2010
DOI: 10.1353/fch.0.0024
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Troublesome Chiefs and Disorderly Subjects: The Indigénat and the Internment of Kanak in New Caledonia (1887–1928)

Abstract: L'internement politique a joué un rôle important dans le processus par lequel l'administration coloniale française a essayé d'amener les Kanak, le peuple indigène de Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous domination française. Dans le cadre d'une étude examinant la fonction et l'héritage de l'indigénat dans la régularisation des relations entre Kanak et colons, cet article développe une étude de cas de l'internement des Kanak jusqu'en 1928. Contrairement à penser les représentations coloniales et populaires, la majorité des… Show more

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“…As was the case in Australia, the governor or representative gained control over the status, identification and residence of Kanaks and the ability, as in Queensland, to dispense disciplinary fines and to relocate individuals without recourse to courts, and with no right of defence or appeal. 67 Kanaks were unable to leave reserves without permission, were subject to strict curfews and frequently required for forced labour. As was the case in Australia, legislative mechanisms served the dual purpose of controlling anti-colonial resistance and disobedience, while enhancing the accessibility of Kanak land.…”
Section: Paper Partition Protection and Isolation: Severed Connectionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As was the case in Australia, the governor or representative gained control over the status, identification and residence of Kanaks and the ability, as in Queensland, to dispense disciplinary fines and to relocate individuals without recourse to courts, and with no right of defence or appeal. 67 Kanaks were unable to leave reserves without permission, were subject to strict curfews and frequently required for forced labour. As was the case in Australia, legislative mechanisms served the dual purpose of controlling anti-colonial resistance and disobedience, while enhancing the accessibility of Kanak land.…”
Section: Paper Partition Protection and Isolation: Severed Connectionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, the policy of terra nullius in Australia declared the continent to be ‘uninhabited’ and effectively denied Aboriginal existence (for a discussion of the relationship between citizenship, race and indigeneity in Australia see Chesterman ; Peterson and Sanders ; Mercer ). In Vanuatu's neighbour New Caledonia, the 1834 resurrection of the French status of subject (applicable only in the colonies) was augmented by the even more draconian indigénat system introduced in 1887 (Muckle : 132; see also Muckle . For a discussion of the imposition of colonial subjecthood see Aldrich : 213; see also Smith for its effects in Algeria).…”
Section: Stateless In the New Hebridesmentioning
confidence: 99%