Ono Niha Mines Gold in Sihayo: Nias Community Migration in Mandailing Natal District Years 1980-2000
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https://doi.org/10.55927/eajmr.v4i6.175Keywords:
Nias Migration, Gold Mining, Mandailing Natal, Social History, Internal MigrationAbstract
This study aims to examine the internal migration of the Nias community (Ono Niha) to Mandailing Natal Regency between 1980 and 2000, with a specific focus on the socio-economic dynamics surrounding gold mining activities in the Sihayo area. Methodologically, the study adopts the historical method comprising heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiograph and is supported by Christopher Lloyd’s structurist approach to understand the interplay between structure and agency. The findings reveal that economic hardship in the place of origin and the lure of gold mining opportunities acted as primary push and pull factors. The discussion highlights how economic motives intersected with broader structural and cultural dynamics to shape internal migration patterns. This research contributes to the historiography of Indonesian migration by offering a nuanced understanding of the economic, environmental, and socio-cultural consequences of resource-driven mobility.
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