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The Arrernte (also Aranda and Arrarnta) (pronounced UH-rrahn-da) are those Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
 who are the original custodians of Arrernte lands
Arrernte (area)

The Arrernte land is controlled by Arrernte Council which in turn is controlled by Central Land Council from Alice Springs. Arrernte is the traditional language of Alice Springs, which is the centre of Arrernte land....
 in the central
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
 area of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 around Alice Springs
Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice",Alice Springs is situated in geographic centre of Australia....
 in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
.

Their ancestors spoke one or more of a group of related languages or dialects.

Arrernte comprise people who identify with different parts of their "country":

Arrernte Council
Arrernte Council

The Arrernte Council of Central Australia Aboriginal Corporation trading as Arrernte Workforce Solutions is an Australian Aborigine council for the Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte, Central Arrernte and Western Arrernte people of Central Australia....
 is the representative and administrative body for the Arrernte lands.






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The Arrernte (also Aranda and Arrarnta) (pronounced UH-rrahn-da) are those Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
 who are the original custodians of Arrernte lands
Arrernte (area)

The Arrernte land is controlled by Arrernte Council which in turn is controlled by Central Land Council from Alice Springs. Arrernte is the traditional language of Alice Springs, which is the centre of Arrernte land....
 in the central
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
 area of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 around Alice Springs
Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Alice Springs is the second largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice",Alice Springs is situated in geographic centre of Australia....
 in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
.

Their ancestors spoke one or more of a group of related languages or dialects.

Groups and country

The Arrernte comprise people who identify with different parts of their "country":
  • Eastern Arrernte people live east of Alice Springs, their area includes Wallace Rockhole.
  • Central Arrernte people live in the area centred on Alice Springs.
  • Western Arrernte people traditionally live in the lands west of Alice Springs, out to Mutitjulu
    Mutitjulu, Northern Territory

    Mutitjulu in Australia's Northern Territory , pop. approx. 150, is an Indigenous Australians community adjacent Uluru in a world renowned tourist area, the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park....
     and King's Canyon
    Kings Canyon (Northern Territory)

    Kings Canyon is part of the Watarrka National Park in Northern Territory, Australia. Sitting at the western end of the George Gill Range, it is 323 km southwest of Alice Springs, Northern Territory and 1,316 km south of Darwin, Northern Territory....
    .


Governance

The Arrernte Council
Arrernte Council

The Arrernte Council of Central Australia Aboriginal Corporation trading as Arrernte Workforce Solutions is an Australian Aborigine council for the Arrernte, Eastern Arrernte, Central Arrernte and Western Arrernte people of Central Australia....
 is the representative and administrative body for the Arrernte lands. It is part of the Central Land Council
Central Land Council

The Central Land Council is an Indigenous Land Council that represents the indigenous people of the southern half of the Northern Territory of Australia, predominantly in land issues....
.

Languages in the Arrernte group

The Arrernte languages are:
  • Anmatjirra
  • Alyawarr
  • Ayerrerenge
  • Antekerrepenhe
  • Eastern Arrernte
    Eastern Arrernte

    Eastern Arrernte refers to Arrernte people, Indigenous Australians, who traditionally live in the Arrernte lands East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, including Wallace Rock Hole....
     or Ikngerripenhe
  • Central Arrernte
    Central Arrernte

    The term Central Arrernte can refer to the Arrernte people who traditionally live in Alice Springs, the centre of the Arrernte country in Australia....
     or Mparntwe Arrernte
  • Western Arrernte
    Western Arrernte

    Western Arrernte refers to Arrernte people who traditionally live in Arrernte lands west of Alice Springs, out as far as Mutitjulu and Kings Canyon ....
    , Tyuretye Arrernte or Arrernte Alturlerenj
  • Southern Arrernte or Pertame
  • Lower Arrernte
    Lower Arrernte

    Lower Arrernte is one of five aboriginal dialects , all spoken by a few thousand people around the Alice Springs region in Central Australia. Lower Arrernte originates from the Finke River area, close to Alice Springs....
     or Alenjerntarpe originates from the Finke River
    Finke River

    The Finke River is one of the largest rivers in Central Australia. It?s source is in the Northern Territory's MacDonnell Ranges, and the name Finke River is first applied at the confluence of the Davenport and Ormiston Creeks, just north of Glen Helen ....
     area


Tourism

Tourism is important to the economy of Alice Springs and surrounding communities, The Arrernte way of life is presented through tour guide
Tour guide

The CEN definition for ?tourist guide? is:Tourist guide = person who guides visitors in the language of their choice and interprets the cultural and natural heritage of an area, which person normally possesses an area - specific qualification usually issued and/or recognized by the appropriate authority...
s and storyteller
Storyteller

A Storytelling is someone who conveys real or fictitious events in words, images, and sounds.Storyteller may also refer to:In literature:...
s speaking of the life, their artwork, their culture and language in a variety of different ways. Tours are run regularly to Hermannsburg
Hermannsburg, Northern Territory

Hermannsburg is an Australian Aborigine community in the Northern Territory of Australia, 131 km southwest of Alice Springs, Northern Territory....
 (Western Arrernte
Western Arrernte

Western Arrernte refers to Arrernte people who traditionally live in Arrernte lands west of Alice Springs, out as far as Mutitjulu and Kings Canyon ....
) and Wallace Rockhole (Eastern Arrernte
Eastern Arrernte

Eastern Arrernte refers to Arrernte people, Indigenous Australians, who traditionally live in the Arrernte lands East of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, including Wallace Rock Hole....
).

See also

Arrernte mythology and spirituality focuses on the landscape and the Dreamtime
Dreamtime

In Aboriginal mythology, Dreaming or Altjeringa is a sacred 'once upon a time' time out of time in which ancestral Totemic Spirit Beings formed The Creation....
, important creator spirits are, Altjira
Altjira

In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Altjira is the sky god of the Arrernte. He was the central god of the Dream time who created the Earth, then retired to the sky....
 is the creator being of the Inapertwa
Inapertwa

In Aboriginal mythology , the Inapertwa are the simple creatures with which the Numakulla formed created all life on Earth. The Inapertwa which became an organism is then the totem of the organism....
 that became all living creatures.

Tjurunga
Tjurunga

A Tjurunga or as it sometimes spelled, Churinga, is an object of religious significance by Central Australian Indigenous Australians people of the Arrernte groups....
 are objects of religious significance.

Two warships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Arunta
HMAS Arunta

Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have borne the name HMAS Arunta, derived from the Arrernte native people from central Australia.* The first HMAS Arunta was a Tribal class destroyer destroyer commissioned in 1942....
 after the Arrernte people.

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