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	Rotumans are Blessed
		I'm of the opinion that Rotumans are blessed--blessed with a lot of things, including an island paradise of breathtaking scenes, silhouetted by mountain greens and white sandy beaches that flicker in the crystal clear ocean that surrounds it.
		Rotumans also are blessed in education in that several have attained the highest standard possible in education by completing a PhD.
		Rotumans have excelled in Fiji in both the public sector, from the highest position in the Judiciary to the private sector as managers.
	www.hawaii.edu /oceanic/rotuma/os/Forum/Forum30.html (993 words)

	Rotumans in Fiji
		For Rotumans, the dominant symbol of their shared ethnicity is the island of Rotuma itself: any person may claim to be a Rotuman if one or more of his known ancestors was born on the island and shared in the core social and cultural life that characterizes the society.
		As reported in an earlier article on conservatism among the Rotumans, the emergence of a consolidating ideology is rooted in the bicultural experience of nontraditional leaders, that is, individuals whose prestige accrues from success in Western occupations and professions (Howard 1963a:73-74).
		Rotuman pride is something of an anathema to many Europeans precisely because Rotumans refuse to conform to the docile childlike native of the European stereotype.
	www.hawaii.edu /oceanic/rotuma/os/howsel/10genesis.html (12129 words)

	Pacific Magazine: FIJI: Rotumans Take Grounding Campaign Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Rotumans in Fiji are desperately pleading with authorities to remove a grounded vessel near their tiny island and have stepped up their lobbying efforts, fearing the vessel could cause an environmental disaster.
		Monifa Fiu of the Rotuman environmental activist group Laje Rotuma told Pacific Magazine although the vessel's owners claim the oil has been siphoned into drums, this did not render it safe as they drums were still on board the Bulou ni Ceva.
		She said both Rotuman MP Konrote and Senator Fatiaki are doing their best in to pressure the transport, home affairs and environment ministers to act.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=24040 (522 words)

	Rotuman Population
		The age structure of Rotuma paralleled that of the total Rotuman population, suggesting that migration to that point had included both sexes and all age groups in approximately equal proportions (with a slightly higher number of males in the 20-29 age group leaving, and fewer of the elderly).
		Rotumans in Fiji are employed not only by the government but by private organisations; according to the 1976 Fiji census, 583 Rotumans worked for the government while 1,042 held positions in the private sector.
		Off-island Rotumans are heavily concentrated in the major urban centers of Fiji, with the largest concentration in the Suva/Lami area (64.1 percent in 1986).
	www.rotuma.net /os/Population.html (1507 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For as long as the indigenous Fijians and Rotumans feel that they are actively participating in the economy and hence a sense of control over it, their claim to political supremacy is guaranteed.
		It would seem that the affirmative action programme is really to achieve a political goal and less about addressing pressing indigenous Fijian and Rotuman issues: concerns over changes in culture and tradition; uncertainty over traditional leadership and its role in today’s society; and an increasing sense of marginalisation from the development process.
		Even if it were possible to turn all indigenous Fijian and Rotuman villagers into consumer entrepreneurs and smart savers, it is hardly obvious that this ought to be the goal of development policy.
	www.ecrea.org.fj /webpages/publications_files/Papers/43.doc (1297 words)

	Getting Fuel to Rotuma
		For Rotumans on the island, I would say that from a technical viewpoint the island is already independent.
		According to population figures from the 1996 census, the Rotuman population in general was 9,727.
		If Rotumans want an independent state, then we should start showing signs of a people who are truly united and able to work together for our common good, because at present our divisions are pulling us apart.
	www.rotuma.net /os/Forum/Forum45.html (751 words)

	Elections Update
		Ensure that the Rotuman language and culture are part of the curriculum in primary school in Fiji and Rotuma and at tertiary level.
		A GROUP of Rotumans are claiming that the government had sold out their rights by pitting them against Lau and Taveuni for the only seat allocated to them.
		Mr Kafoa also stated that many Rotumans are unhappy with the structure of the new Rotuman political party, Lio on famor Rotuma (Voice of the people of Rotuma), and do not want their previous MP to represent them anymore.
	hawaii.edu /oceanic/rotuma/os/NewsArchive/Archive1999/elections.html (4718 words)

