<\/span><\/h1>\nSejarah<\/span> Papua<\/span>, yang<\/span> juga<\/span> dikenal<\/span> sebagai<\/span> Papua<\/span> Barat<\/span> atau<\/span> Papua<\/span> Nugini<\/span>, adalah<\/span> kisah<\/span> panjang<\/span> dan<\/span> kompleks<\/span> yang<\/span> melibatkan<\/span> budaya<\/span> asli<\/span>, kolonialisme<\/span>, dan<\/span> konflik<\/span> politik<\/span>. Berikut<\/span> adalah<\/span> gambaran<\/span> umum<\/span> tentang<\/span> sejarah<\/span> Papua<\/span>:<\/p>\n<\/span>Budaya<\/span> Asli<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\nPapua<\/span> memiliki<\/span> sejarah<\/span> yang<\/span> kaya<\/span> dalam<\/span> hal<\/span> budaya<\/span> dan<\/span> tradisi<\/span> suku<\/span>–suku<\/span> asli<\/span>. Penduduk<\/span> asli<\/span> Papua<\/span> dikenal<\/span> sebagai<\/span> suku<\/span> Papua<\/span> atau<\/span> orang<\/span> Melanesia<\/span>. Mereka<\/span> telah<\/span> tinggal<\/span> di<\/span> wilayah<\/span> ini<\/span> selama<\/span> ribuan<\/span> tahun<\/span> sebelum<\/span> kedatangan<\/span> penjelajah<\/span> Eropa<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Penjelajahan<\/span> Eropa<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\nPada<\/span> abad<\/span> ke<\/span>–16<\/span>, penjelajah<\/span> Spanyol<\/span> dan<\/span> Portugis<\/span> pertama<\/span> kali<\/span> tiba<\/span> di<\/span> wilayah<\/span> Papua<\/span>. Namun<\/span>, penetrasi<\/span> Eropa<\/span> yang<\/span> lebih<\/span> besar<\/span> terjadi<\/span> pada<\/span> abad<\/span> ke<\/span>–19<\/span> ketika<\/span> Belanda<\/span> mendirikan<\/span> pos<\/span> perdagangan<\/span> di<\/span> beberapa<\/span> wilayah<\/span>. Pada<\/span> tahun<\/span> 1828<\/span>, pemerintah<\/span> kolonial<\/span> Hindia<\/span> Belanda<\/span> mengklaim<\/span> wilayah<\/span> tersebut<\/span> sebagai<\/span> bagian<\/span> dari<\/span> Hindia<\/span> Belanda<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Kolonialisme<\/span> Belanda<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\nBelanda<\/span> menjalankan<\/span> kolonialisme<\/span> di<\/span> Papua<\/span> selama<\/span> lebih<\/span> dari<\/span> satu<\/span> abad<\/span>. Mereka<\/span> mengendalikan<\/span> wilayah<\/span> tersebut<\/span> dan<\/span> mengeksploitasi<\/span> sumber<\/span> daya<\/span> alamnya<\/span>, terutama<\/span> pertambangan<\/span> dan<\/span> perdagangan<\/span> kayu<\/span>. Selama<\/span> periode<\/span> ini<\/span>, terjadi<\/span> konflik<\/span> dengan<\/span> suku<\/span>–suku<\/span> asli<\/span> dan<\/span> resistensi<\/span> terhadap<\/span> kekuasaan<\/span> Belanda<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Pendudukan<\/span> Jepang<\/span>:<\/span><\/h3>\nSelama<\/span> Perang<\/span> Dunia<\/span> II<\/span>, Jepang<\/span> menduduki<\/span> Papua<\/span> setelah<\/span> mengalahkan<\/span> Belanda<\/span> pada<\/span> tahun<\/span> 1942<\/span>. Pendudukan<\/span> Jepang<\/span> berlangsung<\/span> hingga<\/span> tahun<\/span> 1945<\/span>, ketika<\/span> Sekutu<\/span> berhasil<\/span> mengusir<\/span> mereka<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/span>Pemulihan<\/span> Papua<\/span> di<\/span> bawah<\/span> Pemerintahan<\/span> Belanda<\/span>: