Kurrama people

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The Kurrama people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, particularly around the Hamersley Range.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kurrama people canonical 5
Puutu Kunti Kurrama people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people
Indigenous people of Western Australia
affectedBy European colonisation of Pilbara
associatedWith iron ore mining regions of Pilbara
continent Australia
country Australia
ethnicGroupIn Western Australia
governedBy customary law
hasAlternativeName Gurama people
Kurama people
Kurrama
hasArtTradition body painting for ceremony
rock art in Pilbara region
hasContemporaryOrganization Kurrama Aboriginal Corporation
hasCulturalConnectionTo Hamersley Range
Pilbara landscape
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial gatherings
initiation ceremonies
songlines
storytelling traditions
hasCulturalRegion Pilbara cultural bloc
hasLanguageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages
hasLanguageSubfamily Ngayarta languages
hasNativeTitleClaims Pilbara region
hasNeighboringGroup Banyjima people
linked to: Banjima people

Ngarluma people
Panyjima people
Yindjibarndi people
Yinhawangka people
hasRightsOver land and resources in traditional country
hasSpiritualConnectionTo Dreaming sites in Hamersley Range
waterholes and gorges of Pilbara
hasTraditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer
languageSpoken Kurrama language
locatedIn Pilbara region
Western Australia
nativeTo Hamersley Range
Pilbara region
partOf Aboriginal Australians
recognizedAs traditional owners in Western Australia
regionType inland Pilbara
subjectOf anthropological research in Pilbara region
traditionalCountryIncludes areas around Tom Price
parts of Hamersley Range
traditionalEconomyIncludes fishing in inland waterways
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Hamersley Range
Pilbara region

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Hamersley Range traditionalOwners Kurrama people
Banjima people neighbouringGroup Kurrama people
Banjima people neighbouringGroup Puutu Kunti Kurrama people
linked to: Kurrama people
Yindjibarndi people neighbouringGroup Kurrama people