What is the Pintupi group?
Q: What is the Pintupi group?
A: The Pintupi are an Australian Aboriginal group who are part of the Western Desert cultural group.
Q: Where is their homeland located?
A: Their homeland is in the area west of Lake MacDonald and Lake Mackay in Western Australia.
Q: Why were they displaced from their homeland?
A: They were displaced from their homeland in the middle of the 20th century due to sti testing being done at Woomera.
Q: What happened to many Pintupi as a result of displacement?
A: As a result of displacement, several hundreds of Pintupi had died from foreign disease and infection, others had problems with alcoholism and violence, and many children were taken away from their parents as part of assimilationist policies.
Q: When did the push for returning to historical lands begin?
A: The push for returning to historical lands began in the 1970s.
Q: When did Kintore (Waḻungurru) get set up?
A: Kintore (Waḻungurru) was set up in 1981.
Q: When was Kiwirrkurra founded?
A: Kiwirrkurra was founded in 1983, close to Lake Mackay.
