FAMILY TREE AND DECENDANT OF EACH FAMILY OF MAKIRA AND IMPORTANT FACTORS

[Malachi George]

Good morning sir ,

 

The mentioned subject is address to you as the secretary of the counsel of Chiefs  to remind our people to start preparing our family tree of our family and doing their owned research

 

The reason is because in the island court people are finding very hard to explain their family tree or denying their family when they come into family dispute for the following

 

Ø Chiefly title name

Ø Land title

Ø Grave site places

Ø Custom governing

Ø Movement of tribes from place to place

Ø Name of the first canoe of travelling in the history from islands to islands

Ø Name of the first teacher,pastor,decon, elder, preacher and other duties of the churches

Ø The first church on Makira

Ø The history of the first missionary land on Makira

Ø The  custom names of all the land on Makira

Ø The history of customary tress and stone as markers between border , nasara,nakamal, and homes

Ø The history of any water sources , lake and anchorage site in the old days

Ø The history of the animals ,fish and birds .

Ø The  history of fishing and hunting

Ø The history of the site of fish ,birds,annimals

Ø The history of preserving all the resources in the island

Ø The  old villages site and homes

Ø The history of the first buisman in Makira

Ø The  history of the first boat and name of the owner who operate

Ø The history of the sea level , corals , stones,

Ø The old photos of people of Makira

Ø The history of the French and British administrator for makira.

Ø The history of the first asses of the two 2 colonial administration of makira

Ø The history of any records hand written book of the leaders

Ø The history of white and beaches

Ø The history of the first educated leader in Makira

Ø The history of how people on Makira keep safe their archives

Ø The history of how names and birthday are recorded down

Ø The history of how foods are share during a feast

Ø The history of custom and traditional songs

Ø The preparation period before a customary ordination is perform

Ø The history of time allow to perform the ceremony

Ø The history of the customary court

Ø The history of the customary judgment

Ø The  history of island foods

Ø The history of whether Maloke or kava is part of Makira ceremony

Ø The history of places , land to plant kava if kava is part of Makira custom drink

Ø The history of custom traditional medicine

Ø The history of customary medical doctors

Ø The history of how birth is managed and by the old woman

Ø The history of the caves in Makira  

Ø The history of customary songs and how many and performed for what purposes

Ø The history of the customary road and land mark

Ø The history of people of Makira recorded by the old missionary

Ø The  life time of the people of Makira can be reached in the history

Ø The history of plantation of coconuts and cacao

Ø The history of the  Makira People and their names that went to Australia during the sugarcane farming in Australia during the black birding days

Ø The history of the customary singers and dancers

 

The aim and vision is we must  prepare for the tourist industry development in Makira and I suggest to the council that Paramount Chief Tarinuamata J M  justice of the Island of Shefa of Lapoa Nakamal is to head the research team but I lived it with you and the council to consider some of the community history

 

 

Much regards

 

 

Sheriff