Yami
Also known as: Tao
Traditional Culture(1925-1950)Expand All +
Practice
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General Supernatural Practices |
Headhunting | Absent (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 6 |
Political and religious differentiation | No overlap (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 47-71 |
Social Environment
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Population | 1500 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 2 |
Population of largest political community | 100-999 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 2, 47, 66 |
Importance of Patrilateral descent | Medium (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 53-58 |
Importance of Matrilateral descent | Medium (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 53-58 |
Kinship system | Eskimo (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 55 |
Marital residence | Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 55 |
Polygamy | Monogamy prescribed (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 52 |
Conflict |
Conflict between communities of the culture | Rare or never (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 66 |
Conflict with other cultures | Rare or never (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-6 |
Conflict within communities | Moderate (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 47-71 |
Isolation
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Contact with other cultures | Frequent, through trade, warfare, travel, etc. (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 43 |
Distance to closest landmass inhabited by a different culture (km) | 62.0 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 Daft Logic Distance Calculator (2014) |
Distance to nearest continent | 403.0 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 Daft Logic Distance Calculator (2014) |
Hindu / Buddhist influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence and not in region of known contact (Source) |
Cribb (2000), pp. Map 2.21 |
Islamic influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence and not in region of known contact (Source) |
Cribb (2000) |
Christian influence on supernatural belief | No evidence of influence but in a region where contact is likely (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 3, 7 |
Subsistence and Economy
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Land-based means of subsistence |
Animal husbandry as a source of food | Minor (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 31-32 |
Land-based hunting performed by individuals | Absent (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-46 |
Land-based gathering | Minor (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 32 |
Land-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Absent (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-46 |
Agriculture / Horticulture | Principal (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21, 25 |
Water-based means of subsistence |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by one or more groups | Medium (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-24, 26-31 |
Fishing and water-based hunting performed by individuals | Medium (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-24, 26-31 |
Water-based gathering | Minor (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-24, 31 |
Commercial Activity |
Trade / wage labour as a source of food | Minor (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21, 39-46 |
Metalworking | Absent (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 21-46 |
Physical Environment
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Geographical Range of Culture |
Number of islands inhabited by culture | One (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 |
Features of Island with Largest Culture Population |
Island type (island with largest culture population or largest island if unknown) | Volcanic high island (Source) |
Lebar (1975), pp. 108 |
Island Size (km²) | 45.74 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 |
Maximum elevation (meters) | 548.0 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 |
Location |
Latitude | 22.0 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 Google Maps (2014) |
Longitude | 121.5 (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 1-2 Google Maps (2014) |
Post Contact History(?)Expand All +
Religious History
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Secular History
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Demographic and Social Changes |
Foreign government systems | Present, and of high importance (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 2-3 |
Foreign education systems | High (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 4 |
Loss of Autonomy |
Nature of loss of autonomy | Largely involuntary (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 2-4 |
Loss of political autonoomy | High (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 2-3 |
Modern Infrastructure |
Sea port | Present (Source) |
Yu (1991), pp. 5 |
External Links
References
Bellwood, P. (1995). Austronesian Prehistory in Southeast Asia: Homeland, Expansion and Transformation. P. Bellwood, J.J. Fox, & D. Tryon (Eds.), The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives (pp 113-114). Canberra, Australia: ANU Press.
Brunton, R. (1989). The Abandoned Narcotic: Kava and Cultural Instability in Melanesia. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Cribb, R. (2000). Historical atlas of Indonesia. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press.
Daft Logic Distance Calculator. (2014). http://www.daftlogic.com/projects-google-maps-distance-calculator.htm.
Google Maps (2014). Retrieved from maps.google.com
Lebar, F. (Ed.). (1975). Ethnic Groups of Insular Southeast Asia. Volume 2: Philippines and Formosa. New Haven, CT: Human Relations Area Files Press.
Yu, G.-H. (1991). Ritual, society, and culture among the Yami (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.