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Stars of Tagai
...I use nature for my book...
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calendar, canoes, gardening, housing, Mer, Meriam culture, Passi, Sam, Stars of Tagai, yams
Cone Shells
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fishing, sea, shells, Stars of Tagai, trade
Tagai
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Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Figures of wind circle
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Mer, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, wind
The totem of each named clan
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1993
clans, Meriam culture, Stars of Tagai, totems, wind
The Malo-Bomai myth
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Las, Malo dance, Malo's laws, Malo-Bomai, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Papua New Guinea, sacred, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait
Tagai Myth
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Dauar, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Stars of Tagai, Tagai, Torres Strait
Douglas Pitt descendants
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colonisation, Hayes, Bully, Kennedy, Flo, Mer, pearling industry, Pitt, Douglas, Stars of Tagai, Torres Strait Islanders
Conversions
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1871-
anthropology, Cambridge Anthropological Expedition, ceremony, Christianity, Malo, Malo dance, religion, Stars of Tagai, wasikor
...I think it came very strongly...
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1871-
Christianity, Malo, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Passi, Reverend Dave, Stars of Tagai
Removal of Murray Island School
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1903
Mer, Queensland Government, school, Stars of Tagai
A History of the Strike
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1930s-1980s
home rule, Malo's laws, Mer, Stars of Tagai, strike
Marou Mimi Diary
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Mabo Case, Mer, Meriam culture, Meriam history, Murray Island, Stars of Tagai
Tombstone Unveiling Ceremonies
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burial, Sharp, Dr. Nonie, Stars of Tagai, tombstone unveiling, Torres Strait, Torres Strait Islanders
Figures of wind circle 2
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Mer, Stars of Tagai, wind