Ngarrindjeri

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The Ngarrindjeri are an Aboriginal Australian people traditionally associated with the lower Murray River, Coorong, and Lake Alexandrina regions of South Australia, known for their rich cultural heritage, language, and strong contemporary efforts in land and water rights.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ngarrindjeri canonical 8
Kaurna 2
Ngarrindjeri Tendi 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
associatedWithEcosystem Murray–Darling Basin
associatedWithWaterBody Lake Albert
Murray River
associatedWithWetland Coorong National Park
linked to: Coorong region
country Coorong region
Lake Alexandrina region
linked to: Murray River region

Lower Murray River region
engagedIn cultural heritage protection
land rights advocacy
water rights advocacy
hasAgreement Kungun Ngarrindjeri Yunnan agreement
hasAlternativeName Narrinyeri
hasArtForm basket weaving
painting
wood carving
hasClanStructure multiple interrelated clans
hasCollectiveBody Ngarrindjeri Nation
linked to: Ngarrindjeri people

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority
hasContemporaryIssue environmental water management
protection of sacred sites
hasCulturalHeritage rich cultural traditions
hasCulturalPractice ceremony
storytelling
weaving
hasHistoricalSource George Taplin’s ethnographic writings
hasKnowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge
hasLanguage Ngarrindjeri language
hasNotableEvent Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy
hasOrganization Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association
hasPopulation Aboriginal community in South Australia
hasSpiritualConnectionTo Lower Murray wetlands
land
water
hasTraditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
languageFamily Lower Murray languages
languageStatus revival language
locatedIn South Australia
recognizedAs traditional owners of the Coorong and Lower Lakes
recognizedBy Government of South Australia
religion Ngarrindjeri spiritual beliefs
traditionalOwnerOf Coorong
linked to: Coorong region

Lake Alexandrina
Lower Murray River
linked to: Murray River
usesConcept Kurangk (Coorong)
linked to: Coorong Lagoon

Ruwe (country)

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority hasPart Ngarrindjeri Tendi
linked to: Ngarrindjeri
Point McLeay hasLanguageGroup Ngarrindjeri
Narrinyeri alternativeNameOf Ngarrindjeri
Narrinyeri hasAlternativeName Ngarrindjeri
Kaurna language hasAlternativeName Kaurna
linked to: Ngarrindjeri
Rundle Park / Kadlitpina hasLanguageHeritage Kaurna
linked to: Ngarrindjeri
Ngarrindjeri language name Ngarrindjeri
Ngarrindjeri language alternativeName Ngarrinyeri
linked to: Ngarrindjeri
Ngarrindjeri women ethnicGroup Ngarrindjeri