The Indigenous peoples of Papua New Guinea and of Western New Guinea in Indonesia, commonly called Papuans, [2] are Melanesians.

3 days ago · Papua New Guinea, island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

The Papuan nations, spanning both the sovereign state of Papua New Guinea and the contested region of West Papua (under Indonesian control), represent one of the most culturally and …

The Papuans are one of the indigenous people of Indonesia that are protected under the national law by the government of Indonesia, to ensure their stability in economic and development. [2] …

West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea and borders the independent country of Papua New Guinea to the East. It is home to around 300 different tribes, including some …

The largest family of Papuan languages is the Trans-New Guinea family, which is typified by the object prefixes mentioned above. More than 650,000 people, or about 20 percent of the total …

The meaning of PAPUAN is a native or inhabitant of Papua.

Western New Guinea, also known as Papua, Indonesian New Guinea, and Indonesian Papua, [5] is the western half of the island of New Guinea, formerly Dutch and granted to Indonesia in …

Papua is the largest and most sparsely inhabited region of Indonesia. Sometimes called the Great Steamy, it is clearly an end-of-the-world kind of place, sometimes referred to by …

5 days ago · Most people have rights to use portions of land for the growing of food and some cash crops as well as the rights to fish, hunt, and gather timber from local forests. Many of …