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	Encyclopedia: Samoan tala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Samoan food is not heavily spiced, and is characterised by the use of coconut milk and cream.
		The Samoan language is a member of the Austronesian language family, with 'cousin languages' in places as far apart as southern Taiwan, Vietnam, New Zealand, Easter Island and Madagascar, as well as closer 'relatives' in Tonga, the Cook Islands and Tuvalu.
		Samoan matai (chiefs) are in essence 'elected' to this status by their aiga (extended family) or their communty.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Samoan-tala (295 words)

	Samoa - Dance
		Samoan dance is possibly the one area of Samoan culture which has been least affected by contact with western civilsation.
		Whereas Samoan music has adopted guitars and other musical instruments, dance, which relies solely upon the performers body (with some exceptions - fire dance, knife dance, etc) still requires the performer to retain grace and move their arms and hands in the approved fashion.
		Siva is the Samoan word for dance, but it also refers to a particular type of dance in which the performer usually stands and enacts an everday activity.
	www.samoa.co.uk /dance.html (499 words)

	ESPN.com - American football, Samoan style
		An estimated 28 Samoans will be on NFL rosters this year, at least six of whom were born or lived on The Rock.
		The vast majority of Samoans playing in the college or professional ranks are first- or second-generation Americans from families that typically settled in Hawaii or on the West Coast.
		He and his fellow Samoans were equally new to their classmates, particularly when they donned their lava lavas for campus strolls.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1387562&type=story (1975 words)

	Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Migrants from Southeast Asia arrived in the Samoan islands more than 4000 years ago and from there settled the rest of Polynesia further to the east.
		At the turn of the 20th century, the Samoan islands were split into two sections.
		The eastern group became territories of the United States, the Tutuila islands in 1900, and officialy Manua in 1905 and today are known as American Samoa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samoa (1300 words)

	American Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		American Samoa (Samoan: Amerika Samoa) is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa.
		American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 500 km south of Tokelau.
		It has been estimated that a Samoan male (either an American Samoan, or a Samoan living in the 50 United States) is 40 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Samoa (1122 words)

	Samoan Snail Field Guide - Introduction
		Snails are an important part of the fauna of the Samoan Islands, and so it seemed worthwhile to produce this manual, with the aim of bringing this information together in a form accessible both to the interested but inexperienced amateur and to professional scientists, conservationists and land managers working in the Pacific.
		In the less isolated Samoan archipelago, there are only about 90 native species, of which about a third are also found elsewhere, generally in the neighboring islands of Tonga and Fiji.
		You can help by valuing and taking pride in the native fauna and flora of the Samoan Islands; by spreading the word about their special and unique nature; by becoming aware of projects that might impact natural areas, by speaking out against them, and by participating in community and governmental planning processes that shape them.
	www2.bishopmuseum.org /PBS/samoasnail/fgintro.html (3651 words)

	Samoan Hurricane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Samoan Archipelago consists of four principal islands and quite a number of smaller ones, the intermost is Savaii the largest of all, then east of it is Upolu the most-important one commercially and politically.
		This condition arose particularly from the peculiarities and inherent traits of the Samoan character, and was aggravated by the selfishness, jealousy, interference, and ambition of the foreign residents with the natives - and between themselves.
		On the occasion of the Samoan hurricane, the southern coast of Upolu was struck by the storm wave, which destroyed a stone church and a plantation of 500 coconut trees.
	www.history.navy.mil /library/online/samoan.html (8110 words)

	Samoan Notes
		We are thus confronted in the case of Margaret Mead's Samoan researches with an instructive example of how, as evidence is sought to substantiate a cherished doctrine, the deeply held beliefs of those involved may lead them to unwittingly into error.
		I found that Margaret Mead, because she was young in a society that venerates age and a women in a society where major political and ceremonial roles are in the hands of men, was at a great disadvantage.
		In the study of young Samoan women, however, I believe she was able to establish excellent rapport because of her age and gender.
	oregonstate.edu /instruct/anth210/samoa.html (1354 words)

	SAMOAN SPLASH
		I know that the true Samoan drinks are the coconut juice/niu, and the ava, but again be thankful that we Samoans are being recognized for, not to mention, false-advertisement.
		It is true, the main Samoan juice is the coconut juice, koko Samoa, vaipouli, and of course, ava Samoa, and the Samoan splash, it was originated across the street from Leone Midkiff elementary school in Leone.
		Everyone know's that this is not the Samoan drink, and for those of you who say vailima is it have some respect for your country.
	www.ipacific.com /samoa/splash.html (1573 words)

	Site Template -- Geneology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The presence of "britches" upon Samoan males, was commented upon in many ships logs of the early explorers, and were sketched by many of the artists that were taken along on these voyages of discovery.
		Where the Samoans aquired this skill is not known, but there is a folk tale that explains that it was brought to Samoa by two Fijian women.
		Traditional Samoan tattooing of the pe'a, body tattoo, is an ordeal that is not lightly undergone.
	samoantattoo.tattooing-piercings.com (2156 words)

