ayakwa | june/july 2012 edition 9, page-2

Title: State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012 - Australia
Publisher: Minority Rights Group International
Country: Australia
Publication Date: 28 June 2012

"The Anindilyakwa traditional owners of the region near Groote Eylandt, off the Northern Territory coast of Arnhem Land, are also deeply opposed to the development of a project to undertake open-cut mining of manganese on the sea bed. The area has very important cultural significance for both the Waunindilyakwan, and the Nunnggubuyu peoples who inhabit the area; communities carry out burial rites and believe the sea is where reincarnation takes place. It is also a key source of subsistence and economic resources for the communities."

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