 On cultural matters, the council defers to the local tribal council, because traditional customs are still practised and generally dominate the thinking of the community.The majority of Lajamanu residents have Warlpiri as their main heritage language.Lajamanu School was a Warlpiri-English bilingual school from 1982 until 2008 when the Northern Government introduced a policy banning Warlpiri language instruction for the first four hours of every school day.