Uutaalnganu

"Kawadji" redirects here. For a neighbouring group with that name, see Pontunj.
Narcisse Pelletier wearing traditional Uutalnganu body decoration

The Uutaalnganu people, also known as Night Island Kawadji,[1] are an Aboriginal Australian group of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.[2][3] The name is also used collectively for several peoples in this area, such as the Pontunj / Jangkonj (Yanganyu), whose language is unconfirmed.[4]

  1. ^ Rigsby & Chase 2014, p. 313 n.4.
  2. ^ Tindale 1974.
  3. ^ Y211 Uutaalnganu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
  4. ^ Y38 Yanganyu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies