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388 All Fiji Muslim Political Front 264 All National Congress Index Agricultural Landlord and Tenants bure lwlou 101; 103 Amendment Act (ALTA) 385; 388 Burt, Sydney 68; 77 All Fiji Muslim Political Front 264 Butadroka, Sakeasi 242; 280; 285; All National Congress (ANC) 377; 383 365ff. Alliance Party (AP) 262-263; 264ff., Cakaudrove 51; 82; 191-192 272ff.; 379 Cakobau 53-57; 60-62; 67-68; 74-79; Ancestral Polynesian Society 183 200; 213; 354 Anderson, Benedict 406-407 Cakobau, Ratu Sir George 284 Apolosi-Bewegung 311; 325ff. Calcutta 131; 133; 140 Armed (Native) Constabulary 77; 219; Calvert, James 98; 108; 197 247;305 Carew; Walter 89 Arya Samaj 260; 334; 362 Cargill, David 38; 93; 98-99; 108 Assembly of God 99 Cargo-Kult 318 Australasian United Steam Navigation CCOP/SOPAC 415 Company 152 Chamberlain, Joseph 221 Australian National University (ANU) Chinese Association 264 13;250 Chinesen 272 Austronesier 182 Chini Mazdur Sangh 157 Ba 51 Church Missionary Society 93 Bahai'i 99 Colonial Sugar Refining Company Baker, Thomas 67 (CSR) 146; 148; 152-155; 161; 251; Bau 39;51; 74ff.;93; 191 254 Baumwolle 113 Colo-Stiimme siehe Kai Colo Bau-Rewa-Krieg 196ff. Confederation of Westem Tui Bavadra, Timothy 178; 269; 288ff.; Association 279 378 Councils 17; 230ff. Bavadra, Vuikaba Adi Kuini 178; 378 Cross, William 38; 93; 98-99; 108 beche-de-mer 46-48; 58; 197 Daily Post 394 blackbirding 126ff Des Voeux; William 139; 228 Black September 296 Deuba-Accord 296 Bligh, William 43 Division 17; 117; Blyth, James 80 Drabuta 122 British Commonewealth ofNatiOlis 11; Dutch East India Company 42; 46 15-16; 24; 297 Dra-ni-Lami 270 British Subjects Society and Volunteers Draunidalo, Savenaca 178 Corps 77 Dreketi 242 Brown & Joske 152 East-West Center (EWC) 13 Bua 51; 71ff.; 82 Edward VII, Konig 213 Bula Tale Communist Party 270 Ellice-Inseln 123 Burebasaga 229; 390-391 Ellis, William 99 Bums, Sir Alan 267 Emperor Gold Mine 156; 293 Bums Philp Ill; 152 Endicott, William 107 461 Ethnizitiit 19; General Electors Association 264; 272 Ethnohistorie 26-27 General Register of Polynesian Evans, F.R. 80 Labourers 125 Falvey, John 269 Gellner, Ernest 407-408 Fidschi General Voters Party 379 Fischer 178fT. George V., Konig 86; 213 Frauen 402fT. George VI., Konig 213 Handwerker 178fT. George v. Tonga 52; 71 Hierarchie 204fT. Ghadr-Movement 252 Titel 209fT. Gilbert-Inseln 123 Fijian Association 262fT. "girmit" 136 Fijian Association Party 382 Goodenough, J.G. 68; 84 Fijian AfTairs Board 221; 233fT.; 263; Gordon, Sir Arthur 74; 88fT.; 109; 113; 377 139; 214; 227-228 Fijian AfTairs Ordinance 233 Govind, K.N. 365 Fijian Chamber of Commerce 275 Grand Pacific Hotel 156 Fijian Development Fund Board 221 Great Council of Chiefs 12; 17;21;24; Fijian Nationalist Party (FNP) 280 85; 138; 196;210; 215fT.; 231; 233; Fiji Broadcasting Commission 395 268; 271; 296; 306; 376; 397; 411; Fiji Defence Forces 253 419 Fiji Development Bank 395 Grippe-Epidemie 139; 155 Fiji Indian Community 349 Hale, Horatio 99 Fiji-Indian Girmit Association 350 Hape 99 Fiji Indian Labour Federation 155 Hiiuptlingsversammlung siehe Great Fiji Labour Party (FLP) 288fT.; 374 Council of Chiefs Fiji Minority Party 264 Hinduismus 164fT.; 338 Fiji National Congress 