Pintupi

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For the language, see Pintupi dialect.

The Pintupi are an

Haasts Bluff in the west of the Northern Territory in the 1940s–1980s. The last Pintupi to leave their traditional lifestyle in the desert, in 1984, are a group known as the Pintupi Nine
, also sometimes called the "lost tribe".

Over recent decades groups of Pintupi have moved back to their traditional country, as part of what has come to be called the

Kiwirrkura and Jupiter Well (in Pintupi: Puntutjarrpa) in Western Australia. There was also a recent dramatic increase in Pintupi populations and speakers of the Pintupi language.[1]

Country

Pintupi lands, in Tindale's estimation, spread over roughly 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2), embracing the areas of Lake Mackay, Lake Macdonald, Mount Russell, the Ehrenberg and Kintore ranges and Warman Rocks. Their western extension ran to near Winbaruku, while their southern frontier was in the vicinity of Johnstone Hill.[2]

History

Inhabiting a very remote part of Australia, the Pintupi were among the last Aboriginal Australians to leave their traditional lifestyle. For many, this occurred as a result of the

Kaltukatjara (formerly known as Docker River), Balgo and Mulan
, but the majority reside at the major Pintupi communities of Kintore, Kiwirrkura and Papunya.

In the 1960s, the

language
, art and culture.

This policy also involved the forced removal of thousands of Aboriginal children from their parents and their dispersal into government or religious institutions or foster care (see

Stolen Generation
).

At

Anmatyerre and Luritja language groups, but formed the largest language group. Conditions were so bad that 129 people, or almost one-sixth of the residents, died of treatable diseases such as hepatitis, meningitis and encephalitis between 1962 and 1966[citation needed
].

Pintupi kinship

Main article: Australian Aboriginal kinship

In common with neighbouring groups, such as the Warlpiri, the Pintupi have a complex kinship system, with eight different kin groups, made more so by distinct prefixes for male and female skin names; "Tj" for males, "N" for females:[a]

Prominent Pintupi

Main article: Papunya Tula

See also

Notes

  1. Aranda terms prefixed with ta for males, and na' for females. (Fry 1934
    , p. 472)

Citations

  1. ^ Ethnologue.
  2. ^ Tindale 1974, p. 235.

Sources

  • "Ethnologue".
  • JSTOR 40327416
    .
  • JSTOR 27976165
    .
  • Holcombe, Sarah (June 2004). "The Politico-Historical Construction of the Pintupi Luritja and the Concept of Tribe".
    JSTOR 40332067
    .
  • Kimber, R.G. (1982). "WALAWURRU, The Giant Eaglehawk: Aboriginal Reminiscences of Aircraft in Central Australia 1921-1931".
    JSTOR 24045547
    .
  • Myers, Fred R. (1979). "The Logic and Meaning of Anger Among Pintupi Aborigines". Ethos. 7 (4): 343–370.
    JSTOR 640015
    .
  • Myers, Fred R. (December 1988). "The Logic and Meaning of Anger Among Pintupi Aborigines".
    JSTOR 2802595
    .
  • ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6
    .

External links
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