The Rapanui diaspora in Tahiti and the lands of Pamatai (1871-1970)
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2015-10-01
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When commercial flights between Rapa Nui and Tahiti began in 1968, after nearly 70 years of colonial confinement,
a new migratory process began from Rapa Nui to Tahiti. This included claims of ownership of the lands of Pamatai,
bought 80 years earlier by a group of 25 Rapanui immigrants. For the Rapanui people, the history of the lands
of Pamatai evokes a series of memories and forgotten events, genealogical ties, as well as a constant search for a
linkage with Tahiti – a “memory of diaspora.”
In this paper, I analyze the history of links between Rapanui people and Tahiti and the role of the lands of
Pamatai in the Rapanui migration process: the exodus during the nineteenth century, confinement on Easter Island,
the broken link with Tahiti, and Rapanui claims for ownership of the lands of Pamatai after the 1970s.
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