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Carlyle S. Smith's Review Of J. Douglas Porteous's The Modernization Of Easter Island, Carlyle S. Smith

Pacific Studies

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Annette B. Weiner's Review Of Hal B. Levine And Marlene Wolfzahn Levine's Urbanization In Papua New Guinea, A Study Of Ambivalent Townsmen, Annette B. Weiner

Pacific Studies

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Henry P. Lundsgaarde's Review Of Mac Marshall's Siblingship In Oceania: Studies In The Meaning Of Kin Relations, Henry P. Lundsgaarde

Pacific Studies

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Bruce Knapman's Review Of H. C. Brookfield's Population-Environment Relations In Tropical Islands: The Case Of Eastern Fiji, Bruce Knapman

Pacific Studies

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The In-Charge Complex And Tobian Political Culture, Peter W. Black

Pacific Studies

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Key Elements In The Evolving Political Culture Of The Federated States Of Micronesia, Daniel T. Hughes, Stanley K. Laughlin Jr.

Pacific Studies

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Savage Island Or Savage History? An Interpretation Of Early European Contact With Niue, Sue Mclachlan

Pacific Studies

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Aspects Of Political Culture And Institution-Building In Melanesia: Constitutional Planning In Papua New Guinea And The Special Committee On Provincial Government In Solomon Islands, Edward P. Wolfers

Pacific Studies

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Eugene Ogan's Review Of Solange Petit Skinner's The Nauruans, Eugene Ogan

Pacific Studies

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Gordon Pi'ianai'a'S Review Of Wayne S. Wooden's What Price Paradise? Changing Social Patterns In Hawaii, Gordon Pi'ianai'a

Pacific Studies

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Saka, Fane Telena, Unknown Sikaiana

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are two saka, songs composed for a secret lover (hina) in traditional Sikaiana society. I know that one was collected from Fane Telena, the other I found in my notes.

Tani Various, Sikaiana People

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

These are transcriptions of several tani or funeral dirges. Tani are composed after a person dies. I do not have a record of who gave me the transcriptions, most likely John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai. I do not have recordings for these songs.

Puina Songs, Joseph Tealo, Fane Telano

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

The Puina were times when men and women divided into separate groups to secretly compose songs that are critical of the opposite sex. These are song transcriptions given to me by Joseph Tealo and Fane Telena, both are noted composers. They were composed for the 1981 puina.

Mako Hatu Composed Songs, Reuben Tenai, John Kilatu Dr

Sikaiana Traditional Songs

Two traditional composed songs (mako hatu) that I found in my notes, most likely from John Kilatu and/or Reuben Tenai.

003 Tehui Atahu, Oral Legend

Sikaiana Oral Stories

The Story of Tehui Atahu

This is a transcript and translation of 12 pages given to me by Edwin Huilani on Sikaiana, in 1981-2. The story is about the founder hero of Sikaiana, Tehui Atahu. The back page of the manuscript is dated August 1972. Although I do not know the source, the story follows closely the stories that I heard on Sikaiana, although there are several different versions with minor differences. The original and translation should be of interest to Sikaiana people and might be an aid in language preservation.

05 Holau, The Voyage Of Mr. Boe, Mark Etua, Pita Sharples, Priscilla Taulupo, Bill Donner

Sikaiana Oral Stories

This is the story of the last (or one of the last) voyages (holau) from Sikaiana. It was recorded by Mark Etua as part of linguistic research done by Peter Sharples among the Sikaiana. The transcription into the Sikaiana language was done by Priscilla Taulupo and the rough translation by Bill Donner (sorry for any errors).

Traditionally, Sikaiana people were master voyagers, capable of traveling hundreds of kilometers. This voyage was probably conducted in the 1920s by a trader for Lever Brothers in his dinghy when he was short of supplies. He had several Sikaiana people help, including …

04 Taupule, A Woman From Tuvalu, Johnson Siota, Pita Sharples Dr, Priscilla Taulupo, Bill Donner

Sikaiana Oral Stories

This recording was made by Johnson Siota was part of linguistic research conducted by Dr. Pita Sharples among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands n the 1960s. The transcription in Sikaiana is by Priscilla Taulupo and the rough translation is by Bill Donner. The story of Taupule was well known to Sikaiana people during my stays in the 1980s on Sikaiana. She came from the Tuvalu and was dropped off on Sikaiana by a trader during her pregnancy, sometime in the late 1800s. She warned traders that life would change from contact with Europeans. her descendants felt a certain …