Talk:Huli people

message: There is a lot of information about the Huli at the reference link in the article. I only stubbed and created this article because I needed a better target for the featured picture (:Image:Huli wigman.jpg). howcheng  {chat} 16:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: From what I can gather the Haroli are some sort of smaller tribe within the Huli. I was considering having a deletion discussing for the Haroli but thought about WP:DBN and figured this article might be able to use what it has. Oroso (talk) 19:20, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The assertion that they speak Chinese is freaking stupid. 79.2.52.49 (talk) 11:56, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I thought at first, too. When the one who added that promptly reverted its removal, I gave it the benefit of the doubt and tagged it instead of starting an edit war. After all, a fair number of Chinese people live in Papua New Guinea, and it is easy to believe that some Chinese words or phrases are used by the Huli. That would not amount to them speaking Chinese, of course, but still... Since then, the editor who added it has been indefinitely blocked as a racist vandal and block-evading sockpuppet, so the good faith of any contributions from that source may be questioned. __ Just plain Bill (talk) 15:46, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Mandarin chinese

message: I made some brief changes to the Huli text based on my extensive reading on the area, related to University fieldwork.
The section on history was full of colonialist rhetoric: 'undiscovered by outside world', 'one of the last to be discovered', 'colonized'. The Huli were well known in New Guinea before Europeans invaded the area. The 'discovery' by Europeans does not constitute some incredible event, that signifies their recognition by others, they were known to other people, who just happened to be non-European in origin. History does not start with European contact, the Huli, as with other New Guinea people, have long oral histories of their own. The idea of 'undiscovered' people is almost always a way of signifying otherness, 'primitiveness', timelessness, all of which are false concepts in regards to the diverse peoples of the world.
Chinese language common amongst the Huli, certainly not, there have been Chinese people in PNG since early colonial times, some prominent PNG people are amongst those of Chinese heritage, and their is a 'bidding' war in PNG between China and Taiwan over aid and political influence. However the Chinese language is not extensively known in PNG. The Huli often are able to speak surrounding languages as well as their own dialects and Tok Pisin.
Haroli are Batchelor Groups in Huli society, some scholars even refer to 'Batchelor Cult', because of the few members who retreat long term from outside pollution.
Gabe Lomas, contributor to the page, is one of the few knowledgeable scholars on the Huli, as any shallow reading of the contemporary literature would give, so treat him with respect people.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brunswicknic (talk • contribs) 01:01, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colonialist rhetoric, Chinese and the Haroli and Gabe Lomas 

message: Yeah....OK.
Does Wikipedia check anything? 
"Traditional" beliefs.....🤣 2600:1005:B008:53E1:19A1:6C76:DE17:BB9 (talk) 16:12, 10 July 2021 (UTC)
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