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Angata

Angata, full name María Angata Veri Tahi ʻa Pengo Hare Koho ( – December 1914) was a Catholic Rapa Nui religious leader from Easter Island during the late 19th and early 20th century. After experiencing a prophetic vision in which God instructed her to retake the land and livestock, she led an unsuccessful rebellion on the island against the Williamson-Balfour Company, intending to create a theocracy centered on Catholicism and Rapa Nui spiritual values.

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Angata, full name María Angata Veri Tahi ʻa Pengo Hare Koho ( – December 1914) was a Catholic Rapa Nui religious leader from Easter Island during the late 19th and early 20th century. After experiencing a prophetic vision in which God instructed her to retake the land and livestock, she led an unsuccessful rebellion on the island against the Williamson-Balfour Company, intending to create a theocracy centered on Catholicism and Rapa Nui spiritual values.

Key claims

  1. date of birth: 1853 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. date of death: 1914 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of birth is "1853". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the date of death is "1914". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320226472

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