Widi people
The Widi were an
Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid West region of Western Australia
.
Country
The Widi were native to the area between
Wogarno, south of Mount Magnet. Yalgoo and the upper Greenough River were also part of Widi territory. Norman Tindale suggested that their tribal lands spread over about 13,800 square miles (36,000 km2).[1]
Reputation
To gather from evidence taken at Lake Darlot, the Widi had a certain reputation for savagery even among tribes far to their west.[1]
Social organization and customs
The Widi made both circumcision and subincision an integral part of their initiation ceremonies.[1]
Alternative names
- Wiri (wiri signifies 'no').
- Minango. ('southerners.' exonym)
- Minangu.
- Nanakari. (Nokaan exonym)
- Nanakati. ('my people')
- Barimaia. (Watjarri exonym denoting both the Widi and the Badimaya).
- Jaburu. ("northerners", perhaps a Ballardong term).[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c d Tindale 1974, p. 260.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016.
- Spencer, Baldwin (1914). Native tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia (PDF). London: Macmillan Publishers.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.