Jean-Marie Tjibaou led an independence movement of these people before being assassinated a year after the Ouvéa cave hostage-taking. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these indigenous Melanesians who named a Socialist National Liberation Front in one territory. These people revolted in 1878 with assistance from Louise Michel and other exiled Communards.
ANSWER: Kanaks [or Canaques]
[10e] The Kanak people won semi-autonomy in this French overseas territory in the 1998 Nouméa Accord. James Cook named this Melanesian territory after a Latin term for Scotland.
ANSWER: New Caledonia [or Nouvelle-Calédonie]
[10m] Kanak self-government was repeatedly shelved by this Gaullist French prime minister who led the Rally for the Republic. He was Valéry Giscard d'Estaing’s first Prime Minister before serving as president from 1995 to 2007.
ANSWER: Jacques René Chirac
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