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American Sāmoan Land Tenure—Apportionment Of Communal Lands And The Road To Individually Owned Land Rights, Line-Noue Memea Kruse Aug 2019

American Sāmoan Land Tenure—Apportionment Of Communal Lands And The Road To Individually Owned Land Rights, Line-Noue Memea Kruse

Pacific Studies

When a village was established, the land in that village belonged to the people of that village. A mātai could claim land for his family or clan by clearing and then working it. Any land that was not under the direct “pule” of a mātai remained belonging to the people of the village. Paramount chiefs would have a more general control of larger areas. It is important to keep in mind that the power of a mātai was really defined not by title name, but by the land which he had control. Through this system, ownership of land …


Book Review Forum: Glenn Petersen, Traditional Micronesian Societies: Adaptation, Integration, And Political Organization, Glenn Petersen Aug 2014

Book Review Forum: Glenn Petersen, Traditional Micronesian Societies: Adaptation, Integration, And Political Organization, Glenn Petersen

Pacific Studies

Response: GLENN PETERSEN

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY, BARUCH COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK


Vol. 37 No. 2 (2014): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Aug 2014

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2014): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US $26.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, …


Vol. 37 No. 2 (2014): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Aug 2014

Vol. 37 No. 2 (2014): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Front Matter for the Vol. 37, No 2-Aug 2014 edition of the Pacific Studies Journal.


Lin Poyer's Review Of David Damas's Bountiful Island: A Study Of Land Tenure On A Micronesian Atoll, Lin Poyer Sep 1995

Lin Poyer's Review Of David Damas's Bountiful Island: A Study Of Land Tenure On A Micronesian Atoll, Lin Poyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Changing Patterns Of Commitment To Island Homelands: A Case Study Of Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson Sep 1994

Changing Patterns Of Commitment To Island Homelands: A Case Study Of Western Samoa, Cluny Macpherson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire Jun 1993

Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire Jun 1993

Madrich: Outer Islanders On Yap, William H. Alkire

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Judith Huntsman's Review Of Jocelyn Linnekin's Sacred Queens And Women Of Consequence: Rank, Gender, And Colonialism In The Hawaiian Islands, Judith Huntsman Sep 1992

Judith Huntsman's Review Of Jocelyn Linnekin's Sacred Queens And Women Of Consequence: Rank, Gender, And Colonialism In The Hawaiian Islands, Judith Huntsman

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Graun Bilong Mipela: Local Land Courts And The Changing Customary Law Of Papua New Guinea, Jean G. Zorn Jun 1992

Graun Bilong Mipela: Local Land Courts And The Changing Customary Law Of Papua New Guinea, Jean G. Zorn

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Aspects Of Social Organization In Three Samoan Communities, Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Alan Howard Nov 1990

Aspects Of Social Organization In Three Samoan Communities, Maureen H. Fitzgerald, Alan Howard

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin's Review Of Barbara Huber-Greub's Kokospalmenmenschen. Boden Und Alltag Und Ihre Bedeutung Im Selbstverständnis Der Abelam Von Kimbangwa (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin Mar 1990

Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin's Review Of Barbara Huber-Greub's Kokospalmenmenschen. Boden Und Alltag Und Ihre Bedeutung Im Selbstverständnis Der Abelam Von Kimbangwa (East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea), Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


A Marshallese Nation Emerges From The Political Fragmentation Of American Micronesia, Leonard Mason Nov 1989

A Marshallese Nation Emerges From The Political Fragmentation Of American Micronesia, Leonard Mason

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Vol. 11 No. 1 (1987): Pacific Studies Front Matter, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …


Contributors: Vol 11 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies Sep 1987

Contributors: Vol 11 No. 1, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Contributors list of Vol. 11 (1987): Pacific Studies Full Issue 1


Melanesian Socialism: Vanuatu's Quest For Self-Definition And Problems Of Implementation, Ralph R. Premdas Sep 1987

Melanesian Socialism: Vanuatu's Quest For Self-Definition And Problems Of Implementation, Ralph R. Premdas

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Ngatupuna Kautai Et Al., Atiu: An Island Community, Rebecca A. Stephenson Jul 1987

Rebecca A. Stephenson's Review Of Ngatupuna Kautai Et Al., Atiu: An Island Community, Rebecca A. Stephenson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Joint Venture Rice Production In The Solomon Islands: The Inner Workings Of Dependent Development, Sonia P. Juvik Jul 1987

Joint Venture Rice Production In The Solomon Islands: The Inner Workings Of Dependent Development, Sonia P. Juvik

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


The Atomization Of Tongan Society, Keith L. Morton Mar 1987

The Atomization Of Tongan Society, Keith L. Morton

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


George E. Marcus's Review Of Jocelyn Linnekin's Children Of The Land: Exchange And Status In A Hawaiian Community, George E. Marcus Oct 1986

George E. Marcus's Review Of Jocelyn Linnekin's Children Of The Land: Exchange And Status In A Hawaiian Community, George E. Marcus

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Book Review Forum On Douglas Oliver's Two Tahitian Villages: A Study In Comparison, Douglas Oliver, Paul Shankman, Greg Dening, F. Allan Hanson Apr 1985

Book Review Forum On Douglas Oliver's Two Tahitian Villages: A Study In Comparison, Douglas Oliver, Paul Shankman, Greg Dening, F. Allan Hanson

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of Marion Kelly's Nā Māla O Kona, The Gardens Of Kona: A History Of Land Use In Kona, HawaiʻI, William E. H. Tagupa Apr 1985

William E. H. Tagupa's Review Of Marion Kelly's Nā Māla O Kona, The Gardens Of Kona: A History Of Land Use In Kona, HawaiʻI, William E. H. Tagupa

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Ishmael Stagner's Review Of Donald Kilolani Mitchell's Resource Units In Hawaiian Culture, Ishmael Stagner Apr 1984

Ishmael Stagner's Review Of Donald Kilolani Mitchell's Resource Units In Hawaiian Culture, Ishmael Stagner

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Cultures In Collision: Hawai‘I And England, 1778, Haunani-Kay Trask Sep 1983

Cultures In Collision: Hawai‘I And England, 1778, Haunani-Kay Trask

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.


Nancy J. Pollock Review Of Neil Gunson (Ed.), The Changing Pacific: Essays In Honour Of H. E. Maude, Nancy J. Pollock Sep 1978

Nancy J. Pollock Review Of Neil Gunson (Ed.), The Changing Pacific: Essays In Honour Of H. E. Maude, Nancy J. Pollock

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.