Tjanpi Desert Weavers

Description:

Tjanpi Desert Weavers is a employment enterprise within the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women's Council. The latter was formed as a response to the land rights struggles of the 1970s when Indigenous women realised they had no voice.

subjects: Basket making,  Ngaanyatjarra (Australian people),  Yankunytjatjara (Australian people),  Tjanpi Desert Weavers,  Basketwork,  Hand weaving,  Aboriginal Australians,  Pitjantjatjara (Australian people),  Weavers,  Basket makers