Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta

Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta

The Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is a council of Senior Aboriginal Women from Coober Pedy, South Australia. [http://www.iratiwanti.org/home.php3 "Irati Wanti. the poison – leave it!"] "irati wanti" (Retrieved on December 30, 2007)] [http://www.foei.org/en/publications/link/env-rights/30.html "Aboriginal women win battle against australian government"] "Friends of the Earth International" (Retrieved on December 30, 2007)] They protest against Government plans to dump radioactive waste dump in their land, and for protection of their land and culture.

The council was formed in 1995 by Eileen Kampakuta Brown, Eileen Wani Wingfield and other aboriginal elders. Brown and Wingfield were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 for their efforts. [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/86 "Eileen Kampakuta Brown & Eileen Wani Wingfield"] "The Goldman Environmental Prize – Islands & Island Nations 2003" (Retrieved on December 30, 2007)]

In August 2004 the Australian government abandoned its plans for the nuclear waste dump, after a court decision.

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External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/perspective/stories/2008/2153906.htm Nuclear waste and indigenous rights]


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