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On 12 April 2022, following 25 years of legal battle, Wakka Wakka people were granted native title recognition in the form of 114,000 ha (280,000 acres) of the Burnett region. Included in the title was Ban Ban Springs, a significant spiritual and cultural site for Wakka Wakka people. Due to the extensive traditional lands occupied by Wakka ...
In 2006 census, the shire had a population of around 1,241 people, making it Queensland's third largest Aboriginal community. [6] The town is located on traditional lands that belong to the 'Wakka Wakka' (Waka Waka), people, but many different clan groups are also represented, including 'Gubbi Gubbi' (Kabi Kabi) people. [7]
The original inhabitants of the area are the Aboriginal people belonging to the Wakka Wakka (or Waka Waka) people. [8] The area was used as a gateway to bunya nut festivals, for which Aboriginal people would travel from as far away as the Clarence River in northern New South Wales and the Maranoa River to feast on bunya nuts from the bunya trees.
The Wakka Wakka language, also spelt Waga, or Wakawaka, is an extinct Pama–Nyungan language formerly spoken by the Wakka Wakka people, an Aboriginal Australian nation near Brisbane, Australia. [3] Kaiabara/Gayabara, Nguwera/Ngoera, and Buyibara may be varieties or alternative names.
Many people who others call "Kwakiutl" consider that name a misnomer. They prefer the name Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw , which means " Kwakʼwala -speaking-peoples". [ 8 ] One exception is the Laich-kwil-tach at Campbell River —they are known as the Southern Kwakiutl, and their council is the Kwakiutl District Council .
A family member reported the two men missing to Skamania County police at around 1 a.m. on Dec. 25. A “grueling” three-day search was conducted for the men as over 60 volunteer search and ...
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