The Tau Taa Wana (sometimes Tau Ta'a Wana or Tao Taa Wana) is a sub-group of the numerous people who speak variants of the Ta'a or

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of Eastern

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. The Tau Taa Wana people referred to themselves as Tao Taa, as in ''tao'' means "people" and ''taa'' means "not". But most outsiders refers them as To Wana which means "people in the forest" because of their social image as a community residing in forests. The Tau Taa Wana people are an indigenous tribe who live in small villages or ''lipu's'' around the Bulang and Bongka River. Since the year 2000, the Wana have implemented rotational farming as a means of maintaining themselves. Before this they lived as a nomadic tribe. The Tau Taa Wana are currently under threat. This is mainly constituted over land trouble. Since 1994 incursions from the government of Indonesia's transmigration program have affected their traditional ways of life. '' Yayasan Merah Putih'' is a

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Palu Palu, which is officially known as the City of Palu ( Indonesian: ''Kota Palu''), is the capital and largest city of Central Sulawesi. Palu is located on the northwestern coast of Sulawesi and borders Donggala Regency to the north and west, Par ...

that has been a supporter of Wana rights since 1999 and has also introduced ''sekolah lipu's'' or village schools in order to help the Tau Taa Wana community.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20100529002842/http://www.ymp.or.id/english/ Official website in English
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