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Word: headman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that supply the tribe with food, medicines and even the poison for blowgun darts used to kill monkeys and hornbill. Outraged at seeing their way of life destroyed, the Penan have periodically blockaded roads leading into the forest in a losing effort to keep the loggers out. Says Penan headman Asik Nyelit, who has twice been arrested by Malaysian authorities for his role in the blockades: "If we just sit, we are going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Putting The Heat on Japan | 7/10/1989 | See Source »

...Will the headman distribute...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: The Green Hills of Manhattan | 7/7/1981 | See Source »

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