A beach at Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu, on a sunny day, March 2000. Photo by Stefan Lins.
People of the Pacific (POP Cultures)

POP Cultures: Tuvalu

Tuvalu consists of nine low lying atolls in the South Pacific located midway between Hawai’i and Australia. It is comprised of three reef islands and

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The papa (sounding board) being played for singers in Nukunonu, Tokelau (1967). Photo by Judith Huntsman.
People of the Pacific (POP Cultures)

POP Cultures: Tokelau

Tokelau consists of three tropical coral atolls (from the northwest, Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo), as well as Swains Island, which is governed as part of

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Samoan girls making ava, 1909. Source: My trip to Samoa, by Bartlett Tripp, 1911.
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POP Cultures: Samoa

Samoa includes nine inhabited islands on top of a submarine mountain range. The largest islands are Savai’i at 703 sq mi (1820 sq km) and

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Woven item by Nola Warren.
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POP Cultures: Pitcairn Island

Pitcairn is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the last British Overseas Territory in the Pacific. The four

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Norfolk Island hats.
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POP Cultures: Norfolk Island

Originally, Norfolk was settled (perhaps only seasonally) by East Polynesians some 1,000 years ago. The fact that no human remains from this period have ever

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Richard Seddon and the Royalties of Niue, 1900. From the Wikimedia Commons.
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POP Cultures: Niue

Niue, off the coast of Tonga, is one of the world’s largest coral islands. With a landmass of 259 sq km, it lies about 2,400

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Hawai’ian group performs at the Solomon Islands FestPac 2012. Photo by Ron J. Castro.
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POP Cultures: Hawai’i

Hawai’i encompasses nearly the entire volcanic Hawaiian archipelago, which is comprised of hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 mi (2,400 km). At the southeastern end

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