▁descend ants ▁of ▁our ▁first ▁parents ." ▁The ▁first ▁conversion ▁of ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁was ▁started ▁by ▁the ▁Italian ▁Mission aries ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁though ▁earlier ▁efforts ▁made ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁had ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁the ▁mission ary ▁named ▁Re ver end ▁Mr . ▁L ett ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁reported ▁effort ▁at ▁elim ination ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁eth nic ▁culture ▁of ▁sh aman ism . ▁Some ▁Catholic ▁pri ests ▁understood ▁the ▁nu ances ▁of ▁eth nic ▁culture ▁and ▁adopted ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁eth nic ▁custom s ▁such ▁as ▁we aring ▁be ads ▁while ▁offering ▁ser m ons ▁during ▁ ▁mass . ▁However , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁J . F . K . ▁Hans en , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Army ▁Captain , ▁was ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁pag an ▁custom s ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁people ▁and ▁wonder ed ▁how ▁this ▁custom ▁could ▁be ▁disc ou rag ed . ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁plans ▁were ▁a foot ▁to ▁develop ▁the ▁rain ▁for ests ▁of ▁the ▁M ent aw ai ▁Islands ▁where ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁of ▁Si ber ut , ▁the ▁Sak ud de i , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁Si ber ut ▁cl ans ▁live , ▁into ▁a ▁pal m ▁oil ▁plant ation , ▁as ▁a ▁commercial ▁proposition . ▁The ▁Government ▁of ▁Indones ia ▁has ▁also ▁not ▁been ▁a verse ▁to ▁this ▁conversion ▁since ▁pal