Kuyani

Aboriginal people of South Australia

The Kuyani people, also written Guyani and other variants, and also known as the Nganitjidi, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia who speak the Kuyani language. Their traditional lands are to the west of the Flinders Ranges.

## Country

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According to the estimation made by Norman Tindale, the Kuyani held sway over some 13,200 square miles (34,000 km2) of tribal land, extending northwards from Parachilna to the western flank of the Flinders Ranges at Marree. Their northeastern boundary was at Murnpeowie. Their western frontier lay at Turret Range and Andamooka. They also occupied the area to the north of, but not including, Lake Torrens.[1] However, Lake Torrens was of great significance to the Kuyani people, known to them as Ngarndamukia, meaning "shower of rain". Kuyani woman Regina McKenzie said that the Kuyani were "the law holders of what anthropologists would call the lake's culture people".[2]

The Kuyani around Beltana and Leigh Creek were known as the Adjnjakujani from a word, adjna meaning "hill," while those near Lake Torrens were called plainspeople (Wartakujani.)[1]

Their neighbours to the east are the Adnyamathanha people, whose language is closely related.[3]

## Alternative names

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* Kujani, Kuyanni
* Kwiani, Kwiana
* Kooyiannie
* Gujani
* Owinia
* Cooyiannie
* Kooyeeunna, Kooteeunna
* Nganitjidi (Barngarla exonym, meaning "those who sneak and kill by night")
* Ngannityiddi[1]

## Language

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Main article: Kuyani language

The Kuyani language is extinct today, with no speakers recorded since 1975.[4]

### Some words

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* wilker (dog, both tame and wild)
* papi (father)
* comie/knumie (mother)
* coodnoo (white man)[5]

## Notes

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 213.
2. ^ Lysaght, Gary-Jon (27 September 2020). "Indigenous sacred site Lake Torrens faces exploratory drilling for resources". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
3. ^ L10 Adnyamathanha at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
4. ^ L9 Kuyani at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
5. ^ Kingsmill 1886, p. 120.

## Sources

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* Hale, H. M.; Tindale, Norman (1925). "Observations on aborigines of the Flinders Ranges and records of rock carvings and paintings". Records of the South Australian Museum. 3 (1). Adelaide: 45–60.
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* Howitt, Alfred William (1904). The native tribes of south-east Australia (PDF). Macmillan.
* Howitt, Alfred William; Siebert, Otto (January–June 1904). "Legends of the Dieri and Kindred Tribes of Central Australia". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 34: 100–129\. doi:10.2307/2843089. JSTOR 2843089.
* Jessop, William Rowlestone Henry (1962). Flindersland and Sturtland; or, the Inside and Outside of Australia (PDF). London: Richard Bentley.
* Kingsmill, J. W. (1886). "Beltana" (PDF). In Curr, Edward Micklethwaite (ed.). The Australian race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent. Vol. 2\. Melbourne: J. Ferres. pp. 118–121.
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Aboriginal peoples of South Australia

Peoples|

* Adnyamathanha
* Antakirinja
* Arabana
* Barngarla
* Bodaruwitj
* Bungandidj
* Dhirari
* Dieri
* Jarildekald, (including the Mulbarapa)
* Karangura
* Kaurna
* Kokatha
* Kuyani
* Malyangapa
* Maralinga Tjarutja
* Mardidjali
* Meintangk
* Mirning
* Narungga
* Nauo
* Ngaanyatjarra
* Ngadjuri
* Ngayawang
* Ngalia
* Ngameni
* Ngangaruku
* Ngaralda
* Ngarkat
* Ngarrindjeri
* Ngawadj
* Ngintait
* Ngurunta
* Nukunu
* Peramangk
* Pilatapa
* Pitjantjatjara
* Portaulun
* Ramindjeri
* Tanganekald
* Thangkaali
* Wailpi
* Warki
* Western Desert people
* Wirangu
* Wongkanguru
* Yandruwandha
* Yankunytjatjara
* Yardliyawara
* Yarluyandi
* Yawarrawarrka
* Yirawirung

Communities|

| APY Lands:|

* Amaṯa
* Iltur
* Indulkana
* Kalka
* Kaltjiti (Fregon)
* Kaṉpi
* Makiri
* Mimili
* Mintabie
* Nyapaṟi
* Pipalyatjara
* Pukatja (Ernabella)
* Umuwa
* Watarru
* Yunyarinyi

