The Hewa are an indigenous people that live in the Koroba Lake Kopiago Electorate of Hela Province of Papua New Guinea near the junction of the Strickland River. They were one of the last peoples in Papua New Guinea to come into contact with the outside world.

The Hewa were one of the last peoples in Papua New Guinea to come into contact with the outside world. Many Hewa people north of the Lagaip River were uncontacted until 1975, when the Officer in Charge at Lake Kopiago braved arrow attacks and led what probably was Papua New Guinea's last "first contact patrol", bringing steel axeheads to an ...

The Hewa share their land between the Southern Highlands and Enga Provinces. The Hewa was one of the last people in Papua New Guinea to come into contact with the outside world. Many Hewa people remained uncontacted until 1975, when the Australian last “First Contact Patrol” came into the area, bringing steel axes to the people still using ...

Hewa tribe Hela Province of Papua New Guinea . The Hewa share their land between the Southern Highlands and Enga Provinces. The Hewa were one of the last people in Papua New Guinea to come into contact with the outside world.

The word “Hewa” is a somewhat generic term that refers to a group of shifting cultivators who speak one of the Sepik Hill Stock languages of the Sepik Ramu Phylum (Lewis 2009). They number fewer than 2,000 people and inhabit roughly ca. 65,000 hectares of hilly and

Hewa, also known as Sisimin and Lagaip, is spoken by the Hewa people. It is a Sepik language of northern Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Lagaip Rural LLG of Enga Province, and also in Hela Province and Telefomin Rural LLG of Sandaun Province. [1]

2024年7月17日 · In the remote regions of Papua New Guinea, a team of missionaries embarked on a journey to bring the word of God to another tribe. MAF pilot Bridget Ingham flew Pastor Jim Balus and his team from Malaumanda to Hewa, a 25-minute flight.

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Les Hewa ont été l’un des derniers peuples de la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée à entrer en contact avec le monde extérieur. Beaucoup furent encore isolés jusqu’en 1975, lorsque la dernière patrouille australienne « First Contact Patrol » est arrivée dans la région. Apportant des haches en acier aux personnes utilisant encore des haches de pierre.

2024年10月23日 · The Hewa region remains one of the least developed areas in the PNG highlands. There are no roads, and even to this day most of the area has experienced only minimal contact from either government or missionary services, and this is particularly the case for the population north of the Lagaip River.