Miriwoong people

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The Miriwoong people are an Aboriginal Australian group whose ancestral lands lie in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory, with a distinct language and cultural traditions tied closely to their country.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Australia ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalRegion Kimberley ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Miriwong ⓘ
Miriwung ⓘ
Mirwoong ⓘ
hasArtTradition painting ⓘ
song and dance ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
hasClanStructure Miriwoong clan groups ⓘ
hasCommunity Kununurra ⓘ
Warmun region ⓘ
hasConnectionTo Ord River region ⓘ
country ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial law ⓘ
kinship system ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
hasCulturalTraditions traditions tied closely to their country ⓘ
hasCustomaryLaw Miriwoong law ⓘ
hasDistinctLanguage Miriwoong language ⓘ
hasKnowledgeSystem bush medicine knowledge ⓘ
seasonal calendar ⓘ
hasOralTradition Dreaming stories ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort Miriwoong language revitalization programs ⓘ
hasTotemicSystem Miriwoong totems ⓘ
language Miriwoong language ⓘ
languageFamily Jarrakan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Territory ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
neighboringGroup Gajirrabeng people ⓘ
Jaru people ⓘ
Kija people ⓘ
partOf First Nations of the Kimberley ⓘ
region East Kimberley ⓘ
spiritualConnectionTo land ⓘ
sacred sites ⓘ
waterways ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering plant foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
traditionalTerritory East Kimberley region of Western Australia ⓘ
parts of the Northern Territory ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for Miriwoong language documentation) ⓘ

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

Kimberley region → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Wyndham → hasIndigenousTraditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Kununurra → indigenousTraditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Ord River → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Kimberley → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Kimberley Aboriginal groups → includes → Mirriuwung people ⓘ
linked to: Miriwoong people
Miriwoong → ethnolinguisticGroup → Miriwoong people ⓘ
subject linked to: Mirwoong
Mirwoong → refersTo → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Miriwoong law → appliesTo → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Miriwoong law → associatedWith → Miriwoong Aboriginal people ⓘ
linked to: Miriwoong people
Ord River region → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Miriwoong language → spokenBy → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Miriwoong language → ethnicity → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Miriwoong language → belongsToPeople → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Mirima National Park → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Warmun region → ethnicGroup → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Warmun region → traditionalOwners → Miriwoong people ⓘ
Warmun region → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Miriwoong people ⓘ