265 Hobsbawn, Eric 410 Fiji Nationalist United Front (FNUF) Hunt, John 44; 108; 197 379 1m Thurn, Everard 218; 220; 228 Fiji Pine Commission 150 Inder 163fT. Fiji Public Service Association (FPSA) Arbeitskriifte 13 1fT. 288 Diwali 360fT. Fiji Sugar Company 161 Holi 357fT. Fiji Time!! 394 Indo-Fijians 23; 39 Fiji Trade Union Congress (FTUC) 288 Kasten 132; 165fT. Fiji Western Democratic Party 377 Indien 134-135; 143fT. Fiji Women's Crisis Center (FWCC) Indirect Rule 18; 220fT.; 224 403 Island Business Pacific 394 Fiji Women's Rights Movement Jagger, Thomas 108,197 (FWRM) 403 Joint Commercial Commission (JCC) Floyd, William 109 415 Foreign Enlistment Act 76 Jones, H.M. 65-67 Ganilau, Ratu Sir Penaia 270; 292; 308 Kaba 53-54; 94; 202-203 Gavidi, Ratu Osea 283 Kai Colo 88fT.; 247; 305 462 Iwlou lOOff Metahistorie 26 Kannibalismus 95-97 Ministry of Fijian Affairs 17; 82; 389 Kava siehe yaqona Moala 83 Kelevi-Kult 311; 330ff. Morris Hedstrom Ltd. 152 Kisan Sangh 157; 265 Missionierung 92ff.; 107ff. Koya, Siddiq 259; 277; 284 Mitchell, Charles 139; 228 Kubuna 229; 390-391 Muslim League 261 Labasa 113 Mutual Defense Corps 77 Lakeba 51;81;93; 192 ,,neue" Politik 19; 399ff. Lal, Brij 250; 388 Nabuli 242 Land Claims Commission 83; 144 Nacamaki 122 Lau-Inseln 43; 80ff.; 192 Nadoria 242 Laucala 191-192 Nadroga 51 Lautoka 113; 161 Naduri 51 Layard, E.L. 68; 84 Nai Lalakai 394 Leach, Edmund 29 Nakoroka 122 Levuka 78;93 Nakorosule 122 Lockerby, William 98 Nakorovou 242 loloku 97 Nalasi 242 Lomawai 122 Nalotawa 122 London Missionary Society (LMS) 93 National Congress of Fiji 264 Lovoni 78 National Federation Party (NFP) 256; Lugard, Lord 91 259ff.;262-263;272ff.; 380 Lutu 122 Nationalismus 405ff Luweniwai-Bewegung 311; 320ff. Native Fijian Administration 215; 245 Ma'afu 52; 68; 82; 203 Native Affairs Ordinance 229 Machiavelli, Nicolo 33 Native Land Commission (NLC) 119- Macuata 51 120; 145; 146-148 Madraiwiwi, Ratu Jone 218 Native Lands Commissioner 83; 218 Maha Sangh 157; 265 Native Land Development Corporation Mahdavan, James 260 Limited (NLDC) 150 Malaysian Alliance Party 264 Native Lands Ordinance 146; 229 mana 97; 102; 112; 322-323 Native Land Trust Board (NLTB) 147, Mara, Ratu Kamisese 263; 269; 284 148ff.; 221; 280; 290; 386; March, Edward 68-69 Native Regulations Board 215; 229 Maristen 109 Navosavakadua 311;326;332;356 Marx, Karl 32 Navua 51 Masem 86 Nawaii, Apolosi 325ff.; 356 matanitu 70; 117; 171; 191; 229-230 neo-traditionell 21 matanivanua 173ff. Neue Hebriden siehe Vanuatu mataqali 110; 117ff.; 145; 172ff. New South Wales 92 Matuku 83 Nigeria 91 Mauritius 88; 91; 130; 417ff. Nukubasaga 43 Melanesian Spearhead Group 298 "oben"-"unten" 122; 206 463 O'Brian, G.T.H. 228 Ratu Qaraniqio 198ff. Olive, Captain 89 Ravalita, Tevita 118 Oliver, Douglas 96 Reddy,JaiRJun 286;383 Osterinsel 123 Reeves, Sir Paul 388 Owen, William 64-65; 69 rere 105 "Qawa-Incident" 333ff. Rewa 51; 74; 191 Queensland 123 Richards, Arthur 254 Qereitoga 200 Richardson, William 99 Pacific Community 414 Robinson Sir Hercules 85-86 Pacific Forum Line (PFL) 414 Rodwell, Cecil ISS Pacific Islands Conference (PIC) 414 Roko Ti Bau 49 Pacific Islands Development Program Samalia, Harigyan 348ff. (PIDP) 414 Sanatam Dharm 261; 334 Pacific Islanders Producers Association Sandelholz 