Oral tradition holds that the samoan archipelago was created by the god tagaloa at the beginning of history. This is an epic book which covers history from 0 b. Migrants from southeast asia arrived in the samoan islands more than 2,000 years ago and from there settled the rest of polynesia further to the east. It stresses the great variations within the country in. Black saturday new zealand in samoa nzhistory, new. Staff development the american samoa government provides opportunities for staff to pursue professional development and training. The prewestern history of eastern samoa now american samoa is inextricably bound with the history of western samoa now independent samoa. The very earliest history of samoa concerns a political center in the easternmost samoan islands of manua, under the rule of the tui manua. Books about samoa or set in samoa nonfiction and fiction welcome score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
The capital, pago pago, was a strategic naval base for the u. In maps and related texts this book provides a basis for building an understanding of the samoan environment and the uses made of it by samoans. Sunia, funded by the american samoa humanities council. Archaeological excavations in western samoa revealed lapita pottery dating back to about 800 b. Samoa, country in the central south pacific ocean, among the westernmost of the island countries of polynesia according to legend, samoa is known as the cradle of polynesia because savaii island is said to be hawaiki, the polynesian homeland. People of samoa, life and custom, language, discovering samoa and settlement, american samoa and culture paperback june 8, 2016 by leo abbott author 3. Search in the familysearch wiki using these phrase. His main rivals were iosefo mataafa and titimaea tamasese, who were also at various times proclaimed king of samoa during this period. It was almost more comfortable than the thin mats on the cold concrete floors of the fales in samoa. The events tie directly to the people of samoa, their culture and conflicts or independence of samoa. Formal relations did not begin until after samoan independence in the early 1960s. It gives us great pleasure to welcome you to our story pages about the courageous manu samoa.
Samoa, officially called the independent state of samoa, is an island nation located in oceania. American samoa, unincorporated territory of the united states consisting of the eastern part of the samoan archipelago, located in the southcentral pacific ocean. In june 2002 new zealand prime minister helen clark formally apologised to samoa for three actions taken by the new zealand administration between 1918 and 1929. Millions of products all with free shipping new zealand wide.
Summary the united states began to interact with what is now samoa during the first half of the 19th century, when u. More than just a romance, the first of the three books, scarlet lies, is a poignant story about the tangled. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Top 7 free family history apps for ipad or iphone discover a new story.
Ably discussed by malama and twelve others, lagaga, first published in 1987. Therefore, it can be assumed that all of the samoan islands have been inhabited by people for over 2,500 years. The natural history guide to american samoa is a comprehensive guide to the parks geology, geography, and biota. Traditional oral literature of samoa and manua talks of a widespread polynesian network or confederacy or empire that was prehistorically. Samoa times and south sea gazette, 19 march 1881, page 2. The first settlement was the eastern tutuila village of tula. Samoa is the story of the islands and their people of ratu the ancient mariner, leading his people on a voyage of discovery. You will find original stories and articles about our national team. Shaffer paints the samoan islands with words bordering the poetic. Jul 01, 2011 john b stair coined the phrase in his book old samoa one of the earliest accounts of samoan history written in 1843.
A history from writers from western samoa, examining thematically the influences of european settlers, the churches, german and nz colonialism and the background to western samoas independence. Records of the government of american samoa national. Samoa s early and more current history is strongly connected with the histories of tonga and fiji, which are in the same region, and with whom it shares historical, genealogical, and cultural traditions european exploration first reached the islands in the early 18th century. American samoa institute of museum and library services. An outline of a monograph with particular consideration of german samoa. Before you begin the story, a summary of each chapter is given to reveal which characters are fictional and nonfictional, which was a help for me. Natural history guide 4 marinea island highest island km2mi type pt. Childrens picture book englishsamoan bilingual edition world childrens book 76 by philipp winterberg, nadja wichmann, et al. German samoa was a shortlived protectorate of the german empire, lasting from 1900 until 1914.
It is appropriate to address the topic of the oceania empire of the prehistoric tui manua and the extent to which this influence permeated. The samoan people are polynesians whose ancestors settled the archipelago about 3,000 years ago. Until 1997, the western islands were known as western samoa or samoa i sisifo to distinguish them from the nearby group known as american samoa or amerika samoa. Tamasese titimaea ca 1890s pa1q610383 and mataafa iosefa ca1890 pa1o54615. Such a beautiful and gripping account of the history of samoa, it eloquently captures the essence of tradition and change in our rich culture from varying and seemingly conflicting points of perspective.
In 1997, the name western samoa, was officially shortened to samoa. Samoa a historical novel kindle edition by shaffer, j. Telling samoas stories national library of new zealand. Unusually for a german pacific possession, samoa was not administered as part of german new guinea. Manono, apolima, savaii, and upolu, all of which are now part of the independent republic of samoa. A guide to the united states history of recognition, diplomatic, and consular relations in samoa. Samoan mythology and legends say they descended from the gods and heavens to. Of particular importance to samoans are the original documents containing ceremonial greetings and genealogical pedigrees. High school level textbook on the history of american samoa. Contact with europeans began in the early 1700s but did not intensify until the arrival of english missionaries and traders in the 1830s. Samoan literature can be divided into oral precolonial and postcolonial and written literatures, in the samoan language and in english or english translation, and is from the samoa islands of independent samoa and american samoa, and samoan writers in diaspora.
