The number of casualties of indigenous people during natural disasters in several areas
in Papua Province indicates that the level of indigenous people resilience is low. This research
will examine how the resilience of indigenous people in the northern coastal areas of Papua to
disasters and the factors that influence the resiliency. The study location was determined to be
Sereh Village, Sentani District, Jayapura Regency, which was hit by flash floods in March
2019. This research used quantitative and qualitative approaches. In addition to in-depth
interviews with informants which were deliberately selected, questionnaires were also
distributed to residents of Sereh Village to obtain primary data. Data were analyzed using
descriptive methods that present narrative and tables as a result of data processing. The results
showed that the level of resilience of the Sereh villagers is low. The majority of indigenous
people are low economic groups, work as traditional farmers, depend on the surrounding forest
resources, and their life patterns tend to be subsistence. The villagers were able to survive after
the disaster and recovered because the village location was in an urban area and close to
Jayapura City as the center of the Papua Province government, so they immediately got help
from outside parties