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                         The Amungme tribe (also known as Amui, Hamung, Amungm, Amuy, Dalma or Uhunduni) is a group of people with a population of about 17,700 people living in the highlands of Papua province from Indonesia. Their language is called Dhamal. The traditional belief of the Amungme people is animism. The Amungme have no idea of ​​a "god" separate from nature where spirits and nature are one and the same. They practice shifting cultivation, complementing their livelihoods by hunting and gathering. Amungme is deeply attached to their ancestral land and makes the surrounding mountains a sacred place.

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                   This has led to friction with the Indonesian government, which wants to capitalize on the vast mineral stocks found around it. Major changes in the Amungme of the Highlands and Kamoro from lowland lifestyles have been carried by the Grasberg mine, located in the heart of the Amungme region and owned by Freeport-McMoRan, the largest single employer in the region. Extensive gold and copper have transformed the landscape, and the presence of mines and infrastructure has attracted many other economic migrants from Western Indonesia and other parts of Papua, some of whom have tried to settle in traditional Amungme lands. This underwent land disputes over indigenous land rights between Amungme communities against Freeport Indonesia's mining company in Timika. 

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                         In the last 35 years, Amungme has seen their holy mountain destroyed by traps, and witnessed their kin-killed relatives by the Indonesian National Army who "defended" the traps, while for Kamoro had a problem of over 200,000 tons of sewage pumped into their river every day. All these factors have created complex social and political pressures, and led to frequent protests and / or social conflicts, some of which have been severely suppressed by the Indonesian military and police.