Wik peoples

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The Wik peoples are an Aboriginal Australian group from western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, known for their rich cultural traditions and significant role in landmark native title and land rights cases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wik peoples canonical 6
Wik people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal Australian people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Queensland ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Australia ⓘ
hasArtForm bark painting ⓘ
ceremonial body painting ⓘ
dance ceremonies ⓘ
song cycles ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
hasCommunity Aurukun community ⓘ
Pormpuraaw community ⓘ
hasConcept Dreaming ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice ceremonial song and dance traditions ⓘ
complex kinship system ⓘ
storytelling and oral history ⓘ
totemic clan structures ⓘ
traditional hunting and gathering ⓘ
hasLanguage Wik languages ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily Pama–Nyungan languages ⓘ
hasLanguageSubfamily Wik language group ⓘ
hasReligion Australian Aboriginal spirituality ⓘ
hasSubgroup Wik-Elken people ⓘ
Wik-Epa people ⓘ
Wik-Iiyanh people ⓘ
Wik-Iyanh people ⓘ
linked to: Wik-Iiyanh people

Wik-Kalkan people ⓘ
Wik-Keyengan people ⓘ
Wik-Koenen people ⓘ
Wik-Kugu people ⓘ
linked to: Wik-Koenen people

Wik-Me’nh people ⓘ
Wik-Mungkan people ⓘ
Wik-Natera people ⓘ
Wik-Ngathan people ⓘ
Wik-Ompom people ⓘ
Wik-Paach people ⓘ
Wik-Way people ⓘ
involvedIn Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) High Court case ⓘ
legalStatus recognized native title holders in parts of western Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
locatedIn Queensland ⓘ
western Cape York Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Cape York Peninsula
notableFor Wik Peoples v Queensland ⓘ
land rights activism ⓘ
native title claims ⓘ
partOf Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal groups ⓘ
recognizedBy High Court of Australia ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Archer River region ⓘ
Aurukun region ⓘ
Holroyd River region ⓘ
Kendall River region ⓘ
western Cape York Peninsula coastal regions ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Weipa → traditionalOwners → Wik peoples ⓘ
Aurukun → traditionalOwners → Wik peoples ⓘ
Wik decision → parties → Wik peoples ⓘ
Wik-Mungkan → ethnicGroup → Wik peoples ⓘ
Aurukun Art Centre → servesCommunity → Wik people ⓘ
linked to: Wik peoples