Wakaya people

The Wakaya are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Northern Territory.

Country
Norman Tindale's estimate of the Wakaya's territory assigns them some 15,000 mi2.

Language
The Wakaya language is now extinct.

Social economy
The Wakaya were one of the Australian peoples, the others being the Watjarri, Wanman, Pitjantjatjara, Ngadadjara and Alyawarre, who are known to have harvested purslane seeds, and threshed them within stone circles for the oily nutrients they provided.

Land
In 1980 the Wakaya people lodged a land claim along with the Alyawarre people for land somewhere near the remote outstation of Purrukwarra. As a result, they were handed back 1874 km2 on 22 October 1992, while the Alyawarre were given 2065 km2, both of which were only small parts of the original claim.

Alternative names

 * Wagaja, Waggaia
 * Wagai, Waagai
 * Wagaiau, Waagi
 * Warkya
 * Wogaia, Worgaia, Worgai, Workaia, Warkaia
 * Workia, Workii, Woorkia
 * Lee-wakya
 * Akaja ( Kaytetye exonym)
 * Ukkia, Arkiya