Wakaya people

Norman Tindale's estimate of the Wakaya's territory assigns them some . ==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 on 22 October 1992, while the Alyawarre were given , 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 == Notable Wakaya people ==

A notable Wakaya man was Kudajarnd who, alongside his wives Langinkab and Kulindab, in the Wild Australia Show in the 1890s. ==Notes==