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    and government officials were ignored when they went on tour. Births and deaths went unregistered. Coconuts went unharvested‚ and the banana plantations were neglected.As the select committee was forced to admit‚ "a very substantial proportion of Samoans had joined the Mau‚ a number quite sufficient‚ if they determined to resist and thwart the activities of the Administration‚ to paralyse the functions of government." Richardson sent a warship and a 70-strong force

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    Rabindra Thapaliya Prof. Chubb Survey of Multicultural art 11/16/17 Representations of Family and Identity in Samoan American Art This paper covers the topics that were introduced by Dr. Bernida Webb-Binder during the presentation in ESTEP about “Jewell Castro’s Representations of Family and Identity in Samoan American Art”. This paper also describes about Jewell Castro’s life‚ Tales of a Fisherman I & II‚ MFA Thesis Show: Red House: Daughters of Salamasina and The Fa Samoa. Jewell Castro was born

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    Coming of Age in Samoa‚ Margaret Mead explores the nature of adolescence in Samoa as it compares to the adolescence experienced in The United States of America. While in Samoa‚ Mead observes several differences of how adolescence is perceived by the Samoans in comparison to how it is perceived in the United States. Mead gathers data from observing daily life in Samoa and speaking with many young girls and their families. Mead’s observations lead her to the conclusion that culture has a strong influence

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    A focal issue in Albert Wendt’s novel Leaves of the Banyan Tree is the influence of Christianity on Samoan culture. Leaves of the Banyan Tree opens in the small village of Sapepe during the 1930s. Traditional Samoan culture is on the decline and according to Sefrosa Carroll’s article “Weaving New Spaces: Christological Perspectives from Oceania (Pacific) and the Oceanic Diaspora” “western theologies” are the primary reason. The “papalagi” have intertwined their western values‚ particularly capitalism

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    Historical Values: Does our past have a link to the present. • Gender‚ generalising identity • My decision Conclusion: How society culture differs from over a period‚ how we link the past to the present. How Samoan culture relates to Sociology of the Imagination. As Samoan‚ midwife student. Introduction: What was then is not now. My parents had emigrated from Samoa to New Zealand to make a better life for them; settling into a foreign country‚ was a bit over whelming

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    Samoa Research Paper

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    the two large islands named Upolu and Savai’i. The two island make must of Samoa. The other eight small islands include: Manono‚ Apolima‚ Nuutele‚ Nuulua‚ Namua‚ Fanuatapu‚ Nuusafee and Nuulopa. The main island of Upolu is home to about 30% of the Samoan population and the capital is Apia. The climate is tropical with the average temperature of 80 degree F‚ it has a dry and a wet season‚ the rainy season least from November to April. One of first things you find when reading

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    another top heavyweight who doesn’t have a fight booked and wants a fight with dos Santos‚ it’s the Samoan Mark Hunt. The ‘Super Samoan’‚ who lost to a dos Santos spinning wheel kick in 2013‚ called out for a rematch with dos Santos on Twitter. Hunt took to social media shortly

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    The meeting house (fale fono) and other houses set aside for the adjustment of the party‚ are almost certain to have been carefully and beautifully decorated with leaves and flowers. In search of our topic‚ "The Welcome Ceremony‚" also known in Samoan‚"Usuga‚" we put together the three categories that were given to us. We‚ as a group wanted our topic to relate to the theme‚ so we elaborated on our topic‚" The Welcome Ceremony: A Role In Communication Between Different Villages‚ Environments and

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    What can Samoan parents do to prevent obesity and diabetes in their children? Samoan culture is greatly respected by its people. In their opinion‚ no other culture is even close to theirs in values‚ respect‚ tradition‚ mentality‚ form of government etc. They want to keep things that way and hopefully nothing could come in between. Samoa may be perfect in such ways but‚ like they say‚ there is always a bad apple in a society. I believe obesity and diabetes are that. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate

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    The events and consequences of the war lay the foundation for political change. A Samoan case study discerns the difference between the explicit‚ and implicit influence of war. In the Samoan context‚ the involvement in the war was limited‚ and geographically separate from the Western Front. Yet the status-quo of society shifted in the years of the war‚ and those following it‚ such is

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