WiK
Wik refers to an Indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. The name is used for a number of closely related clans or language groups within the broader Wik ethnolinguistic group, and it is also associated with the languages spoken by these communities. Traditional country for Wik people stretches across parts of the Cape York Peninsula, including both coastal and inland areas, with a social structure organized around kinship groups and connections to specific tracts of land and sea country.
The Wik languages form a branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family and historically included several dialects
Historically, Wik communities engaged in a hunter-gatherer economy with seasonal movements to harvest bush foods, game,
Today, Wik communities continue to maintain cultural traditions, pursue language revitalization, and participate in native title