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Korowai people of New Guinea practised cannibalism until very recent times. As in some other New Guinean societies, the Urapmin people engaged in cannibalism in war. Notably, the Urapmin also had a system of food taboos wherein dogs could not be eaten and they had to be kept from breathing on food, unlike humans who could be eaten and with whom food could be shared.
NB Most of the islands in this section are river or lake islands, not coastal islands. Deadman's Island is in Coal Harbour (Burrard Inlet), Echo and Long Islands are in Harrison Lake. All others are in the Fraser River and its estuary.
Haida Gwaii (/ ˈ h aɪ d ə ˈ ɡ w aɪ /; [2] Haida: X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / X̱aayda gwaay, literally "Islands of the Haida people"), [3] also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is an archipelago located between 55–125 km (34–78 mi) off the northern Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The islands are ...
Pottery art from Fijian towns shows that Fiji was settled before or around 3500 to 1000 BC, although the details of Pacific migration remain vague. It is believed that the Lapita people or the ancestors of the Polynesians settled the islands first but not much is known of what became of them after the Melanesians arrived; they may have had some influence on the new culture, and archaeological ...
Government of British Columbia's First Nations A-Z Listing; Aboriginal Tourism Association of BC: government-sponsored website that promotes aboriginal culture in the context of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Broughton Archipelago includes numerous islands and islets scattered throughout the eastern end of Queen Charlotte Strait. The largest island of the archipelago is Gilford Island with a total area of 384 km 2 (148 sq mi). [2] Cormorant Island is the most densely populated island with 270 residents/km 2 (710 residents/mi 2) as of 2016. [3]
Flores Island is a small island (approximately 155 km 2) in Clayoquot Sound, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The area of Marktosis (population around 900) is the island's only major settlement.
Around the year 1500, a group of Māori migrated east to Rēkohu, now known as the Chatham Islands. There they adapted to the local climate and the availability of resources and developed into a people known as the Moriori , [ 48 ] related to but distinct from the Māori of mainland New Zealand.