	PlanetPapers - Samoan Language
		Samoan is a rich language that remains the principal language of the people of Samoa.
		“Samoan is a branch of the Austronesian Language, formerly called Malayo-Polynesian language, one of the word’s largest language families, both in terms of numbers of languages-more than 700-and geographic spread-covering islands and some mainland areas from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island and Hawaii in the east” (Amerika Samoa).
		The Samoan language cannot be considered as strong language, and few letters of the alphabet are put to use.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2603.php (706 words)

	Western Samoa - page 4
		Early explorers, seeing naked but tattooed Samoans from a distance through a spyglass, mistook the tattoos for clothing and didn't realize that the men were nude.
		Samoans are constantly being assessed by their chiefs for contributions of food, mats, and tapa for various ceremonies—funerals, weddings, house buildings, tattooings, and church inaugurations.
		Samoan society's pattern of constant required redistribution has considerable implications for the life of the individual member of that society.
	www.merriewood.com /pacific/wsamoa4.html (780 words)

	Samoan Islands -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The territory, which is part of Polynesia, includes the six Samoan islands east of the 171° W meridian.
		Samoa, which shares the Samoan archipelago with American Samoa, consists of nine islands west of longitude 171° W—Upolu, Savai'i, Manono, and Apolima, all of which are inhabited, and the uninhabited islands of...
		To the east of 150° W the relief of the ocean floor is considerably less pronounced than it is to the west.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9276876 (836 words)

	Samoan Sensation - Samoa Films
		Pepe is a young Samoan living a life of defiance against his father's search for money and success and the Christianity of contemporary Samoan society in favor of the values and beliefs of "traditional" Samoa.
		Shows a young Samoan couple and their daughter who decide to emigrate over the objections of their families, the sadness of the parting, and the eventual reconciliation of the youmg people with their parents upon their leaving.
		Synopsis: The Samoan tattoo, or Tatau, is renowned throughout the Pacific for its unique markings and placement, and remains a unique symbol of Samoa.
	www.samoan-sensation.com /samoan-film-video.html (5519 words)

	Herb Caen's Samoan Waterloo
		In Samoan culture there is something called an ifoga, a ceremonial apology that is used to settle the most serious crimes and grievances.
		Traditional Samoan culture includes an array of comments about how a person "must surely have come from the genealogy of kings" because of the way he behaves and that you can always tell a chief from the dignified way he carries himself.
		I'm sure the Samoan chiefs, despite their anger, recognized when they met him face to face that Herb was from "a genealogy of kings." With his apology, the meeting broke up, and people filed from the room.
	www.merriewood.com /pacific/caen.html (1654 words)

	Samoan language, alphabet and pronunciation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Samoan is an Austronesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa by about 420,000 people.
		There are also speakers of Samoan in Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and the USA.
		Samoan is closely related to the other languages of Polynesia, particularly to Tongan.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/samoan.htm (192 words)

	Samoan Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Samoan Islands are located in the South Pacific about 1,800 miles east of New Zealand and 2,400 miles southwest of Hawaii.
		The people speak the Samoan language during everyday life, while English is reserved for business or formal affairs.
		Almost 100% of the Samoan people are Christian and it plays a big part in their life.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/pacific/samoanculture.html (348 words)

	Samoan - Wiktionary
		A person from Samoa or of Samoan descent.
		Of, from, or pertaining to Samoa, the Samoan people or the Samoan language.
		Samoan - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.
	en.wiktionary.org /wiki/Samoan (90 words)

	Western Samoa - page 1
		This is not to say that Samoans don't have a conscience and don't know right from wrong—but, in Samoan life, the knowledge that your neighbors are nearly always watching (and talking) keeps people in line.
		The interior of a Samoan home is conceived and constructed according to an age-old traditional design, under the supervision of an experienced tufuga, or carpenter.
		The thatching (consisting of woven sugarcane sections tied together with sennit, a rope made from braiding together the fibers taken from coconut husks) is placed in overlapping rows and effectively prevents rain from dripping in.
	www.merriewood.com /pacific/wsamoa1.html (1412 words)

	Samoan, Micronesian youths join in project - The Honolulu Advertiser
		Hoping to bridge the cultural divide between the youths in their respective cultures, leaders from the Samoan and Micronesian communities will hold a cleanup of the grounds of the Kuhio Park Terrace complex in Kalihi this morning.
		A 21-year-old half-Samoan man was stabbed to death during a fight between Samoans and Micronesians.
		Much of the tension between Samoans and Micronesians exists among the youth, he said.
	www.honoluluadvertiser.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050806/NEWS01/508060328/1001 (426 words)

