Explore: Arrernte Picture Dictionaries

Arrernte or Aranda (/ˈʌrəndə/; Eastern Arrernte pronunciation: [aɾəⁿɖə]), or sometimes referred to as Upper Arrernte (Upper Aranda), is a dialect cluster

linguist and anthropologist Carl Strehlow documented the local Western Arrernte language during his time there. The mission was known as Finke River Mission

arm if used as a cradle. If carried on the head, a ring pad (akartne in Arrernte) was placed on the head, made out of possum and/or human hair string, twisted

assisted in this by Arrernte Elder Micky Dow Dow. At the church Kramer and Euphemia hosted regular prayer meetings and used an Arrernte language translation

The massacre of Running Waters was the killing of 80 to 100 Arrernte (formerly known as Aranda) men, women and children of the Southern Aranda language

held very different views on the Aranda people (now often referred to as Arrernte) from missionary Carl Strehlow. Spencer's more pessimistic view saw decline

there when it became a Reserve and their descendants. This includes many Arrernte, Luritja and Pitjantjatjara people. The site of Jay Creek was initially

sky and thunder Jupiter. In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Altjira (or Arrernte) is the main sky god and also the creator god. In Iroquois mythology, Atahensic

Tjalkabota Uraikuria or Blind Moses (c.1869 - 6 July 1954) was a Western Arrernte man and Australian Aboriginal evangelist who was born at Laprapuntja (Ellery

Ntaria (Hermannsburg) who has extensive experience in the repatriation of Arrernte knowledge and objects. He worked alongside library staff, including the