Ngaanyatjarra people

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The Ngaanyatjarra people are an Aboriginal Australian group from the central desert regions of Western Australia, closely related linguistically and culturally to neighboring Western Desert peoples.

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Ngaanyatjarra people canonical 29
Ngaatjatjarra people 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
associatedOrganization Ngaanyatjarra Council Aboriginal Corporation
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service
Ngaanyatjarra Media
associatedWith Ngaanyatjarra Lands
closelyRelatedTo Ngaatjatjarra people
Pintupi people
Pitjantjatjara people
Yankunytjatjara people
continent Australia
country Australia
culturalRegion Western Desert cultural region
ethnicGroupOf Australia
governingBody Ngaanyatjarra Council
governingBodyType Aboriginal corporation
hasArtForm Dot painting
hasArtTradition Western Desert art
hasCulturalPractice Body painting
Initiation ceremonies
Songlines
Storytelling
hasKinshipSystem Australian Aboriginal kinship
hasMoietySystem Section and subsection system
hasSettlementPattern Scattered desert communities
heritageStatus Recognized as traditional owners of parts of the central desert of Western Australia
language Ngaanyatjarra language
languageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
Western Desert language
nativeTo Western Desert
partOf Western Desert cultural bloc
populationGroup Small remote communities
recognizedAs Native title holders in parts of Western Australia
region Central desert regions of Western Australia
relatedEthnicGroup Western Desert peoples
residesIn Ngaanyatjarra Lands
selfDesignationLanguage Ngaanyatjarra
state Western Australia
traditionalBeliefSystem Tjukurrpa
linked to: Jukurrpa
traditionalEconomy Hunting and gathering
traditionalHousing Wiltja shelters
traditionalInstrument Clapsticks
Didgeridoo
linked to: Yidaki (didgeridoo)
traditionalLanguageType Oral language
traditionalLifestyle Nomadic hunter-gatherers
traditionalMusic Ceremonial song
traditionalReligion Australian Aboriginal spirituality
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Pitjantjatjara people sharesCulturalGroupWith Ngaanyatjarra people
Western Desert cultural bloc includesPeople Ngaanyatjarra people
Western Desert cultural bloc includesPeople Ngaatjatjarra people
linked to: Ngaanyatjarra people
Western Desert region inhabitedBy Ngaanyatjarra people
Ngaanyatjarra hasEthnonym Ngaanyatjarra people
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku traditionalLandsOf Ngaanyatjarra people
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku governsOnBehalfOf Ngaanyatjarra people
Musgrave Ranges traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Wingellina associatedPeople Ngaanyatjarra people
Manyjilyjarra people relatedGroup Ngaanyatjarra people
Warburton traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Blackstone inhabitedBy Ngaanyatjarra people
Blackstone populationGroupMajority Ngaanyatjarra people
Blackstone traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Jameson traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Patjarr traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Kanpa traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Irrunytju traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Warakurna inhabitedBy Ngaanyatjarra people
Tjirrkarli traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Tjukurla traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
APY Lands hasEthnicGroup Ngaanyatjarra people
Ngaanyatjarra people closelyRelatedTo Ngaatjatjarra people
linked to: Ngaanyatjarra people
Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia hasPart Ngaanyatjarra people
Western Desert (Australia) traditionalOwners Ngaanyatjarra people
Pintupi people relatedGroup Ngaanyatjarra people
Ngaanyatjarra language spokenBy Ngaanyatjarra people
Ngaanyatjarra language hasEthnicity Ngaanyatjarra people