Banaban people

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The Banaban people are an indigenous Micronesian community originally from Banaba Island in Kiribati, known for their displacement due to extensive phosphate mining and their resettlement on Rabi Island in Fiji.

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Label Occurrences
Banaban people canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
continent Oceania
country Fiji
countryOfOrigin Kiribati
culturalRegion Gilbert Islands region
linked to: Gilbert Islands
demographicsCharacteristic small population
displacedFrom Banaba Island
displacementCause phosphate mining
ethnicallyRelatedTo I-Kiribati people
linked to: Kiribati people

Micronesians
ethnicGroupOf Banaba Island
hasCulturalPractice coconut cultivation
communal land tenure
oceanic navigation traditions
traditional dance
hasDiaspora Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
New Zealand
hasHistoryOf forced displacement
phosphate mining impacts
historicalEvent World War II occupation of Banaba
post-war relocation to Rabi Island
indigenousTo Banaba Island
languageUsed English language
Gilbertese language
legalClaimOver Banaba Island
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Banaba Island
mainSettlement Rabi Island
nativeNameLanguage Gilbertese language
partOf Micronesian peoples
linked to: Micronesians
region Pacific Islands
religion Christianity
resettledBy British colonial administration
resettledOn Rabi Island
resettlementYear 1945
significantPopulationIn Fiji
Kiribati
strugglesWith cultural preservation
environmental degradation
land rights issues
traditionalReligion Banaban indigenous beliefs
traditionalSubsistence copra production
fishing
taro cultivation
underColonialRuleOf United Kingdom
usesWritingSystem Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banaba Island primaryInhabitants Banaban people
Ocean Island ethnicGroup Banaban people
Ocean Island claimants Banaban people
Banabans alsoKnownAs Banaban people
Tabwewa village inhabitedBy Banaban people
Rabi Island homeOf Banaban people
Rabi Island settledBy Banaban people