The Wakaya are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.
Country
Norman Tindale's estimate of the Wakaya's territory assigns them some .
Language
The
Wakaya language is now extinct.
Social economy
The Wakaya were one of the Australian peoples, the others being the
Watjarri,
Wanman people,
Pitjantjatjara,
Ngadadjara and
Alyawarre, who are known to have harvested purslane seeds, and threshed them within stone circles for the oily nutrients they provided.
Land
In 1980 the Wakaya people lodged a land claim along with the
Alyawarre people for land somewhere near the remote outstation of Purrukwarra. As a result, they were handed back on 22 October 1992, while the Alyawarre were given , both of which were only small parts of the original claim.
Alternative names
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Wagaja, Waggaia
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Wagai, Waagai
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Wagaiau, Waagi
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Warkya
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Wogaia, Worgaia, Worgai, Workaia, Warkaia
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Workia, Workii, Woorkia
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Lee-wakya
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Akaja ( Kaytetye exonym)
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Ukkia, Arkiya
Notable Wakaya people
A notable Wakaya man was
Kudajarnd who, alongside his wives Langinkab and Kulindab, in the Wild Australia Show in the 1890s.
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