Huffer, Elise; So'o, Asofou(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2005)
In the Samoan polity today, the indigenous institution of the matai (chiefs) continues
to play a pivotal role in governance. In determining leadership, the fa‘asämoa
(Samoan way) and the fa‘amatai (way of the chiefs) are ...
Stover, Merrily(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 1999)
This essay analyzes land tenure in the United States Territory of American Sâmoa.
It reports the development of a new type of private land that withdraws lands
from traditional descent groups and gives ownership rights to ...
Angleviel, Frederic; Cummings, Tracie Ku'uipo; Jonassen, Jon Tikivanotau M; Mutu, Margaret; So'o, Asofou(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2004)
Jonassen, Jon Tikivanotau M; Gonschor, Lorenz; Mutu, Margaret; Va'a, Unasa L F; Paeniu, Bikenibeu; Angleviel, Frederic(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2008)
McGrath, Barbara Burns(University of Hawai'i Press / Center for Pacific Islands Studies, 2002)
The paper reviews the concept of community as it has been used by social
scientists to describe groups of people, and explores how it might be
developed to understand the experience of diasporic communities.
Although ...