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The U.S. National Park Service says the following about the structure of villages in American Samoa: [21] In general each village is made up of a group of aiga (extended families) which include as many relatives as can be claimed. Each aiga is headed by a matai (chief) who represents the family on all matters including the village council, or fono.
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau
American Samoa: Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise") [9] (used on American Samoa license plates) [10] Football Island[s] [11] Arizona: Apache State [12] Aztec State [12] Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union) [12] Copper State [12] Grand Canyon State (used on license plates ...
30th American Samoa Fono, January 8, 2007-ca.2008 [3] ... Lists of United States state legislative sessions; References Further reading. Fofo I.F. Sunia, The Story of ...
American Samoa – unincorporated territory located in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of the Independent State of Samoa. [1] The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila , with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll , and Swains Island also included in the territory.
Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa and most of American Samoa (apart from Swains Island, which is geographically part of the Tokelau Islands). The land masses of the two Samoan jurisdictions are separated by 64 km (40 mi; 35 nmi) of ocean at their closest points.
The government of American Samoa is defined under the Constitution of American Samoa.. The United States Congress, in the Ratification Act of 1929, provided that until the Congress shall provide for the Government of the islands of American Samoa all civil, judicial, and military powers shall be vested in such person or persons and exercised in such manner as the President of the United States ...
The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands) have a permanent, nonmilitary population, while nine of them (the