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American Samoa __ You will find a brief cultural overview. "The Samoan way of life, Fa'a Samoa, is unique in the Pacific and is a tradition that is proudly upheld by the people." - From pacificnavigator.com - http://www.pacificnavigator.com/a_samoa/abouta_samoa/culture.html

American Samoa : Culture __ A general overview of American Samoa culture. - From travel.yahoo.com - http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/guide/australasia_and_pacific/american_samoa/culture.html 

Ethnologue report for American Samoa __ Web page dedicated to the languages spoken in American Samoa. - From SIL International - http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=american+samoa 

Information About Manu'a Islands __ You will find a lot of interesting material. "These pages were conceived to highlight and promote the part of American Samoa that is rarely addressed - the islands of Manu'a." - illustrated - From Internet Manu'a - http://www.geocities.com/imanua/ 
 
The People of Samoa by Samoa Koria __ Read about Samoan history, learn about Samoan canoes and how to say hello and good-bye. - illustrated - From nmotionmagazine.com - http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pi.html 

PlanetPapers - Samoan Language __ A good overview. "The Samoan language cannot be considered as strong language, and few letters of the alphabet are put to use. “D and B are never used; H, R, and K are of rare occurrence, which are found in words that have been introduced. All words have a vowel termination, and their etymological forms are constructed by the employment of particles attached to the roots, thereby forming agglutinative or polysynthetic words." - From planetpapers.com - http://www.planetpapers.com/Assets/2603.php 

Prominent Samoans __ You will find biographical sketches of many prominent Samoans in government, education, military and more. - From Unknown - http://members.tripod.com/blssooalo/prominent_Samoans.htm 

Samoa : Culture __ A general overview of independent Samoan culture. - From travel.yahoo.com - http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/guide/australasia_and_pacific/samoa/culture.html
 
Samoa - Origin of Name... __ "Numerous legends have been created about the first people who populated the islands, and the origin of the name Samoa. These legends, with several versions of each, have been handed down through the generations." Here is a generalized version. - From janesoceania.com - http://www.janesoceania.com/samoa_origin/ 

Samoa - Samoan Culture __ "Fa'a Samoa, means the Samoan Way. This is an all encompassing concept that dictates how Samoans are meant to behave. It refers to the obligations that a Samoan owes their family, community and church and the individuals sense of Samoan identity. The concept of respect is also very important. You must always respect you betters, this includes those older than you, matais, ministers, politicians doctors and teachers. This unquestioning demand for respect is taking its toll in modern Samoa as the younger generation, which is invariably better educated than its predecessors, constantly finds itself trying to balance the demands of a conservative Samoan society with its knowledge of the world, increasingly gathered from overseas education and experience. This has lead to one of the highest suicide rates in the world." Many articles and images - illustrated - From samoa.co.uk - http://www.samoa.co.uk/music&culture.html 

Samoa - Tattoos __ tatoos seem to be a fairly common denominator for many Pacific cultures. Here is a history and explanation of Samoan tatoos. - illustrated - From samoa.co.uk - http://www.samoa.co.uk/tattoos.html 

Samoan Culture __ "Samoans are very tradition-oriented, very steeped in a complex set of social hierarchies, courtesies and customs that regulate their social, religious and political life." Just one thing you will learn in this overview of Samoan culture. You will find history, language and a video - illustrated - From islandvoices.net - http://www.islandvoices.net/history.php?island=samoa&culture=samoa 

Samoan Culture __ A brief overview. - From Minnesota State University - http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/pacific/samoanculture.html 

Samoan History and Archaeology Guide __ A very brief history of Samoa. You can also find information about other Pacific islands. - From samoa.islands-travel.com - http://www.samoa.islands-travel.com/history.html 

Samoan People in New Zealand __ "Samoan People in New Zealand is one of a set of seven profiles on Pacific peoples based on results from the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. Comparisons are made between Samoans born in New Zealand and those born overseas, as well as with the total Pacific and total New Zealand resident populations... In 2001, Samoan people were the single largest Pacific ethnic group, comprising 115,000 or 50 percent of New Zealand’s Pacific population (231,800). PDF format Acrobat reader needed for the files. - from Government of New Zealand - http://www.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/nzstories.nsf/htmldocs/Pacific+Profiles+-+Samoan 

The Samoan Story of Creation __ The story along with an excellent explanation. - From sacred-texts.com - http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/jpolys/ssc.htm

Western Samoa __ Read the story of the Samoan people from the perspective of an anthropologist who went there to live for a year. You will find beautiful photos and a great overview of the people and culture. - illustrated - From merriewood.com - http://www.merriewood.com/pacific/wsamoa1.html 

Western Samoa - History __ "The islands of Western Samoa were first settled about 3,000 years ago, after a very gradual migration eastwards into the Pacific from people originating in South East Asia. Samoa, it seems, was the cradle of the Polynesian culture, and archaeological evidence suggests settlers from Samoa then spread to the other islands of Polynesia including Hawaii, Tahiti and New Zealand." A brief overview. - illustrated - From interwebinc.com - http://www.interwebinc.com/samoanew/history.html

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