Tribal War in Mimika Regency, Papua Province

In this research with the title: Tribal War in Mimika Regency, Papua with the type of phenomenological research. The researcher chose the type of phenomenological research, because he wanted to examine public awareness both individually and in groups towards the attitudes and behavior of inter-tribal wars and also the understanding of the community in interpreting tribal wars themselves. The purpose of this study is to understand the conflict of interest between ethnic groups in the conflict in Mimika. Data collection with the approach that has been used to achieve the research objectives is qualitative, thus making the researcher himself a tool or research instrument to collect data or information through in-depth interviews and observations, then analyze the data that has been collected. The war between tribes in Mimika is a fierce competition between tribes, where one tribe wants to dominate another tribe, especially in terms of tribal strength. Or in war there are strong tribes and weak tribes, the fight is stronger because the strong tribe wants to dominate the weak tribe and the weak tribe wants to be equal to the strong tribe, so that the values of customs like this continue to strengthen. The occurrence of every protracted inter-tribal war in Mimika Regency does not only focus on one problem but also various kinds of problems, including; funds of one percent (1%) from Freeport, seizure of land/ulayat land rights, women's property and infidelity, social jealousy, revenge, political power of position or position, liquor, traditional panning, and so on. The war between tribes in Mimika is also used by other parties for personal and group interests. On the other hand, the security forces are also involved in the inter-tribal war in Mimika. The conclusion drawn is that according to the community, war between tribes is natural so it cannot be avoided from any problems in human life in the world, including the tribes that fight in Mimika. And in tribal wars, they usually look for evidence of who is right and who is wrong. On the other hand, inter-tribal wars are used by local governments, security forces (TNI/Polri), and PTFI for political, economic, positional and other interests. Then these parties, active involvement in the war between tribes. In this regard, people always say that the local government failed or was late in handling the inter-tribal war in Mimika.