Kuthant
They appear on the AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia (https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia) as the Kuthant, but Norman Tindale's work labels them the Kareldi (alternatively Karundi, Karunti, Kurandi, Karantee, Karrandi, Karrandee, Gar-und-yih, Kanin (scrub lands), Gooran (a general term—people belonging to the scrub), Kotanda (valid alternative name also applied to the now extinct Kalibamu), Kutanda, Goothanto), based on his informants' preference and notes two groups that went by this name, the Garandi (a.k.a. Karandi), and the Gkuthaarn (a.k.a. Kutanda, Kuthant, Kotanda). The two groups may have constituted a single people speaking distinct dialects of the same language.
By Tindale's estimation, they occupied around 3,900 square kilometres of country, from the mouth of the Norman River and Normanton westwards to the Flinders River, including Karumba and the Swinburne River. Their country extended inland as far as Milgarra, Maggieville, and Stirling.
He also indicated that Kotanda, sometimes used for both languages also applied to the Kalibamu people and was also sometimes used for the Kareldi.
The confusion stems from the 1870s, when European settlers moved into a region where an estimated seven distinct groups lived. The ensuing frontier wars blurred and confused the various groups' boundaries and identities. By the 1920s, many Aboriginal people had been forcibly removed to Aboriginal reserves and missions by the 1920s. Of those who remained, the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj lived in camps along the southwestern side of Normanton while others, such as the Kurtijar people, camped north of the Norman River.
On 29 September 2020, the Kukatj and Gkuthaarn peoples won a native title determination over more than 16,000 square kilometres between the Norman and Leichhardt Rivers, including Normanton. The ruling allows the two groups to fish, hunt and practise their culture and their cultural ceremonies on pastoral land.
Sources:
AIATSIS AustLang Project G31: Gkuthaarn: https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/G31
AustLang: G32: Garandi: https://collection.aiatsis.gov.au/austlang/language/G32
Native title win for Gkuthaarn and Kukatj people: https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/6948210/native-title-win-for-gkuthaarn-and-kukatj-people/
Wikipedia: Gkuthaarn language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gkuthaarn_language
Wikipedia: Kareldi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareldi
