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Born 1963 Family name: Pumani Language: Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Region: Mimili Betty was born in Mimili.
Her mother is Milatjari Pumani and her father is Sam Pumani (dec).
Sam’s country is near Watarru on the APY Lands.
Betty’s grandparents on Milatjari’s side are King Everard (Nyapi) and her grandmother was Mantjangka Everard.
Betty has three brothers Ken, Luey, Apada and a sister Ngupulya and they all live in Mimili.
Betty is married to Litja Brown from Mimili and they have two children together, Marina and Max. Betty worked at the Mimili store then at the Mimili clinic as a ngangkari healer.
Later she was a teacher at Mimili Anangu School and she began painting at Mimili Maku Art Centre in 2007.
Betty’s paintings depict her mother’s country Antara, a ceremonial site in north-west of Mimili community..
Born 1963 Family name: Pumani Language: Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara Region: Mimili Betty was born in Mimili.
Her mother is Milatjari Pumani and her father is Sam Pumani (dec).
Sam’s country is near Watarru on the APY Lands.
Betty’s grandparents on Milatjari’s side are King Everard (Nyapi) and her grandmother was Mantjangka Everard.
Betty has three brothers Ken, Luey, Apada and a sister Ngupulya and they all live in Mimili.
Betty is married to Litja Brown from Mimili and they have two children together, Marina and Max. Betty worked at the Mimili store then at the Mimili clinic as a ngangkari healer.
Later she was a teacher at Mimili Anangu School and she began painting at Mimili Maku Art Centre in 2007.
Betty’s paintings depict her mother’s country Antara, a ceremonial site in north-west of Mimili community..