Yinimala Gumana is an important young leader of the Dhaḻwaŋu clan. The son of Dhäkuwal Gumana, Yinimala was raised by his father’s brother, Dr. Gawirriṉ Gumana AO, after Dhäkuwal’s death. Yinimala assisted his adopted father with many of his works before emerging as an artist in his own right in 2004. He has been anointed as a future Dalkarra/Djirrikay (leader of Dhuwa and Yirritja ceremonies). In 2011 he was elected chair of Buku-Larrnggay Mulka. Since 2017, he was one of the lead curators of Maḏayin: Eight Deacades of Aboriginal Australian Bark Painting from Yirrkala, a US touring exhibition. He has spent his whole life at Gäṉgan and he is the chief Ranger for Yirralka Homelands which cares for the Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area more than 14,000 square kilometres.