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The Mau was a non-violent movement for Samoan independence from colonial rule during the first half of the 20th century. [1] Mau means 'resolute' or 'resolved' in the sense of 'opinion', 'unwavering', 'to be decided', or 'testimony'; also denoting 'firm strength' in Samoan. The motto for the Mau were the words Samoa mo Samoa (Samoa
The Mau movement in American Samoa or American Samoa Mau (Samoan: O le Mau), was an anti-colonial movement [1] and an independence movement formed in American Sāmoa in the 1920s, which was suppressed by the United States. [2] Established in early 1920, it aimed to challenge the overreach of the U.S. Navy's authority. [3]
The resistance movement led by Lauaki on Savai'i was called Mau a Pule (1908) which later grew into the national Mau movement. [4] The Mau a Pule represented chiefs protesting against losing their traditional Samoan authority under the colonial administration headed by German Governor Wilhelm Solf. The Mau a Pule represented traditional Samoa ...
From 1908, with the establishment of the Mau movement ("opinion movement"), Western Samoans began to assert their claim to independence. The Mau movement began in 1908 with the 'Mau a Pule' resistance on Savai'i, led by orator chief Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe. Lauaki and Mau a Pule chiefs, wives and children were exiled to Saipan in 1909. Many ...
Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III in front of the octagonal Mau office in Vaimoso village, near Apia, 1929.(Photograph by Alfred James Tattersall). Tupua Tamasese Lealofi-o-ā'ana III (4 May 1901 – 29 December 1929) was a paramount chief of Samoa, holder of the Tupua Tamasese dynastic title and became the leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement from early ...
Mataʻafa Faumuina Fiame Mulinuʻu I (1889 — 27 March 1948) [1] [2] was a high chief of Samoa and a leader of the country's pro-independence Mau movement during the 1920s and 1930s. He was the holder of high-ranking aliʻi chiefly titles: the Tamaʻāiga Mataʻafa, Fiame from Lotofaga and Faumuina from Lepea.
Mauga Moi Moi (1852–1935) was a statesman and paramount Aliʻi, the highest ranking chief of Pago Pago, and signatory of the Deed of Cession.In 1920, he initiated the Mau movement in 1920 and in 1900, he signed the Deed of Cession and became a District Governor under the new U.S. naval station.
From July to November 1920, Ripley was involved with the Mau movement until he and his wife were deported by Governor Waldo A. Evans. Nearly a year later, on August 15, 1921, Ripley attempted to re-enter American Sāmoa but was intercepted at the Pago Pago dock and deported a second time due to his involvement in the Mau movement. [10]: 239–240