The Micronesians or Micronesian peoples are various closely related ethnic groups native to Micronesia, a region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. They are a part of the Austronesian ethnolinguistic group, which has an Urheimat in Taiwan.
Banaban children
Carolinian/Refaluwasch people in 1915
Chamorro people in 1915
Te Buki Dance in Kiribati
Indigenous peoples of Oceania
The Indigenous peoples of Oceania are Aboriginal Australians, Papuans, and Austronesians. These indigenous peoples have a historical continuity with pre-colonial societies that developed on their territories. With the notable exceptions of Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, New Caledonia, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands, indigenous peoples make up the majority of the populations of Oceania.
Moai in Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui
Māori child learning the haka in a painting by Gottfried Lindauer
Dani people from the central highlands of New Guinea
Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River