Works Cited
- En.wikepedia.org/Wiki/Moriori_People
- Https://infogra.am/themoriori_genocide
- Pictures from google images
Graduation Expectations Met:
- 1.1 Acquiring and applying knowledge and skills within and across the curriculum
- 3.2 Recognizing and respecting the diversity and individuality of others
Eight Stages
Stage One: Classification
- Classified as different than the Maori because of their cultures and customs from adaptation
Stage Two: Symbolization
Tribes Ngati Mutunga and Ngati Tama of
Taranaki
Stages Continued
Stage 3: Dehumanization
- Maori killed and enslaved the
Moriori and ate them
- Could not marry or have children with
each other ( Married either Maori men or Europeans, sometimes taken and never returned
Stages Continued
Stage 4: Organization
- Understood the Nunuku's Laws
- Planned the invasion while living in Port Nicolson
Stage 5: Polarization
- Could not use their own language
- Forced to defecate and urinate on their ancient holy sites
Stage 6: Preparation
- Took control of a European Ship
- Armed with guns, clubs, axes, 78 tons of seed potatoes
- Had 900 Maori People in board
Stage 7: Extermination
- Moriori outnumbered and also
continued to keep peace
- Staking out women and children
killed men, children and women right when arriving
Example: while invading, killed a twelve year old girl: hung her flesh on posts
Stage 8: Denial
- Not present in this genocide
"We took possession.. in accordance with our customs and we caught all the people... not one escaped"
- Maori conqueror
The Moriori People
- Indigenous people of Chatham islands
- Small Population: highest number of people being 2000
- Lived by Law of Nunuku: non-violence, passive resistance, banning warfare, and cannibalism
After Math
What Caused This Genocide?
- By 1896, only 101 out of the 2000 people were left (killed or infected with a European disease)
- Moriori women could not could
reproduce with anyone but their masters, creating a decrease in the growth of the population
- Last full blooded Moriori died in 1933, but rebuilding their culture
- Language slowly reviving
- Several thousand mixed ancestry Moriori alive today
- The Maori people went after the Chatham islands
- Searching for resources
- Wanted to seize control knowing of the Moriori peoples' nature and peace
The Moriori Genocide