Aranda people

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The Aranda people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the Central Australian region around Alice Springs, known for their rich cultural traditions, complex kinship systems, and significant contributions to Indigenous art and spirituality.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aranda people canonical 2
Arrarnta people 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Australian Aboriginal language
alternativeName Arrernte people
alternativeSpelling Arunta people
artForm body painting
dot painting
rock art
colonialImpact dispossession of land
forced settlement on stations and missions
missionization
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalPractice ceremonial song and dance
initiation ceremonies
storytelling
environment desert and semi-arid country
ethnicGroupOf Arrernte language speakers
hasEthnographicStudyBy Carl Strehlow
T. G. H. Strehlow
hasSacredSite sites around Alice Springs
kinshipSystem complex subsection system
knownFor Indigenous art
complex kinship system
rich cultural traditions
spiritual traditions
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
languageSpoken Arrernte language
linked to: Arrernte languages
modernCommunity Alice Springs
Hermannsburg (Ntaria)
Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte)
neighbouringGroup Anmatyerre people
linked to: Anmatyerr people

Luritja people
Pitjantjatjara people
Warlpiri people
notableContribution contemporary Aboriginal art movement
documentation of Central Australian Aboriginal religions
region Central Australia
religion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
socialOrganization moiety system
spiritualConcept Altyerre (Arrernte Dreaming)
Dreaming
stateOrTerritory Northern Territory
subgroup Central Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte

Eastern Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte

Southern Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte

Western Arrernte
linked to: Arrernte
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
traditionalTerritory area around Alice Springs

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Arrernte people alsoKnownAs Aranda people
Arrernte people alsoKnownAs Arrarnta people
linked to: Aranda people
Arunta people alsoKnownAs Aranda people