Religion in American Samoa
According to the World Christian Database, the population of American Samoa is 98.3% Christian, 0.7% agnostic, 0.4% Chinese Universalist, 0.3% Buddhist and 0.3% Baha’i.
Sports in American Samoa
About 30 ethnic Samoans, many from American Samoa, currently play in the National Football League. A 2002 article from ESPN estimated that a Samoan male (either an American Samoan, or a Samoan living in the 50 United States) is 40 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American. Pittsburgh Steelers safety [...]
Polynesian languages
The Polynesian languages are a language family spoken in the region known as Polynesia. They are classified as part of the Austronesian family, belonging to the Oceanic branch of that family. They fall into two branches: Tongic and Nuclear Polynesian. There is an estimation of almost 5 million Polynesians in the world. There are approximately [...]
Polynesian mythology
Polynesian mythology is the oral traditions of the people of Polynesia (meaning "many islands" in Greek) a grouping of Central and South Pacific Ocean island archipelagos in the Polynesian triangle together with the scattered cultures known as the Polynesian outliers. Polynesians speak languages that descend from a language reconstructed as Proto-Polynesian that was probably spoken [...]
Polynesian peoples
The Polynesian peoples include: Aniwa Anuta Austral Futunan Hawaiian Kapingamarangi Mangareva New Zealand Maori Cook Islands Maori Marquesan Moriori Niuafoʻou Niuean Nuguria Nukumanu Nukuoro Ontong Java Pileni Pukapuka Rapan Rapanui Renbelian Rotuman Samoan Sikaiana Tahitian Takuu Tikopia Tokelauan Tongan Tongareva Tuamotu Tuvaluan Uvean Wallisian
List of Polynesians
This is a list of notable Polynesians. Finau ‘Ulukalala of Tonga Hone Heke King Kamehameha I of Hawaii Kaahumanu Liliuokalani Lo’au of Tonga Queen Pomare of Tahiti Salamasina of Samoa Queen Sālote, Tupou IV of Tonga King Tāufa’āhau, Tupou I of Tonga Te Kooti Te Puea Herangi Te Rauparaha Te Whiti o Rongomai Tupaia, 18th [...]
Economy of Polynesia
With the exception of New Zealand, the majority of independent Polynesian islands derive much of their income from foreign aid and remittances from those who live in other countries. Some encourage their young people to go where they can earn good money to remit to their stay-at-home relatives. Many Polynesian locations, such as Easter Island, [...]
Cultures of Polynesia
Polynesia divides into two distinct cultural groups, East Polynesia and West Polynesia. The culture of West Polynesia is conditioned to high populations. It has strong institutions of marriage and well-developed judicial, monetary and trading traditions. It comprises the groups of Tonga, Niue, Samoa and the northwestern Polynesian outliers. Eastern Polynesian cultures are highly adapted to [...]
Polynesian links to the Americas
The sweet potato kumara, which is native to the Americas, was widespread in Polynesia when Europeans first reached the Pacific. Kumara has been radiocarbon-dated in the Cook Islands to 1000 CE, and current thinking is that it was brought to central Polynesia circa 700 CE and spread across Polynesia from there, possibly by Polynesians who [...]
History of the Polynesian people
The Polynesian people are considered to be by ancestry a subset of the sea-migrating Austronesian people and the tracing of Polynesian languages places their prehistoric origins in the Malay archipelago. Incoming search terms:Published News Upcoming News Submit a New Story Groups box setPublished News Upcoming News Submit a New Story Groups science technology and societyPublished [...]
