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The transformation of American foreign relations, 1865-1900 (1976) pp 72–83, 311–26. Gray, John Alexander Clinton. Amerika Samoa: A History of American Samoa and Its United States Naval Administration (United States Naval Institute, 1960). Huebner, Thorn.
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated ... with 43 congregations and five family history centers. [179] ... American Samoa Community College, founded in 1970, ...
The title Tui Manuʻa was the title of the ruler or paramount chief of the Manuʻa Islands in present-day American Samoa. The Tuʻi Manuʻa Confederacy , or Samoan Empire , are descriptions sometimes given to Samoan expansionism and projected hegemony in Oceania which began with the founding of the Tui Manu'a title.
Tui Manu'a Matelita, born Margaret Young, and also known as Makelita, Matelika or Lika (31 December 1872 – 29 October 1895) was the Tui Manu'a (paramount chief or queen) of Manu'a, a group of islands in the eastern part of the Samoan Islands (present day American Samoa), from 1891 to 1895.
Chromograph map of Samoa - George Cram 1896. The Samoan Islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the Austronesian expansion.Both Samoa's early history and its more recent history are strongly connected to the histories of Tonga and Fiji, nearby islands with which Samoa has long had genealogical links as well as shared cultural traditions.
During Governor Vernon Huber's term in office, from 1947 to 1949, American Samoans moved towards greater self-government. In 1948, under Huber's encouragement, the legislature of the territory, known as the American Samoa Fono, convened for the first time. [4] [2] [3] It was established as a bicameral legislature, still in advisory capacity.
Yes, the South Pacific park is far away, but it is beautiful and steeped in cultural history. ... National Park of American Samoa spans 13,500 acres across three islands: ...
This is a list of the individual American Samoa year pages. In 1900, the United States acquired American Samoa in the Treaty of Cession of Tutuila . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]