The Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is a council of senior Aboriginal women from Coober Pedy, South Australia.
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.