Jaru people

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The Jaru people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, with deep cultural, spiritual, and historical connections to the land.

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Jaru people canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Australian Aboriginal language
Indigenous people of Western Australia
associatedCommunity Billiluna
Mulan
Ringer Soak
associatedTown Halls Creek
colonialImpact dispossession from traditional lands
massacres and frontier violence
pastoral expansion in East Kimberley
country East Kimberley region
Western Australia
culturalPractice ceremonial law
kinship system
songlines
storytelling
culturalRegion East Kimberley
Kimberley
ethnonymVariant Charrau
Djaru
Jaroo
Jaruru
Tjaru
linked to: Djaru

Tjaruru
hasConcept Dreaming
hasLanguageRevitalisationEfforts community language programs
hasSpiritualConnectionTo ancestral lands in East Kimberley
hasTraditionalKnowledgeOf bush foods
fire management
water sources in arid country
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageStatus endangered
nativeTitleInvolvement claims in East Kimberley region
neighbouringGroup Gija people
Kija people
Kukatja people
Malngin people
Walmajarri people
partOf Ngumpin cultural bloc
region Halls Creek area
linked to: Halls Creek

Ord River region
Sturt Creek area
Tanami Desert fringe
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
state Western Australia
subfamily Ngumpin–Yapa languages
traditionalLanguage Jaru language
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer

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