Talk:Bahau people

Clarification for Dayak people and Apo Kayan people

The relationships to the Dayak people and Apo Kayan people need clarification. A caption in this article refers to the "Bahau Dayak", but there is no other mention of "Dayak" in this article. This article also does not mention the Apo Kayan people, but the article on that subject and the {{Ethnic groups in Indonesia}} navbox say that the Bahau people are part of the Apo Kayan people. There may need to be some further work on clarifying this in other articles as well, such as Kayan people (Borneo). — BarrelProof (talk) 15:05, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

User:BarrelProof I'm aware that there has been some changes made to the article without citation. Please view the editing history. Firstly the version that you saw states Kayan Mekam, which is actually one of the 20 over sub-ethnic tribes of this ethnic group. Secondly, there are a minority that holds the view that certain Dayak groups are independent ethnic group for various reasons. Some of it is due to anti-colonialism/pro-nationalistic, with the belief that the term Dayak was a term made up by the earlier colonial powers to group certain ethnic tribes together on the basis of anthropological ignorance or political divide-and-rule. Stuff like these are common, especially among sub-ethnic groups that seeks a separation of identity when the entire sub-ethnic tribe has embraced another religion different or in opposition with the religion of the larger ethnic group that they're associated with. However, it is generally accepted that many of these sub-ethnic tribes are actually connected to one another linguistically or culturally in one way or another. But I do agree that further expansion in content to provide more explanation is needed in this article. -Jeblat (talk) 16:55, 20 April 2021 (UTC)