Djinang people

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The Djinang are an

Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory
.

Name

The tribal

deictic ('this'), namely djining.[1]

Country

The Djinang territories are often described in a way that overlaps with those of the

Milingimbi south to the mainland around the middle reaches of the Blyth River. On the continent they are said to extend east as far as the Glyde Inlet and river, as far as the northern margins of the Arafura Swamp.[2] The modern authority on them, Bruce Waters, states that they are concentrated on the mainland, with only a few members on the islands.[3]

Language

Maningrida[3]

Social organization

The Djinang are composed of seven clans[4]

  • Manyarring
  • Marrangu
  • Murrungun
  • Balmbi
  • Djadiwitjibi
  • Mildjingi
  • Wu(r)laki

Terms like 'clan' do not convey adequately the nature of the groups in such bands. Marrangu-Djinang for example, haa been described as 'a local territory with focal sites and affiliated set of people and sacra. Each term — Marrangu and Djinang — when employed separately has potential to denote a range of additional cultural references.'[5]

History of contact

With the coming of mission stations to the area a large number of Djinang lived at Milingimbi, or ast Maningrida, down at least to the end of the 1960s.[6] Though only a minority were converted to Christianity, the Djinang and the Djinba retain a strong sense of respect for the influence of the missions, which reduced the fear of sorcery, and revenge killings, that were a major concern to both tribes in their homelands.[6]

Some words

  • ama (mummy)[7]
  • butjiy (dog)[8]
  • gandayala (plains kangaroo)[9]
  • ingki (no)[10]
  • maḻu (daddy)[8]

Alternative names

  • Balmawi
  • Balmbi
  • Barlmawi
  • Djinnang, Djinhang
  • Jandjinang, Jandjinung
  • Manjarngi, (clan name) Manyarrngi
  • Milingimbi, Millingimbi
  • Munnarngo, Manarrngu
  • Wulläkki, Wulaki, Ullaki, Wulagi
  • Yandjinung, Yandjinning, Yandjinang

Source: Tindale 1974, p. 224

References

  1. ^ Waters 1989, p. 276.
  2. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 224.
  3. ^ a b Waters 1989, p. xiv.
  4. ^ Waters 1989, p. 11.
  5. ^ Elliott 2015, p. 104, n.4.
  6. ^ a b Waters 1989, p. xv.
  7. ^ Waters 1989, p. 4.
  8. ^ a b Waters 1989, p. 48.
  9. ^ Waters 1989, p. 252.
  10. ^ Waters 1989, p. 288.

Sources

  • Elliott, Craig (2015). "Conceptual Dynamism and Ambiguity in Marrangu Djinang Cosmology,North-Central Arnhem Land". In Toner, P. G. (ed.). Strings of Connectedness: Essays in honour of Ian Keen.
    JSTOR j.ctt183q3jp.12
    .
  • Keen, Ian (August 1995). "Metaphor and the Metalanguage: "Groups" in Northeast Arnhem Land".
    JSTOR 645969
    .
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  • ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6. Archived from the original
    on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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  • JSTOR 660835
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  • Waters, Bruce E. (1989). Djinang and Djinba - A Grammatical and Historical Perspective (PDF).
    ISBN 085883-392-1
    .
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