	Rotuman Independence
		There aren't enough Rotumans on the island as it is, and who's to say that all Rotumans living away from Rotuma will remain committed to the good of there ancestral homeland 2, 3 etc. generations down the road from now.
		As for Rotuman economic survival as a nation state (and let me reiterate that I myself am not certain that I would advocate such a form of independence--let's learn to walk before we run), Rotuma is in the same position as Fiji--it's just that it's smaller.
		Rotumans are treated just as fairly with regards to scholarships, and advancing their education.Without sounding irrational, let me go as far as to say that the idea of Rotuma being independant is obviously something contrived by someone with a lot of free time on their hands.
	www.rotuma.net /os/Forum/Forum3.html (5326 words)

	The Head Heeb: The Rotuma scam
		Many Rotumans migrated to Viti Levu in search of labor and, when Fiji became independent in 1970, Rotuma remained part of the country with its autonomy guaranteed by the Rotuma Act and Article 6 of the Fijian constitution.
		Some Rotumans also dislike the fact that their communal seat in the Fijian parliament is elected by all ethnic Rotumans rather than only those living on the island, creating a conflict between island interests and those of the Rotuman diaspora in Fiji proper.
		This clan, the Malmahau Clan, was sponsored in large part by expatriate Rotumans and claimed descent from legendary polyglot ancestors who had supposedly used Rotuma as a port of call.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/028552.html (2155 words)

	Rotuma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because of their Polynesian appearance and distinctive language, Rotumans now constitute a recognizable minority group within the Republic of Fiji.
		As recently as 1985, some 85 percent of Rotumans voted against opening the island up to tourism.
		At the national level, Fijian citizens of Rotuman descent elect one representative to the Fijian House of Representatives, and the Council of Rotuma nominates one representative to the Fijian Senate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rotuma (748 words)

	Rotuma
		In contrast, societies like the Rotumans demonstrate through their rituals and folkloric weddings that the meaning and significance of matrimony is still alive in Rotuma.
		Nevertheless, Rotumans living abroad, in Fiji or in other countries, are known to be successful in diverse professions, in politics, and in the private sector.
		In Rotuman culture, even though the patterns of machismo and male dominance are clearly apparent, there’s also a sense and sensibility in acknowledging the fundamental role of the female in a household.
	www.angelfire.com /falcon/rotuma (2972 words)

	Blueprint for the protection of Fijian & Rotuman rights...
		It is proposed that a meeting representative of all Fijian and Rotuman interests is to be convened by Government early in the year 2001 to discuss and to map out what should be in this ten year plan.
		Indigenous Fijians and Rotumans make up more than 51% of the total population of the Fiji Islands, and their numbers, according to the 1996 Census, are continuing to grow at 1.8% per annum compared to the national population growth rate of 0.8%.
		It is to enable indigenous Fijians and Rotumans to fully exercise their rights of self-determination within the unitary State of the Republic of the Fiji Islands.
	www.fijihosting.com /pcgov/docs_o/blueprint_000713.htm (2096 words)

	Rotuma
		The great majority of Rotumans (10,000) now live elsewhere in Fiji, with a little under 3000 remaining on Rotuma.
		Rotumans are culturally conservative and maintain their customs in the face of changes brought about by increased contact with the outside world.
		For electoral purposes, Rotumans were formerly classified as Fijians, but when the Constitution was revised in 1997-1998, they were granted separate representation at their own request.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-R/Rotuma.php (747 words)

	FIJI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Traditional hereditary chiefs and commoners alike have their place and role in society, and are bound together by reciprocal obligations of loyalty, obedience, and of sharing with, and caring for, each other, and everyone in the community.
		And in our general standards of living, even though indigenous Fijians and Rotumans own 84% of the land in Fiji, they have, on average, the lowest level of household income, and they also lag well behind the other communities in almost every aspect of life in a rapidly expanding market based economy.
		It manifested itself also in the mass looting of shops, destruction of property, and threats to people and their families, and unfortunately and tragically, the victims were mainly members of our Indian community.
	www.un.org /ga/webcast/statements/fijiE.htm (2035 words)

