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Alternative title: Black-headed python
Issue Details: First known date: 2008... 2008 Ku Kukpi = Black-headed Python: Ancestral Knowledge of the Djamindjung Rak Malgin People/Storyteller
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'Kampawerr the senior elder for this country has travelled many times to her country with family and Wadeye Aboriginal Languages Centre workers to teach and document place names, dreamings and foot highways of this vast estate. These projects are critical to the documentation of Indigenous languages and knowledge and not only support keeping language strong in communities but they also make a significant contribution to the inclusion of Indigenous languages in schools and in particular the bilingual program at Wadeye.' Ku Kukpi is an ancestral dreaming story of the Djamindjung Rak Malgin people about a mother black-headed python and her baby. [Batchelor College]

Notes

  • 'The endangered languages project is a joint partnership with Batchelor Institute and the Wadeye Languages Centre, funded by the Federal Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA).'[Batchelor College]

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Batchelor, Batchelor - Katherine area, Top End, Northern Territory,: Batchelor Press , 2008 .
      Extent: unpagedp.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Includes : audio CD, word list and pronunciation guide. Text in Djamindjung Rak Malgin language with English translation.
      ISBN: 9781741310726

Works about this Work

Wadeye Celebrates New Book's Launch 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 December no. 440 2008; (p. 44)
'The Wadeye community have celebrated the launch of a new bilingual book Ku Kukpi - Black-headed Python, by senior Elder Kampawerr Patricia Karui.' (Koori Mail 3/12/2008)
Wadeye Celebrates New Book's Launch 2008 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 December no. 440 2008; (p. 44)
'The Wadeye community have celebrated the launch of a new bilingual book Ku Kukpi - Black-headed Python, by senior Elder Kampawerr Patricia Karui.' (Koori Mail 3/12/2008)
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