Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One

4.5 Background to the Wurla Nyinta Perception Survey – Governance andAnparnintja4.5.1 The role and significance of AnparnintjaAn illustration of the Arandic system of kin and skin relationships, Anparnintja. (Adapted from IAD Press, 1996)Ntaria has been part of the recent history of change instigated in the Northern Territory since 2007 when theNorthern Territory Emergency Intervention arrived and the amalgamations of Local Government Councils into thenew Shires began. This research report introduces the notion of an overlap between the systems of governanceintroduced and required by external agencies and the pre-existent Arandic system of kin and skin relationships,Anparnintja.There are significant differences and overlaps between the model of community governance represented by theRemote Service Delivery agreement and the Local Implementation Plan and the pre-existing cultural framework ofAnparnintja at Ntaria. In the first place, Anparnintja is not a governance structure; it is a cultural structure fororganising, enacting, managing, owning, relating and respecting the land and people. It impacts significantly ondaily life, inheritance, ownership, responsibility and maintenance of land, people and cultural activity. Anparnintjaunderpins Arandic language groups, and transfers to Warlpiri, Luritja, Pintupi and other groups. Throughoutcentral Australia and to the north, Aboriginal language groups commonly have structures that either overlap or insome ways replicate, the function of Anparnintja in Arandic groups. Each child inherits their skin name accordingFinal Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria 55