Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane

Documenting Discontent: Struggles For Recognition In The Purari Delta Of Papua New Guinea Joshua A. Bell, 2009 Within the context of the Purari Delta's transforming materialities of resource extraction, and the legacy of the Tom Kabu iconoclastic modernist movement (1946–69), I examine the processes of materialisation bound up with two related but different things: heirlooms (eve uku) and documents (Incorporated Land Group (ILG) forms). Eve uku ('hand head') lie within a continuum of... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story

Documenting Discontent: Struggles For Recognition In The Purari Delta Of Papua New Guinea Joshua A. Bell, 2009 Within the context of the Purari Delta's transforming materialities of resource extraction, and the legacy of the Tom Kabu iconoclastic modernist movement (1946–69), I examine the processes of materialisation bound up with two related but different things: heirlooms (eve uku) and documents (Incorporated Land Group (ILG) forms). Eve uku ('hand head') lie within a continuum of... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story

A community in Papua New Guinea that suffered a major epidemic of a CJD-like fatal brain disease called kuru has developed strong genetic resistance to the disease, according to new research by Medical Research Council (MRC) scientists. Kuru is a fatal prion disease, similar to CJD in humans and BSE in animals, and is geographically unique to an area in Papua New Guinea. In the mid 20th Century, an epidemic of kuru devastated a population in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The infection was passed on at mortuary feasts, where mainly women and children consumed their deceased relatives as a mark of ... Read Full Story

Male Preferences For Female Waist-To-Hip Ratio And Body Mass Index In The Highlands Of Papua New Guinea Barnaby J Dixson, Katayo Sagata, Wayne L Linklater, and Alan F Dixson, 2009 One hundred men, living in three villages in a remote region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were asked to judge the attractiveness of photographs of women who had undergone micrograft surgery to reduce their waist-to-hip ratios (WHRs). Micrograft surgery involves harvesting adipose tissue from the... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story

Male Preferences For Female Waist-To-Hip Ratio And Body Mass Index In The Highlands Of Papua New Guinea Barnaby J Dixson, Katayo Sagata, Wayne L Linklater, and Alan F Dixson, 2009 One hundred men, living in three villages in a remote region of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea were asked to judge the attractiveness of photographs of women who had undergone micrograft surgery to reduce their waist-to-hip ratios (WHRs). Micrograft surgery involves harvesting adipose tissue from the... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story