Eileen Wani Wingfield

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Who is Eileen Wani Wingfield?

Eileen Wani Wingfield is an Aboriginal elder from Australia. She was jointly awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003 with Eileen Kampakuta Brown, for efforts to stop the plans for nuclear waste dump in Australia's wild desert land, and for protection of their land and culture.

Wingfield formed the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, Cooper Pedy Women's Council, in 1995.

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  • Indigenous Australians

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on July 23, 2013

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