Amungme people
E454120
The Amungme people are an indigenous Papuan ethnic group of West Papua, Indonesia, traditionally living in the highlands and known for their close spiritual connection to their ancestral lands and mountains.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Papuan people
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Freeport mine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grasberg mine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colonialHistory | Dutch New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| cultivates |
bananas
ⓘ
sago ⓘ sweet potatoes ⓘ taro ⓘ |
| customaryLandTenure | clan-based ownership ⓘ |
| customaryLaw | adat ⓘ |
| ethnologueCode | amu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | amun1241 ⓘ |
| hasRitual |
initiation ceremonies
ⓘ
pig feasts ⓘ |
| hasSocialStructure | clan system ⓘ |
| knownFor |
environmental activism
ⓘ
land rights activism ⓘ |
| language | Amungme language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Trans–New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Guinea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Papua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainLivelihood |
hunting and gathering
ⓘ
pig husbandry ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ |
| neighboringGroup |
Dani people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamoro people ⓘ |
| partOf | indigenous peoples of Papua ⓘ |
| politicalIssue |
West Papua independence movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
human rights concerns ⓘ resource extraction conflicts ⓘ |
| populationRegion |
Central Papua Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mimika Regency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ traditional indigenous religion ⓘ |
| spiritualConnectionTo |
ancestral land
ⓘ
mountains ⓘ sacred sites ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy | barter ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing | highland huts ⓘ |
| traditionalRegion |
Central Highlands of Papua
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Papuan highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.