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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Banaban people canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