Bougainvillean

bougainvillean English Etymology From en Bougainville an. Noun en Bougainville. 25 July 1971 Robert Trumbull Bougainvilleans Offered Shares in a Rich Mine https://web.archive.org/web/20250607130053/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/25/archives/bougainvilleans-offered-shares-in-a-rich-mine-copper-deposits.html “Nobody has ever asked us what we wanted,” a resentful Bougainvillean told a visitor, alluding to the copper development as well as the colonial history. 18 October 1986 w:Barbara Crossette THE TALK OF KIETA; A 'Garden of Eden' in the South Pacific Is Resisting the Fruits of Television https://web.archive.org/web/20150524191959/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/18/world/talk-kieta-garden-eden-south-pacific-resisting-fruits-television.html The island of Bougainville had its brief moment of international notoriety more than a decade ago. No conversation with a stranger seems to go very far before that moment is recalled, however, because to many Bougainvilleans it serves to illustrate how they came to terms with the evaporation of their traditional world. 24 July 1994 Geoff Spencer Glint of Peace Blossoms in Tropical Bougainville https://web.archive.org/web/20250607130036/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-24-mn-19158-story.html Prime Minister Paias Wingti acknowledges serious lapses of discipline by the military, but says claims of human rights abuses are exaggerated by “ignorant international do-gooders.” He insists that most Bougainvilleans support the government and are being terrorized by the rebels. 12 September 1998 Dominic Rotheroe The Green Guerrillas https://web.archive.org/web/20170312051909/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-green-guerrillas-1197901.html Most remarkable of all, though, the Bougainvilleans have refined coconut oil into a fuel for the few generators and trucks that still functioned on the island during the blockade. 25 January 2002 Elizabeth Feizkhah Bougainville Cuts The Apron Strings https://web.archive.org/web/20250607130239/https://time.com/archive/6952417/bougainville-cuts-the-apron-strings/ They wore their best clothes, but the 100 Bougainvilleans who filed into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament on Jan. 23 carried only modest hopes. They had waited through 13 years and six wrecked truces for last year’s deal ending the secessionist rebellion on their island; 14 December 2004 Rory Callinan Jungle Fever https://web.archive.org/web/20250607130256/https://time.com/archive/6670466/jungle-fever-3/ Local officials say the arrival of the mysterious foreigners boosted Musingku’s stature, and hence his potential to take more money from Bougainvilleans. 11 December 2019 Faith Ridler Bougainville looks set to become the world's newest nation after voters backed independence from Papua New Guinea https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232955/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7779917/Bougainville-looks-set-worlds-newest-nation.html Many Bougainvilleans however feel a closer cultural affinity to the nearby Solomon Islands, with a strong provincial identity that differs from the tribal factions of other regions of Papua New Guinea. 13 December 2019 A. Odysseus Patrick Bloody past casts long shadow over Pacific islands poised to become world’s newest nation https://web.archive.org/web/20191213115723/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/bloody-past-casts-long-shadow-over-pacific-islands-poised-to-become-worlds-newest-nation/2019/12/13/0c9472be-1d75-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html Speaking in the native Tok Pisin language to several thousand ecstatic Bougainvilleans, many wearing traditional grass skirts, carrying spears and waving the islands' cobalt-blue flag, he emphasized the need for economic development. Adjective en Bougainville. 18 October 1986 w:Barbara Crossette THE TALK OF KIETA; A 'Garden of Eden' in the South Pacific Is Resisting the Fruits of Television https://web.archive.org/web/20150524191959/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/18/world/talk-kieta-garden-eden-south-pacific-resisting-fruits-television.html Slipping into a reflective mood, Mr. Kinna, 36 years old, recalled his Bougainvillean childhood. 3 January 1998 Andy Martin Travel '98: March Hawaii https://web.archive.org/web/20220706090144/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/travel-98-march-hawaii-1136578.html March is also ideal for keeping tabs on the humpback whale, in many ways similar to surfers, who swim south from the Arctic and hang out in Hawaii for most of the winter to feed, frolic and fornicate. Of all mammals, they probably come closest to living out the Bougainvillean dream. 14 December 2004 Rory Callinan Jungle Fever https://web.archive.org/web/20250607130256/https://time.com/archive/6670466/jungle-fever-3/ P.N.G.’s Minister for Inter-Government Relations, Sir Peter Barter, described the coronation as a “mockery of Bougainvillean traditions and customs.”