46-48 (PIPA) 414 Sangatham Movement 261 Pacific Islanders Protection Act 130 sauturaga 173ff. Pacific Islands Monthly Savage, Charles 49 pancayat 261 Sawaieke 122; 208 Parallel-Verwaltungen 19 Scott, Morris 269 Paramountcy of Fijian Interests 138; Seaqaqa 305 146; 225ff.; 258 Secretary of Fijian Affairs 233; 234ff. Parke, Aubrey 344 Seventh Day Adventisten 99; 109 Patel, A.D. 259; 277 Shanti Dut 394 Peacekeeping Forces 253; 416 Sikhs 141-142 Peru 123-124 Sirdar, Munsami 334-335 Picpusiens 109 Slater, Oscar 46 Pilger, John 396 Smith, Anthony 408-410 Politikethnologie siehe Politische Smythe, Colonel 70 Anthropologie Soqosoqo ni Vakavuleva ni Taukei Politikwissenschaft 31-33 (SVT) 375ff. Politische Anthropologie 27-31 Sorolevu 122 Polynesian Labourers Act 129 South Pacific Bureau for Economic Polynesien 181ff. Cooperation (SPEC) 414 Pratt, Colonel 90 South Pacific Commission (SPC) 414 Pritchard, WilliamsT. 56-57; 60ff. South Pacific Forum (SPF) 414 Punjab 141-142 SPFFA 414 Rabuka, Colonel Sitiveni 295ff.; 376; South Pacific Sugar Mill 162 383ff. SPARTECA 415 Radio Azad 251 Spate, Oscar 266 Rakiraki 51 St. John 74 Ralogaivau, Ratu Filimone 293 Stratifizierung 181 ff. Ramakrishna Mission 261 Streiks 138; 151ff.; ISS Raman, Tunkul Abdul 264 Strukturalismus 26 Ratu Epeli 78 Sukuna, Sir Lala 140; 147; 246; 248ff. 464 Suva Rotuma Association 264 Vakatora, Tomasi Rayalu 388 Suva Tourist Bureau 156 vanua 57; 115ff.; 171ff. Swanston, Robert 79; 82 Vanuatu 123 Syria-Denkmal: 347ff. Varasekete, Mosese 275 tapu-Vorschriften 95; 98; 104-106 vasu-Beziehung 189ff.; 212 tabua 48; 199; 354 Vatoa 43 Tafeta 99 Verata 74; 191; 197; Tahiti 93; 183 Verfassungsreform 250; 388; 392 tanoa 178 Victoria, Konigin 213 Tanoa 49;98; 199-200 Viti Kabani 325-327 Tasman, Abel 42 Viwa 51 Taukei-Bewegung 21; 293; 296ff.; Volasiga 394 368ff.; 399; 405; 411 Vuda 51 Taukei-Liberation Front 296 Vuniselu 242 Taveuni 43; 191 Waimaro 122 The Review 394 Wainimala 122 The Weekender 394 Wakaya-Insel 161 Thurston, John Bates 67-68; 84; 86-87; Walfang 46-48 139;228 Wallis, Mary 197 Timber Fiji Limited 150 Waterhouse, Joseph 197 T.I.S.I. Sangam 261 Weber, Max 33; 166;407 (i)tokatoka 117ff.; 145; 177 Wesleyan Missionary Society (WMS) Tokelau 123 56; 67; 93-94; 109 Tongan Association 264 Western United Front (WUF) 286 Tonganivalu, Julian 275 Whippy, David 59; 161 Tora, Apisai 377 Williams, John Brown 58-59; 69 Totoca, Ratu Marika 218 Williams, Thomas 45; 190-191 Tovata 228; 390-391 Women's Action for Change 403 Tovata ko Lau 68; 81 Woods,G.A. 68; 77 Tradition 19; 20-21 Yalavou Cattle Project 150 Trinidad 88; 91; 130; 417ff. Yasawa-Inseln 43; 79; 123 Tuchman, Barbara 22 yaqona 48;92;99; 102; 176; 178;208- Tuka-Kult 311; 312ff. 209;228;315;322;338 turaga 173ff. yasana 219 Uluisaivou Company 150 yavusa 117ff.; 172; 177 Union Steamship Company 152; 156 yavutu 211 United Secession Church of Scotland Zeugen Jehovas 99 93 Zuckerrohr 136; 157ff. University of the South Pacific (USP) ,,zwei-Ast"-System 17; 222; 390 13; 398; 414 Zweiter Weltkrieg 157; 246ff. 465 ZumAutor: Hermann MuckIer, Mag.Dr.phil., geb. 1964, ist Assistent am Institut fUr Ethnologie der Universitat Wien mit den Schwerpunkten Pazifische Inselwelt und Politische Ethnologie.
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