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The '''Gurindji''' ({{IPA-aus|ˈɡʊrɪndʒiː|}}) are an [[Aboriginal Australian]] people of northern Australia, {{convert|460|km}} southwest of [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]] in the [[Northern Territory]]'s [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Victoria River]] region.
==Country==
The Gurindji people live on an estimated {{convert|8,400|mi2|km2}} of land, situated on the headwaters of the [[Victoria River (Northern Territory)|Victoria River]] south from Mundane and Tjalwa or Longreach Waterhole, extending westward to G.B. Rockhole and east to Bullock Creek and Canfield River, at Wave Hill. Their southern boundary lies near Hooker Creek.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=232}}
==Language and culture==
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Gurindji people share many similarities in language and culture with the neighbouring [[Warlpiri people]]. They also regard themselves as "one mob" with the [[Malngin]], [[Bilinara]], [[Mudburra]] and [[Ngarinyman]] peoples, referring to themselves as a group named Ngumpit, sharing "most of our languages and culture".<ref name=freeedom>{{cite web | title=History and culture | website=Freedom Day Festival | date=23 August 1966 | url=http://www.freedomday.com.au/ | access-date=11 August 2020}}</ref>
Among the Ngumpit, there are four [[skin name]]s for boys, such as Janama and Japarta, and four for girls, such as Nangala and Nawurla. These are inherited at birth and kept for life, determining how all of the people relate to each other.<ref name=freeedom/>
Jurntakal (snake) is a major [[Dreamtime| Dreaming]] for the Gurindji, with this and other ancestor spirits keeping their traditional lands alive.<ref name=freeedom/>
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==Ethnography==
Important contributions to the study of the Gurindji were made by the young Japanese scholar Hokari Minoru (保苅実,
==Native title==
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The locality of [[Gurindji, Northern Territory]], an area of {{convert|32372|km2}}, surrounds Kalkarindji/Daguragu.<ref name=survey>{{cite web |title=Localities within Victoria River sub-region (CP-5459) |url= https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/409212/CP-5459.pdf |website= NT Place Names Register |publisher=Northern Territory Government |date= 28 May 2014 |access-date=21 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=area>{{cite web|title= Gurindji (area)|url= https://www.australias.guide/nt/location/gurindji/ |publisher= Australias Guide Pty Ltd.|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref>
==Freedom Day
On 23 August every year, a large celebration is held at Kalkarindji to mark the [[anniversary]] of the strike and walk-off. Known as Freedom Day, people gather from many parts of Australia to celebrate and re-enact the walk-off.{{sfn|Freedom Day Festival|2020}}
==Alternative names==
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==Notable people==
* [[Joseph (Joe) Croft]]
* [[Vincent Lingiari]]
* [[Charlie King (sports broadcaster)|Charlie King]]
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*{{cite web | last=Ward | first=Charlie | title=An historic handful of dirt: Whitlam and the legacy of the Wave Hill Walk-Off | website=The Conversation | date=20 August 2016 | url=http://theconversation.com/an-historic-handful-of-dirt-whitlam-and-the-legacy-of-the-wave-hill-walk-off-63700}} Article by the author of the 2017 book ''A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-off''.
**{{cite journal|url=http://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n4117/pdf/book_review15.pdf|title=A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-offby Charlie Ward... Book Review|first=Rolf |last=Gerritsen|journal=[[Aboriginal History]] |volume= 41|date= 2017|pages=233–234|publisher=ANU Press}}
*Hokari, Minoru (2011). Gurindji Journey: A Japanese Historian in the Outback. UNSW Press.
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060831035038/http://www.daguragu.nt.gov.au/home/home Daguragu Community Government Council]
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[[Category:Aboriginal land rights in Australia]]
[[Category:Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory]]
[[Category:Gurindji| ]]
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