Pakadji
The Pakadji people, also known by the southern tribal
Language
Country
Pakadji territory embraced roughly an area of 1,300 sq. miles around Weymouth Bay, the Pascoe River, and Temple Bay. It reached northwards as far as Cape Grenville; and ran to the southeast at Cape Weymouth. Inland it extended to the Dividing Range.[1]
Lifestyle and economy
The Pakadji were one of the
Ceremonies
Donald Thomson gained the confidence of the Pakadji while spending 4 months with them during the season in which their initiation ceremonies (Okainta) were held, and was permitted to be present during the rites.[2] He focused in particular on stories related to Iwayi (Old Man Crocodile).[6]
Native title
On 25 November 2021, 1,202 km2 (464 sq mi) of land on the eastern side of the Cape York Peninsula were handed back to the Kuuku Ya'u people, at the same time as (986 km2 (381 sq mi) were awarded to the Uutaalnganu people, in a native title claim that was lodged seven years prior. The landmark ruling was delivered by Justice Debra Mortimer of the Federal Court of Australia, sitting at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Cairns.[7][8][9]
Some words
- papa (mother).[10]
Notes
- ^ Wood argues that Thomson's Demonstrative-based paradigm, though functional for several related languages, doesn't fit Kuku Wanju, and suggests that 'the names meant 'language which uses the form X' rather than 'like this'.'[3]
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974.
- ^ a b Thomson 1933, p. 458.
- ^ Wood 2016, p. 342.
- ^ Kendon 1988, p. 45.
- ^ Thomson 1933, pp. 457–458.
- ^ Rigsby & Chase 2014, p. 326.
- ^ Richardson, Holly (25 November 2021). "Historic ruling hands massive tract of Cape York land back to traditional owners". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "National Native Title Register Details: QCD2021/007 - Uutaalnganu (Night Island) determination". National Native Title Tribunal. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "National Native Title Register Details:QCD2021/006 - Kuuku Ya'u". National Native Title Tribunal. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Thomson 1933, p. 457 n.1.
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-17986-7.
- Kendon, Adam (1988). Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia: Cultural, Semiotic and Communicative Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36008-1.
- ISBN 978-1-743-32389-2.
- JSTOR 2843801.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- Wood, Ray (2016). "The Kuku Yalanji example in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country". In Verstraete, Jean-Christophe; Hafner, Diane (eds.). Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. ISBN 978-9-027-26760-3.