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The evolution of the Gilbertese boti : an ethnohistorical interpretation / by H.E. Maude.

by Maude, H. E. (Henry Evans), 1906-2006.

Suva : Institute of Pacific Studies : Gilbert Islands Extension Centre of the University of the South Pacific, 1977.

Ethnology -- Kiribati.

Kiribati -- History.

Kiribati -- Genealogy.

68 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

The credibility of oral tradition -- The application to Gilbertese tradition -- Gilbertese tradition and the boti -- The building of the first Maneaba -- The founder boti -- The origins of the boti karongoa -- The formation of boti by partition -- The formation of boti by conquest -- Fission of the boti Karongoa -- The descendants of Teunaia, head of the boti Karongoa n Uea -- The extinction of the boti -- Descent in the Boti -- The boti and the Kainga -- The boti and land ownership -- The Boti and other property -- Tinaba and Eiriki -- Totemism -- Maneaba ceremonial -- Maneaba government -- The Boti in decay -- Te Kaeninima -- Conclusion.

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