Yiminga (Tiwi Skin Groups)

The Tiwi people are made up of four main tribes of which there are also subgroups: Sun, Stone, Scally Mullet and Pandanus. A person inherits their Yiminga from their mother’s side of the family, while they inherit their Country and totem from their father’s family. Yurrima is your father’s and paternal grandmothers Yiminga.