The Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is a council of senior Aboriginal women from Coober Pedy, South Australia. [1] [2] They protest against Government plans to dump radioactive waste in their land, and for the protection of their land and culture. [3]
The council was formed in 1995 by Eileen Kampakuta Brown, Eileen Wani Wingfield and other Aboriginal elders. The elders come from the Arabana, Kokatha, Yankunytjatjara and Antikarinya peoples. [4] Kupa Piti is the Indigenous name for Coober Pedy; kunga tjuta means 'many woman' in the Western Desert language. [5]
Brown and Wingfield were awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 for their efforts. [6]
In August 2004 the Australian government abandoned its plans for the nuclear waste dump, after a court decision. [2]