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A 4 page overview of the history of the Mau movement. The author points out that this movement had its roots in late nineteenth century history. It survived the German occupation as well as the New Zealand occupation to ultimately lead Western Samoa to independence in 1962. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of the Polynesian Islands of the Pacific. The Samoan Islands are the result of historic volcanic action. Some volcanoes, in fact, are still active. Most of the
land of the islands is mountains covered with tropical rain forests which leaves only about a third of the land area suitable for agriculture. Coconuts, bananas, taro, cacao and
breadfruit are the major crops grown for local consumption and export. Fishing is a primary source of food here as well and is engaged in regularly by most of
the islanders (Adams, Dalzell and Ledua, 2000). During the last half of the nineteenth century several international powers squabbled over control of Samoa (Slavicek, 2002). Control of the
island was desired by these nations because of its climate and the profitable trade it presents as well as the islands strategic location in the Pacific. Contenders for that
control included the U.S., Britain and Germany (Slavicek, 2002). The U.S. would win partial control in 1899 as a result of an agreement between her and Germany. As
a consequence, today American Samoa is governed by a combination of United States type government combined with the traditional chieftain style island government which is heavily influenced by family and
religion (Ryen, 1993). Slavicek (2002) observes: "Today, American Samoa is considered an unorganized and
unincorporated territory of the United States. Its residents are U.S. nationals rather than U.S. citizens. This means they cannot vote in presidential elections and, although they are permitted to elect
a delegate to the House of Representatives, their representative in Washington has no vote".
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