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Wandamen
Indigenous Group	Wandamen (Also known as: Wandamen-Windesi, Windesi, Windessi, Bintuni, Bentuni, Bentoeni, Wamesa)
Location	Indonesia, West Papua, Manokwari district, Wasior sub-district, west Cenderawasih Bay along Wandamen Bay extending west to east end of Bintuni Bay
Estimated Population	500 (1993, SIL International)
Environment	Coastal /Rainforest and /Highlands
Lifestyle	Sedentary
Subsistence	Agriculture / Fishing / Hunter / Gatherer
Level of Assimilation	Fairly Traditional
Language and Language Family	Wandamen Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, West New Guinea, Cenderawasih Bay, Yapen, Central-Western Alternate names: Wandamen-Windesi, Windesi, Windessi, Bintuni, Bentuni, Bentoeni, Wamesa Dialects: Windesi, Bintuni, Wamesa, Wasior, Ambumi, Dasener, Aibondeni
Website URLs	Wandamen Kinship Terminology Ethnologue Rosetta Project - Wandamen Papuaweb - Bulletin of Irian Jaya (p.47 - summary in English) BP and the Tangguh test - Bintuni Bay Tangguh - ignoring the reality Irian Jaya
NGOs	JATAM Mining Advocacy Network - The Tangguh LNG Project (p.35-46) Down to Earth Amnesty International Earth Island Australian West Papua Association TAPOL, The Indonesian Human Rights Campaign Minority Rights Group International Free West Papua Movement Free West Papua - Australia Eco-Action, Solidarity South Pacific Global IDP Project