Akenta

Akenta is a small South Australian Aboriginal homeland, just north of Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula.^[1] It is situated on an Aboriginal reserve owned by the Port Lincoln Aboriginal Community Council. The reserve is the site of the now-defunct Poonindie mission.

References

↑ "Aboriginal Communities". COUNCIL OF ABORIGINAL ELDERS OF SA INC. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

Peoples

Communities

Notable people

Organisations

Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Kupa Piṯi Kungka Tjuṯa Maralinga Tjarutja

See also:	Aṉangu schools List of Aboriginal schools

Local government area:	Gerard Community Council

Religion and culture

Languages

Adnyamathanha Antakirinja Arabana Barngarla Dieri Kaurna Ngadjuri Ngamini (Yarluyandi) Ngarrindjeri Wangkangurru Western Desert language (dialects: Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara) Wirangu

Language groups:	Lower Murray languages Thura-Yura languages Sign languages

Words:	Anangu (Western Desert language) Nunga (Aboriginal English)

Laws

Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 Laws concerning Indigenous Australians

Cases:	List of native title claims in South Australia

History

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