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Chagossians

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008004670
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008004670#concept

Variants

Chagos Islanders
Chagosians
Ilois (Chagossians)

Broader Terms

Ethnology--British Indian Ocean Territory

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Chagossians
Chagossians Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

found: Work cat.: Vine, David. Island of shame, 2008:e-CIP galley (Chagossians ... a people known initially as the Ilois, the Islanders)

found: Wikipedia, June 23, 2008:Chagossians page (Chagossians, also known as Ilois and Chagos Islanders)

found: Britannica Online, June 23, 2008(Ilois, or Chagossians ... descended from African slaves and Indian plantation workers)

found: BBC News online, viewed June 23, 2008:Islanders launch High Court bid, Dec. 6, 2005 (Chagosians; residents of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago)

found: LC database, June 23, 2008(usage: Ilois, Chagosians)

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Change Notes

2008-06-23: new
2008-07-30: revised

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