Indigenous Rights Pioneer and Founder of Yothu Yindi, Yunupingu Dies

Mandawuy Yunupingu of Yothu Yindi speaks to the media after being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the 26th Annual ARIA Awards 2012 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on Nov. 29, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Caroline McCredie/Getty Images

Visionary land rights pioneer Yunupingu is being remembered by his people as “a giant of the nation” as they mourn his death in northeast Arnhem Land.

Surrounded by his family and ceremonial adornments, Yunupingu, 74, died peacefully at his home in northeast Arnhem Land on Monday morning, the Youth Yindi Foundation confirmed.