World of the Warlpiri

The Warlpiri see the world around them and do not take it for granted. Every little thing in their world is used and taken full advantage of. From nourishment, to shelter, to art, everything is a resource.

Hunting and gathering are important jobs in order to stay alive and thriving in the middle of a vast, remote area. Warlpiri will hunt big game such as:

• Emus
• Bush turkeys
• Lizards 
• Birds 
• Snakes
• and more...

Gatherers have the job of collecting seeds from trees that fall to the ground such as:

• pig-weed seeds

http://soilcropandmore.info/crops/Weeds/prostrate_pigweed.htm

• witchetty grub tree seeds

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/esselman_kenn/habitat-and-geography.html

• bean tree seeds

http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com/2010/04/denise-rivers-volunteering-in-seed-lab.html

Also, from the sandy ground, gatherers will dig up bush potatoes, bush yams and bush onions. To ensure a sweet tooth fix that everyone needs, no matter the culture, the Warlpiri gatherers will cut down honey from the tops of trees.

Shelter:

Low windbreaks were originally used as shelter in the pleasant weather, but during the rainy season, spinifex grass from the land around them was used to create spinifex thatch domed huts to take shelter in from the weather.