Santa Cruz Islanders

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Santa Cruz Islanders are Melanesians who live on an archipelago called the Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomon Islands. Santa Cruz Islanders are one of several ethnic groups in the Solomon Islands. The Santa Cruz Islanders speak three closely related languages that belong to the East Papuan language family. The economy of the Santa Cruz Islanders is agricultural. The most important traditional crops are yams, taro, sweet potatoes, bananas, breadfruit, coconuts, and Canarium almonds.

Identifier

Region

• Oceania

Subregion

• Melanesia

Subsistence Type

• horticulturalists

Samples

• EA

Countries

• Solomon Islands

External Links

• Santa Cruz Islanders (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE