- Kaytetye
Kaytete is the name of the
Indigenous Australians who live aroundBarrow Creek andTennant Creek in theNorthern Territory . Their neighbours to the east are theAlyawarre , to the south theAnmatyerre , to the west theWarlpiri , and to the north theWarumungu .The
Devil's Marbles , which the Kaytetye call "Karlu Karlu", are located on a sacredDreaming site. Kaytetye believe the boulders are the eggs of therainbow serpent , who passed through the area in theDreamtime .The
Kaytetye language , like many Indigenous languages in this part ofCentral Australia is an Arandic language (seeArrernte ). A sophisticated form of sign language is also spoken by some Kaytetye.Kaytetye call the area around Barrow Creek "Thangkenharenge".
A number of Kaytete were murdered in the
Coniston massacre of 1928, and earlier in revenge killings at Barrow Creek in 1874.Alternative spellings for Kaytetye include "Kartetye, Kartiji, Kaytej, Keytej" and "Katish".
External links
* [http://www.clc.org.au/media/publications/landalive/barrow.asp Central Land Council article]
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