American Samoa
The World Factbook: Background: :: Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion - a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago - the following year. :: ...read more [Source: The World Factbook ] Wikipedia: American Samoa (i/əˈmɛrɨkən səˈmoʊ.ə/; Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa, [aˈmɛɾika ˈsaːmʊa]; also Amelika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa.[1]
American Samoa consists of 5 main islands and 2 coral atolls. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, ...read more [Source: Wikipedia ]
Expertise (alphabetical order)
Niko BESNIER Professor, Anthropology at Universiteit van Amsterdam, NetherlandsKeywords: Gender , Sexuality , Globalization , Body Theory , Food and Nutrition , Sport , Morality , Christianity , Conflict , Economic Anthropology
Agnieszka DZIAKOWSKA PhD Student, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies at James Cook University, Australia
Patricia FIFITA Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United StatesKeywords: Medical Anthropology , Ethnobotany , Indigenous Epistemology , Colonialism , Biomedicine , Gender , Non Communicable Diseases , Political Economy , Traditional Ecological Knowledge , Climate Change
Garrett HILLYER PhD Student, Department of History at University of Hawai'i-Manoa, United StatesKeywords: Food and Nutrition , Food History , Global History , Globalization , Oceanic Historicities , Orality And Oral Traditions , Deep Past , Ethnographic History , Colonialism , Resistance
Takiora INGRAM Independent researcher, FRIENDS OF THE LAGOON/PACIFIC PLANNING &RESEARCH at Non-Government Organization, Cook IslandsKeywords: Climate Policy , Development , Gender Violence , Mining and its Discontents , Political Anthropology , Regional History , Seascape , Social Impact Analysis , Sustainable Tourism , World Heritage
John Joseph MCCAFFERY Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland at Uniservices Consultancy Ltd, New ZealandKeywords: Education , Education Policy , Language Policy , Language Shift , Language-Culture-Cognition , Polynesian Languages , Pacific Studies , Language , Literacy , Bilingual/Immersion Education
Richard MOYLE Professor emeritus, Centre for Pacific Studies at University of Auckland, New ZealandKeywords: Christianisation , Cultural Change , Dance , Indigenous/non-Indigenous Relations , Language Documentation , Polynesian Languages , Ritual , Voyaging , Oral Tradition , Music
Suzanna TIAPULA Research Fellow, Ho'omaluhia, Hawai'i, International and Indigenous Division at Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma, United StatesKeywords: Customary Law , Diasporas , Gender Violence , Health , Human Rights , Identity , Justice , Law and Culture , Mining , Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Michael WALSH , Center for Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Studies at Georgetown University, United States
Official Websites American Samoa Government... US Department of the Interior - Office of ... American Samoa Environmental Protection Ag... Research Centres Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) - American ...
Libraries and Archives American Samoa Community College... American Samoa Historic Preservation Offic... Feleti Barstow Public Library...
Museum Collections American Museum of Natural History... Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum... British Museum...
Health and Health Research World Bank HealthStats... World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pa...
Languages More on Glottolog More on Ethnologue
Administrative Areas Eastern (District) Manu'a (District) Unorganized (District) Western (District)
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