Banabans

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Banabans are an indigenous Micronesian people originally from the island of Banaba in present-day Kiribati, known for their displacement due to extensive phosphate mining during the 20th century.

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Banabans canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
affectedBy British colonial rule
alsoKnownAs Banaban people
citizenshipStatus many hold Fijian citizenship
many hold Kiribati citizenship
colonialPowerDuringRelocation United Kingdom
continent Oceania
countryOfOrigin Kiribati
culturalPractice ancestral land tenure
clan-based social organization
culturalRegion Pacific Islands
diasporaCommunityIn Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
New Zealand
displacedBy phosphate mining
economicallyExploitedFor phosphate deposits
ethnicGroupOf Banaba
experienced environmental degradation
forced migration
land dispossession
governedBy Rabi Island Council of Leaders and Elders
historicalLegalAction compensation claims for phosphate mining
historicalResource phosphate
language Banaban language
Gilbertese language
languageBranch Micronesian languages
languageFamily Austronesian languages
mainIsland Banaba
majorDisplacementPeriod 20th century
notableIssue environmental rehabilitation of Banaba
land rights on Banaba
originalInhabitantsOf Banaba
populationConcentration Banaba, Kiribati
Rabi Island, Fiji
relatedEthnicGroup I-Kiribati
linked to: Kiribati people

other Micronesian peoples
religion Christianity
relocatedCountry Fiji
relocatedTo Rabi Island
relocationYear 1945
subregion Micronesia
traditionalEconomy fishing
subsistence agriculture
traditionalReligion Banaban indigenous beliefs
traditionalStapleFood coconut
pandanus

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