kimberley region of Western Australia
parts of the Northern Territory
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for Miriwoong language documentation)

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Kimberley region traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Wyndham hasIndigenousTraditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Kununurra indigenousTraditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Ord River traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Kimberley traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Kimberley Aboriginal groups includes Mirriuwung people
linked to: Miriwoong people
Miriwoong ethnolinguisticGroup Miriwoong people
subject linked to: Mirwoong
Mirwoong refersTo Miriwoong people
Miriwoong law appliesTo Miriwoong people
Miriwoong law associatedWith Miriwoong Aboriginal people
linked to: Miriwoong people
Ord River region traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Miriwoong language spokenBy Miriwoong people
Miriwoong language ethnicity Miriwoong people
Miriwoong language belongsToPeople Miriwoong people
Mirima National Park traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Warmun region ethnicGroup Miriwoong people
Warmun region traditionalOwners Miriwoong people
Warmun region hasCulturalSignificanceFor Miriwoong people