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Other:|

* Akenta (Poonindie)
* Davenport (Umeewarra)
* Gerard
* Koonibba
* Manunka
* Nepabunna
* Oak Valley
* Point Pearce
* Raukkan (Point McLeay)
* Swan Reach
* Yalata

Former:|

* Colebrook
* Killalpaninna
* Ooldea

Notable people|

* Ian Abdulla
* Josie Agius
* Jimmy Baker
* Maringka Baker
* Poltpalingada Booboorowie (Tom Walker)
* Richie Bray
* Jack Buckskin
* Iris Burgoyne
* Peter Burgoyne
* Shaun Burgoyne
* Hector Burton
* Kevin Buzzacott
* Malcolm Cooper
* Vince Copley
* Nyakul Dawson
* Deadly Nannas
* Gladys Elphick
* Stevie Goldsmith
* Adam Goodes
* Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin
* Cecil Graham
* Colin Graham
* Michael Graham
* Ruby Hammond
* Ruby Hunter
* Ivaritji
* Tjungkara Ken
* Kudnarto
* Natascha McNamara
* Patty Mills
* Betty Muffler
* Douglas Nicholls
* Lewis O'Brien
* Lowitja O'Donoghue
* Michael O'Loughlin
* Alitya Rigney
* Frances Rings
* Nura Rupert
* Tauto Sansbury
* Eileen Yaritja Stevens
* Moogy Sumner
* Faith Thomas
* David Unaipon
* James Unaipon
* Gavin Wanganeen
* Natasha Wanganeen
* Ginger Wikilyiri
* Norah Wilson
* Chad Wingard
* Tjayanka Woods

Organisations|

* Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
* Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
* Aṉangu schools
* Koonibba Football Club
* Kupa Piṯi Kungka Tjuṯa
* Maralinga Tjarutja
* Nunga Court
* Tauondi Aboriginal College
* List of Aboriginal schools

Religion and culture|

* Arkaroo
* Dreamtime (muda, mura-mura, tjukurrpa, etc.)
* Tjilbruke
* Muldjewangk
* Ngiṉṯaka
* Wati-kutjara

Indigenous protected areas:|

* Watarru
* Mount Willoughby

Co-managed protected areas:|

* Dhilba Guuranda-Innes
* Elliot Price Conservation Park
* Gawler Ranges National Park
* Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park (part)
* Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park
* Lake Gairdner National Park
* Ikara–Flinders Ranges National Park
* Innamincka Regional Reserve
* Malkumba-Coongie Lakes National Park
* Mamungari Conservation Park
* Ngaut Ngaut Conservation Park
* Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area
* Nullarbor Regional Reserve
* Pureba Conservation Park
* Strzelecki Regional Reserve
* Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park
* Wapma Thura–Southern Flinders Ranges National Park
* Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park
* Witjira National Park
* Yumbarra Conservation Park

Languages|

* Adnyamathanha
* Antakirinja
* Arabana
* Barngarla
* Dieri
* Kaurna
* Narungga
* Ngadjuri
* Ngamini (Yarluyandi)
* Ngarrindjeri
* Paakantyi
* Wangkangurru
* Western Desert language (dialects: Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara)
* Wirangu
* Yandruwandha
* Yarli (Malyangapa)
* Yuyu

Language groups:|

* Lower Murray languages
* Thura-Yura languages
* Sign languages

Words:|

* Aṉangu (Western Desert language)
* Nunga (Aboriginal English)

Laws|

* Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988
* Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966
* Aboriginal Witnesses Act
* Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981
* Laws concerning Indigenous Australians
* Letters Patent

Cases:|

* List of native title claims in South Australia

History|

* Aboriginal reserve
* Aborigines' Friends' Association
* Aborigines Protection Board
* Australian frontier wars
* Avenue Range Station massacre
* British colonisation of South Australia
* British nuclear tests at Maralinga (Royal Commission)
* Hindmarsh Island Bridge controversy (Royal Commission)
* History of South Australia
* Maria massacre
* Native School
* Protector of Aborigines
* Royal Commission on the Aborigines
* St Francis House
* Stolen Generations (Federal Parliamentary inquiry))
* United Aborigines Mission
* Waterloo Bay massacre

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