	The Samoan Story of Creation
		In another Samoan myth, 'le Solo o le Va,' Tangaloa is, at another time, weary of flying over the waste of waters, and no sooner does he express a wish for a resting place, than an island rises up from the deep for him.
		In Samoan, nimo-nimo is said of anything that has quite passed from the memory; and a lark soaring aloft, and thus going out of sight, would be said to be nimo-nimo.
		The Samoan word tai means 'the sea, the tide;' the distinction between it and sami seems to be that tai is the sea where it flows upon the land, but sami is the big salt ocean.
	www.sacred-texts.com /pac/jpolys/ssc.htm (7756 words)

	University of Delaware: GEORGE HANDY BATES SAMOAN PAPERS
		The papers are comprised of correspondence, documents, memoranda, clippings, photographs, and other material relating to George Handy Bates's tenure as a special investigator into Samoan affairs beginning in 1886, and as a commissioner to the 1889 Berlin Conference on Samoan Affairs.
		The material gathered by Bates in his investigation of the Samoan situation prior to the Berlin Conference includes publications by the Samoangovernment and financial records for the Apia Agency and the Deutsches Handels and Plantagen Gesellschaft.
		A copy of the calendar to the Bates Samoan Papers, prepared by William D. Lewis in 1942, is available with the print finding aid in the University of Delaware Library, Special Collections.
	www.lib.udel.edu /ud/spec/findaids/bates_g.htm (1806 words)

	Polynesian Jokes - SAMOAN
		A Samoan couple was eating dinner with a couple of palagi couples and they listened while the one palagi man asked his wife, "honey, please pass the honey," and she does so.
		She didn't know any Samoan but loved to go out on the town cause she thought Samoan men were simply beautiful (she knows better now of course, she married a Tongan).
		Preaching in samoan, he said, "O Iesu lo'u leoleo mamoe," which means "the lord is my shepard." However, the faifeau said the same phrase in english for the benefit of those who didn't understand samoan.
	www.geocities.com /mutiana/samoa.html (2839 words)

	Samoan dance full of flash, fire - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		LA'IE — Samoan fireknife dancing takes center stage tonight at the Polynesian Cultural Center in a competition that has spread the art form around the world and brought recognition to this tiny community for advancing Pacific islanders' culture.
		One warrior would perform the ailao, the twirling of the knife, to intimidate the enemy in a display of strength and power, he said.
		The Samoan knife dance had been part of the La'ie Hukilau Beach entertainment for years before fire was added to the knife, or nifo oti — tooth of death — in 1946.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/May/13/ln/ln18a.html (549 words)

	New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz: Samoan shot putter finishes last in the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		SHOW STEALER: Samoan shot putter Shaka Sola prepares to throw during the men's javelin at the world athletics championships in Helsinki.
		HELSINKI: Samoan shot putter Shaka Sola missed his flight to the world athletics championships but won loud cheers from an amused crowd when he came last in the men's javelin qualifying competition instead.
		That effort earned him a deafening roar of support at the Olympic Stadium and prompted the announcer to ask anyone in the stands who had thrown over 40 metres to raise their hands.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3373519a1823,00.html (249 words)

	Samoan - Faculty of Arts at The University of Auckland, New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The inclusion of the Samoan language as a subject at this University fits in well with the efforts of the Samoan community to maintain and develop the language.
		Our Samoan courses are concerned mainly with the development of spoken and written competence in the basic language.
		However they also aim to cultivate an understanding and appreciation of literary Samoan, such as oratory and ceremonial language, as well as insights into the more "cultural" aspects of the language such as oral traditions, proverbs, and special varieties of language such as honorific language.
	www.arts.auckland.ac.nz /subjects/index.cfm?S=S_SAMOAN (444 words)

	Artok - 16/10/00: Zoom in on four contemporary Samoan artists
		This manipulation of traditional images is also seen in the works of Samoan born artists Fatu Feu'u.
		He nostalgically recalls his Samoan heritage in Aiga Tulua, (see Figure 4) where he attributes his personal development to his belief in Fa'asamoa and the importance of the family.
		As Samoans live across the globe and no longer live in a traditional life style, we see greater diversity in attitudes, where questioning of traditions and values is part of the natural process.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/artok/visual/s200019.htm (1370 words)

	THE SAMOAN ART OF WILSON FITIAO
		Wilson Fitiao is a Samoan born on Upolu Island, Samoa and raised on Tutuila Island, American Samoa.
		Wilson also submitted to a full body Samoan tattoo and is now a sogaimiti (able to serve chiefs and family formally).
		Her tapa works of 'siapo mamanu' (commonly known as freehand tapa) are perceived locally as Samoan masterpieces.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Shores/7277/wilson_index.html (844 words)

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