{{short description|Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara, Western Australia}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2018}} The '''Binigura''' people, these days usually spelt '''Pinikura''', are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
==Country== The Binigura in Norman Tindale's calculation, held sway over some {{convert|3,100|mi2|km2|order=flip}} of tribal land, centred on the Ashburton River from Mount Tom Price to Kooline. Their northern boundary lay around the areas of Mount Amy, Urandy, and the start of the Duck Creek uplands. Their eastern confine is traced to the lower headwaters of the Hardey River, on the western edges of Ashburton Downs.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=240}}
===Native title=== The Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura, who are two separate but related peoples, lodged a joint claim for recognition for each of their own countries as well as a shared area. Their rights to lands and waters covering around {{convert|10,888|km2}} of an area between Onslow and Tom Price (though not reaching either place),<ref name=pkkpcountry>{{cite web | title=Country and Region | website=PKKP Aboriginal Corporation | url=https://pkkp.org.au/country-and-region/ | access-date=11 June 2020}} ([https://pkkp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2019/04/PKKP-determination_of_Native_Title.pdf map])</ref> were recognised on 2 December 2015, in the ''#1 and #2 v State of Western Australia'' decision. The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation is the representative body administering the lands for both peoples.<ref name=aboutpkkp>{{cite web | title=About PKKP | website=PKKP Aboriginal Corporation – We are all one family, and now the journey has finally ended | url=https://pkkp.org.au/about-pkkp/ | access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref> ==Language== {{main|Binigura language}} The Binigura/Pinikura language is a close relative of the Thalanyji language. ==Social organisation== Although each group is distinct, the Kurruma and Pinikura peoples observe common laws and customs, and share and protect much of the same land and resources.<ref name=aboutpkkp/> ==Juukan Gorge destruction== {{main|Juukan Gorge}} The Pinikura people, in alliance with the Puutu Kunti Kurrama in a group abbreviated as PKKP, were distressed by the destruction of a sacred and heritage site in the form of a cave in Juukan Gorge by mining giant Rio Tinto in May 2020.<ref name="Juukancaveblast">{{cite news|title=Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/26/rio-tinto-blasts-46000-year-old-aboriginal-site-to-expand-iron-ore-mine|access-date=18 November 2020|work=The Guardian|date=26 May 2020}}</ref> ==Alternative names== Other variants of the name as supplied by Tindale are:<ref>{{harvnb|Tindale|1974|p=240}}</ref> * ''Biniguru'' * ''Binnigoora'' * ''Binnigora'' * ''Pinikurra''
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==Sources== {{refbegin}} *{{Cite web | title = AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia | date = 14 May 2024 | publisher = AIATSIS | url = https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/aiatsis-map-indigenous-australia | ref = {{harvid|AIATSIS}} }} *{{Cite web | title = Tindale Tribal Boundaries | publisher = Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia | url = https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf | date = September 2016 | ref = {{harvid|TTB|2016}} | access-date = 3 December 2017 | archive-date = 8 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308145114/https://www.daa.wa.gov.au/globalassets/pdf-files/maps/state/tindale_daa.pdf | url-status = dead }} *{{Cite book | chapter = Binigura (WA) | last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett | year = 1974 | author-link = Norman Tindale | title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names | publisher = Australian National University | chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/binigura.htm | isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6 | access-date = 3 December 2017 | archive-date = 14 March 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180314024739/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/binigura.htm | url-status = dead }} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{Official|https://pkkp.org.au/|The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation}} {{Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia}}
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Category:Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia Category:Pilbara