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The Siberut Project
International survival review • 5 (1) • Published In 1980 • Pages: 4-11
By: Schefold, Reimar.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
After a brief summary of the ethnography of the Sakuddei (Sakkudei) who live in the interior of Siberut Island in the Mentawei Archipelago, the author describes the various external influences which are having a profound affect on the life of the people (e.g., commercial logging operations). As a counter measure to these outside influences, and with the support of the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Survival International Siberut Project (of which Schefold is a project director) has proposed a series of measures to preserve the natural environment of the area occupied by the Sakuddei, and, where possible, their traditional culture as well. The last part of this article describes the policies and goals of this organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Domesticated animals
- Social relationships and groups
- Clans
- Community structure
- Inter-community relations
- General character of religion
- Animism
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Organized ceremonial
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mentawaians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1969, 1974,1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sakuddei, Siberut Island, Mentawei Islands, west of Sumatra, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Reimar Schefold
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 12)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81643062
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mentawai (Indonesian people)