History and migration te ara encyclopedia of new zealand. In 2011, samoa moved the international date line because it claimed it has more economic ties with australia and new zealand both of which are on the other side of the dateline than with. A short history of western samoa by malama meleisea et al. All samoan language texts have been retained in this edition. Before you begin the story, a summary of each chapter is given to reveal which characters.
As everyone knows this year is the rugby world cup 2011 so we wanted to tell people about the manu samoa team, how. Where we once belonged by sia figiel, sons for the return home by albert wendt, freelove by sia figiel, telesa. John b stair coined the phrase in his book old samoa one of the earliest accounts of samoan history written in 1843. A number of the events on the timeline are turning point events, and they are important dates in history because they had a significant impact on the history and possibly even altered the mindset of samoans or their government. A history of american samoa is a high school level textbook initiated and completed by the amerika samoa humanities council. Written by ashpo the samoan people are polynesians whose ancestors settled the archipelago about 3,000 years ago. The worst incident in new zealands relationship with samoa occurred on saturday 28 december 1929. King of manua and all of samoa tui manua empire of samoa. The content detailed in the book ranges from the migration, discovery, and inhabitation of the western pacific and specifically samoa, today known as a territory just over a hundred years old. The samoan islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the austronesian expansion. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. The content detailed in the book ranges from the migration, discovery, and inhabitation of the western pacific and specifically samoa, today known as a. There are a number of books written by misilugi tulifau tofaeono tuuu on the history of samoa and its rulers.
Samoas early and more current history is strongly connected with the histories of tonga and fiji, which are in the same region, and with whom it shares historical, genealogical, and cultural traditions. Samoas early and more current history is strongly connected with the histories of tonga and fiji, which are in the same region, and with whom it shares historical, genealogical, and cultural traditions european exploration first reached the islands in the early 18th century. Geography and history of the island nation of samoa. This enabled the preservation of rare books in the collection as well as scans of more than 800,000 donated photos dating from 19752011. It is appropriate to address the topic of the oceania empire of the prehistoric tui manua and the extent to which this influence permeated the socialpolitical sphere of samoa and tonga at that time.
Discover the best and latest articles about history in samoa, pacific. Constitution, pedigrees and traditions with 3 plates, 4 maps and 44 illustra augustin kramer university of hawaii press, 2000 history 728 pages. Culture of samoa history, people, clothing, traditions. American samoas strong faamatai chief system is said to originate from two early female chiefs, nafanua and salamasina. It is about 2,200 miles 3,540 km south of hawaii and its area consists of two main islands, upolu and savai.
Samoan islands history, polynesia history, books barnes. Samoa has a history of opposition to european rule, but the opposition that emerged in the late 1920s was organised and widespread. Many scholars believe that by about 500 ce samoa had become the point of origin for voyagers who settled much of eastern polynesia. The samoan islands a short history island profiles. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone.
The samoan islands were first settled some 3,500 years ago as part of the austronesian. In 2002, new zealand prime minister helen clark officially apologized to samoa for the incidents in 1918 and 1929. Samoa has a long and fascinating history spanning more than 3,000 years. Natural history guide to the park national park of. The book served as such a stinging protest against existing conditions that it resulted in the recall of two officials. Rain, mackintosh, red, and the pool all take place in the samoas.
Samoa is the fountain head and cradle of polynesia. Edited by malama meleisea and penny schoeffel meleisea, lagaga covers samoan history from early polynesian arrival through the missionary era, independence in 1962 and the first two decades of the state of western samoa. Samoa gained its independence from new zealand in 1962 after more than a century of foreign influence and domination, but it remains a member of the commonwealth. Page 6 stepping up the mau campaign in january 1928 mau policeman, dressed in a uniform of a purple lavalava with a white stripe, began enforcing a sa ban on european stores in apia. Two titles relate directly to the mailietoa line namely supremacy and legacy of the malietoa published in 2002 and malietoa superior warrior of samoa. Augustin kramers account of his sojourn in the samoa islands from 1897 to 1899. Books to read samoa blog pacific island holiday guide. It is believed american samoas first residents migrated to the islands from fiji, tonga, vanuatu, and indonesia some time around 600 bc. Your story modern family history ideas at teach me genealogy. The people who brought the lapita cultural complex to the samoan archipelago were seafarers who had occupied islands at least as far west as the admiralties off the north shore of new guinea. The tui manua is one of the oldest samoan titles in samoa. This is lead you to an important collection known as the colejensen collection on microfilms 5800158009 as well as other collections. Books about samoa or set in samoa nonfiction and fiction welcome. In 2009, driving on the left side of the road became the law, and in 2011 samoa jumped over the international dateline by eliminating december 30.
Samoan as a written language emerged after 1830 when tahitian and english missionaries from the london missionary society, working. Samoa is one of the most majestic journeys you will ever embark on. Somerset maughams the trembling of a leafa collection of his classic short stories of the south pacific. This short history of western samoa is the work of twelve writers from western samoa who took part in a history writing project sponsored by the united nations development programme through the western samoa extension services centre of the university of the south pacific. Samoa s early and more current history is strongly connected with the histories of tonga and fiji, which are in the same region, and with whom it shares historical, genealogical, and cultural traditions. Samoa, country in the central south pacific ocean, among the westernmost of the island countries of polynesia. It was precipitated by a fracas that erupted during a mau parade along apias waterfront to welcome home two members who had been exiled in new zealand. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
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