Reference : MM-1-21-576

Name of creator(s) : Michael Moerman

Scope and content : February 22-23, 1969. About 10 years ago, there were only a couple of households in the area. Later, approximately 70 Lahu households had become residents. A school was built under the Border Patrol Police patronage and Prasit was the principal ajarn (teacher). Lowlanders also came to settle in the area, and ajarn Mang came. The villagers had common knowledge about the use of canals for irrigation. The earlier residents fought with the group of people who had newly moved in. The Lahu residents claimed their ownership of the land and did not want to share it with anyone from lowland. There was also a problem regarding the allocation of water. Both parties had fought with each other. The newcomers from the lowland did not respect the head because he was Lahu. Prasit tried to settle the conflict, but was not effective. Nonetheless, there were also other problems over land resources in the forest reserve and the affects of the dam construction in Chiang Rai.

Extent and medium : Punch card