Aminah Burke b. 2006

Aminah Burke attended her first skilled development workshop with Tjanpi in Kaltukatjara in April 2026. Aminah is the niece of Samantha Burke and has been learning how to make Tjanpi sculptures with her aunt.  

Tjanpi Desert Weavers (Tjanpi meaning ‘wild grass’) is an award-winning, Indigenous governed and directed social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council (NPYWC). Tjanpi empowers over 400 women across a 350 000 square km area of the tri-state region of NT, SA and WA to earn an income and remain in their communities on Country.