Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta

The Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is a council of Senior Aboriginal Women from Coober Pedy, South Australia.^[1]^[2] They protest against Government plans to dump radioactive waste in their land, and for the protection of their land and culture.

The council was formed in 1995 by Eileen Kampakuta Brown, Eileen Wani Wingfield and other Aboriginal elders. Brown and Wingfield were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 for their efforts.^[3]

The name translates as 'Coober Pedy women' in the Western Desert language.

In August 2004 the Australian government abandoned its plans for the nuclear waste dump, after a court decision.^[2]

References

↑ "Irati Wanti. the poison – leave it!" irati wanti (Retrieved on 30 December 2007)
1 2 "Aboriginal women win battle against australian government" Friends of the Earth International (Retrieved on 30 December 2007)
↑ Eileen Kampakuta Brown & Eileen Wani Wingfield The Goldman Environmental Prize – Islands & Island Nations 2003 (Retrieved on 30 December 2007)

External links

Nuclear waste and indigenous rights

Anti-nuclear movement in Australia

Organisations and groups	The Australia Institute Australian Conservation Foundation Australian Greens Australian Labor Party Campaign Against Nuclear Energy Conservation Council of South Australia Friends of the Earth Australia Greenpeace Australia Pacific Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta Medical Association for Prevention of War Mineral Policy Institute Nuclear Disarmament Party Peace Organisation of Australia The Wilderness Society

People	Dorothy Auchterlonie Green David Bradbury (film maker) Bob Brown Eileen Kampakuta Brown Kevin Buzzacott Helen Caldicott Moss Cass Ian Cohen Michael Denborough Mark Diesendorf Jim Falk Peter Garrett Jim Green (activist) Margaret Holmes Jacqui Katona Sandra Kanck Ian Lowe Scott Ludlam Yvonne Margarula Dee Margetts Jillian Marsh Jean Melzer Kerry Nettle Tilman Ruff Nancy Shelley Jo Vallentine Patrick White Stuart White Eileen Wani Wingfield

Books	Britain, Australia and the Bomb Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Maralinga: Australia's Nuclear Waste Cover-up Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option

See also	Australian Uranium Association Clean Energy Future Group List of inquiries into uranium mining in Australia Lists of nuclear disasters and radioactive incidents Nuclear power in Australia Nuclear weapons tests in Australia Olympic Dam, South Australia Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry Renewable energy commercialization Renewable energy in Australia Say Yes demonstrations Uranium mining in Australia Uranium mining in Kakadu National Park

Aboriginal South Australians

Peoples

Adnyamathanha
Arabana
Barngarla
Bungandidj
Dieri
Kaurna
Kokatha
Maralinga Tjarutja
Mirning
Narungga
Ngaanyatjarra
Ngadjuri
Ngarrindjeri (including the Mulbarapa and Warki)
Nukunu
Peramangk
Pitjantjatjara
Ramindjeri
Western Desert people
Yankunytjatjara

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

Arkaroo
'Dreamtime' (muda, mura-mura, tjukurrpa, etc.)
Tjilbruke
Muldjewangk
Ngiṉṯaka
Watarru Indigenous Protected Area
Wati-kutjara

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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