	Melchizedek Provokes Fiji To Keep Its Promises To Rotuma And Other Rotuman News
		Divine timing was how one Rotuman woman, a 30-year-old environmentalist living in the US, who took (Korem) to her island, described his intervention.
		It specifies the Rotuman executive should be a president elected by a legislative congress comprising elders chosen by the people every six years, (however the final draft called for an upper house of senators made up of the traditional chiefs and a lower house elected by the people.)
		The government is trying to arrange a meeting with seven Rotuman chiefs asking them not to consider signing the island's so called new constitution drafted by an American (born Melchizedek).
	www.melchizedek.com /press/news_20000201-01.htm (6435 words)

	Rob Kay's Fiji Islands Travel Guide - Rotuma, Fiji information, Fiji Islands, tourism, travel, surfing, diving, scuba, ...
		The Rotuman language is unique although it shares some vocabulary with Polynesian languages, especially Samoan and Tongan.
		After the third grade, students are taught in English, and nearly all Rotumans are at least bilingual; many also speak Fijian and some are fluent in Hindi as well.
		Rotuman elders were reluctant to allow tourists of any stripe to set foot on this fragile island.
	www.fijiguide.com /Guide/Islands/rotuma.html (673 words)

	LINGUIST List 13.1879: Language Description: Rotuman, M.Vamarasi
		LINCOM EUROPA, Austronesian linguistics: Rotuman by Marit Vamarasi
		Rotuman Marit Vamarasi Northeastern Illinois University The Rotuman language is spoken by residents of the island of Rotuma, which lies 465 kilometers northwest of Viti Levu, Fiji, by Rotumans who live on Fiji's main islands, as well as by Rotumans who reside overseas.
		Most of the significant work on the Rotuman language was done by Maxwell Churchward in the 1930's.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/13/13-1879.html (313 words)

	Asia Pacific Research - Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies - RSPAS - ANU
		Parke had perhaps initially gained the trust of many Rotumans by learning to speak the language, but it was as a direct consequence of his position as an administrator that he first gained their acceptance to the point that they let him excavate their ancestral burial grounds.
		The first book, a collection of Rotuman idioms, was published by the Linguistics Society of New Zealand, and the second, Strolling on Hatana, by the Institute of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.
		Proposals to introduce land legislation on the lines of that in force for the Fiji islands was strongly opposed, as being contrary to Rotuman tradition and local interests.
	rspas.anu.edu.au /qb/articleFile.php?searchterm=4-4-4 (1945 words)

	Rotuma Independentist Flag 1987-1988 (Fiji) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Fijian district officer on the island promptly demonstrated his disgust by blasting the flag of the New Republic of Rotuma with a shotgun.
		Maybe this was incentive for Rotumans to leave the Fijian nation, however.
		However, she said, a majority of Rotumans are not for a change.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fj}rotum.html (1067 words)

	Rotuma Website
		The old Rotuman Register is now defunct as a result of the shutdown of the server where it was housed.
		Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies was published in 2001 by the Institute for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva.
		Prize-winning entries in Rotuman and English in response to the Alan ma Jan Literary Competitions for 2004 and 2005 and other literary contributions.
	www.rotuma.net (873 words)

	Rotuma Website
		The old Rotuman Register is now defunct as a result of the shutdown of the server where it was housed.
		Kato'aga: Rotuman Ceremonies was published in 2001 by the Institute for Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva.
		The purpose of the forum is to give Rotumans, and other interested parties, an opportunity to share their views regarding matters of concern to the Rotuman community.
	rotuma.net /index.html (869 words)

	EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (CERD) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Its commitment to the 1997 Constitution is weak because it had come to power by appeal to racial solidarity and the overthrow of the Constitution.
		It continues to appeal to racial solidarity of the indigenous Fijians and Rotumans as the basis of its political support and the justification of its racist policies. It's ideas for amendment of the Constitution is again, mainly motivate by its desire for racial political domination.
		The assumption that indigenous Fijians and Rotumans are more disadvantaged then other communities in terms of educational opportunities and therefore deserve more scholarships across the board needs to be proven.
	www.ccf.org.fj /artman/cerd/executive_summary-cerd-commentary.html (1752 words)

	Multicultural Life - Fiji Islands Backpackers Guide
		Others that populate the island include Banabans, Polynesian Rotumans, and Tuvaluans and some European and Chinese settlers.
		Families structures differ in that the Rotumans have individual houses with distinct boarders, The people in the villages are not particularly controlled by the chiefs and the village clan.
		Rotumans are known for their good nature and fun humor.
	www.fiji-backpacking.com /about-fiji/multicultural-life.html (334 words)

	Pacific Magazine: Affirmative Action...An Illusion or A Recipe For Success?
		One is exclusively for indigenous Fijians and Rotumans, the programme that is sometimes referred to as the blueprint for Fijians and Rotumans.
		Out of the 29 initiatives under the programme, 17 are for all races, 10 for indigenous Fijians and Rotumans, and the remaining two for Indians and other minority groups.
		While acknowledging that affirmative action programme for indigenous Fijians and Rotumans is not new, past initiatives, he said, have been "half-hearted".
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm72002/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0003 (1014 words)

	Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online
		Rotumans may not deal with land without written consent of District Officer.
		Provided that a Rotuman born before the commencement of this Act may be registered by the Commission as a member of two kainaga, one on his father's side and one on his mother's.
		In the event of any such Rotuman belonging to more than ne kainaga on his father's or mother's side, he shall be entitled to choose of which two of such kainaga (one on his father's side and one on his mother's) he wishes to be registered as a member.
	www.itc.gov.fj /lawnet/fiji_act/cap138.html (3324 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Q&A: Fiji election
		Voters cast two ballots - one for an "open" seat and one for a representative of their own community - indigenous Fijian, ethnic Indian or "general", i.e.
		Rotumans, Polynesians from Fiji's northernmost island, elect a member of their own.
		The House of Representatives has 71 seats - 25 are "open", 23 reserved for indigenous Fijians, 19 for ethnic Indians, three for "general voters" and one for Rotumans.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4961794.stm (829 words)

	Asia Times: Fiji's cyber secession
		HONOLULU - An anthropologist who has created a web page for Rotumans said the tiny island will always be wrapped in controversy over whether to succeed from Fiji.
		Since there is no Internet access on Rotuma, the site is geared to the 10,000 Rotumans worldwide, many of whom live in New Zealand and Europe.
		He said many Rotumans are not comfortable about making their opinions publicly known.
	www.atimes.com /oceania/BB05Ah01.html (611 words)

	Nov.06,99
		Raho was originally a chieftain from Samoa - but for the Rotumans he was not merely a chief - and over hundreds of years he has attained what amounts to an almost god-like status.
		Because the island is sacred, people are not normally allowed to visit it, including even Rotumans themselves, unless they are natives from the village of Losa.
		We were exceptionally lucky to be given the chance to go along with “younger brother”, whom I referred to yesterday (I have since found out that his name is Rocky), and some of the villagers, to the island.
	www.ms-starship.com /journal/nov99/6.htm (1450 words)

	Pasifik Nius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		This is a sensitive issue and even though Mr Qarase made strong and convincing arguments in the Senate, the truth of his speech really depends on which side of the house you sit.
		There is indeed great concern among the indigenous Fijians and Rotumans, especially among those holding senior positions of the government and pseudo-government organisations, that there is an attempt by some people in influential positions, not necessarily in government, to paint the picture that Fijians cannot run anything successfully.
		What this government should do is introduce policies that can help to improve the living conditions and future prospects of their voters, especially the poor Indian sugarcane farmers and working class people.
	www.sidsnet.org /mir/pacific/usp/journ/nius/docs/mar00/2602.html (443 words)

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